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SAGARR_46 · 12-05-2009, 12:02 PM

Interesting piece of information

Faster and Faster: BMW S1000RR goes to war against Japan Inc.

ken cool · 12-05-2009, 12:12 PM

Yes, interesting news indeed. But old hat!

Approved

pulsater · 12-05-2009, 07:43 PM

such kind of ads could back fire easily. very bold piece of advertising

bluevolt · 12-05-2009, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by pulsater

such kind of ads could back fire easily. very bold piece of advertising

Agree. BMW should not forget that Japan is one of their biggest markets for their cars too - the ad is kinda anti-Japan, so if the Japs take it as an insult to their nation, the episode will end up as a management book case study under 'what not to do in advertising'.

sabret00the · 12-05-2009, 08:22 PM

I think it's just crazy. They'd lose out on a potentially good market.

bluevolt · 12-05-2009, 08:42 PM

Like they say, Germans are engineers while the Americans are marketeers. Germans should stick to what they do best - make perfect automobiles... They should leave all advertising to their American brothers!

Psycho_McCrazy · 12-05-2009, 11:10 PM

dame desuyo

as others have said, this might backfire, and that won't be a good thing in these times..... the bike I believe is a killer machine though.... whether it is able to break the stranglehold of the japs on the inline4 litreclass superbike remains to be seen....

RanjithMN · 12-06-2009, 12:09 AM

tooo aggressive!

nightwing · 12-06-2009, 01:18 AM

BMW has always been aggressive.They are the bad boys of the German automobile companies.Like Lamborghinis of executive saloons. Those of you who have gone through their ads would notice that the Bavarians are not exactly......how should I put it...meek. They dont spare their brothers and you expect them to spare the Japs.

It's just a bold piece of advertising,typical of BMW.

Haroon · 12-06-2009, 02:36 PM

Although the S1000RR was developed/priced to directly play with the 1000cc monsters from Japan, if BMW goes thru with this ad campaign, I think it may be a lil too aggressive. Ofcourse, all depends on the final wordings of the caption/text.

Reminds of the infamous saying before the Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage, "The Titanic is unsinkable....'

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ken cool Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Delhi Posts: 4,677	Yes, interesting news indeed. But old hat! Approved __________________ The Wheel was a great invention; Two Wheels with a Motor in between was even better! BMW Motorrad Days 2011 Xbhp's Indo-French Kashmir-Ladakh Tour

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sabret00the Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kolkata,Bangalore Posts: 145	I think it's just crazy. They'd lose out on a potentially good market. __________________ 2003 Kinetic GF170 Laser Sport Edition 2007 Bajaj Pulsar 180 DTSi UG3 2007 Suzuki ALTO Lxi xFun

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Psycho_McCrazy (Torque) Nutcase Join Date: May 2007 Location: New Delhi, India Posts: 161	dame desuyo as others have said, this might backfire, and that won't be a good thing in these times..... the bike I believe is a killer machine though.... whether it is able to break the stranglehold of the japs on the inline4 litreclass superbike remains to be seen.... __________________ Torque nut in the land of horsepower worshippers. click here for my Fl!ckr

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bluevolt Waiting for my next ride! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,702	Like they say, Germans are engineers while the Americans are marketeers. Germans should stick to what they do best - make perfect automobiles... They should leave all advertising to their American brothers!

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Haroon RIDE for PASSION Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bangalorean, but now in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Posts: 794	Although the S1000RR was developed/priced to directly play with the 1000cc monsters from Japan, if BMW goes thru with this ad campaign, I think it may be a lil too aggressive. Ofcourse, all depends on the final wordings of the caption/text. Reminds of the infamous saying before the Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage, "The Titanic is unsinkable....' __________________ Growing old is compulsory - growing up is optional *So many roads, So little time* RIDE for PASSION See us & our rides at: www.rideforpassion.com Last edited by Haroon; 12-06-2009 at 02:39 PM.

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