These Are The Most Tone-Deaf And Insensitive Ads Of All Time

Hyundai Used Suicide To Sell One Of Its Cars

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Hyundai launched a commercial in Britain in 2013 that featured a depressed man in his garage. He put a hose to the exhaust pipe of his car and inserted the other end of it through the passenger window. He was pictured sitting in the Hyundai with the engine on, waiting to die.

The ad was a promotion for the ix35, which has water emissions. This feature prevented the man from dying. Viewers were stunned by the insensitivity of the commercial. Ironically, Audi created an ad in 2009 featuring a similar concept. Citroen did the same in 2002.

Hyundai is not alone on this list. Read on to find out which other car companies released shocking and offensive ads.