Copycat Honda ad

[Taro Toporific]

Acclaimed Honda ad in copycat row
guardian.co.uk Tuesday May 27, 2003
Two artists whose work has been shown at Tate Modern are threatening legal action against Honda UK, claiming the company's hit "Cog" commercial is a rip-off of their award-winning short film....Peter Fischli and David Weiss say Honda's ... copies key elements of their 30-minute film, Der Lauf Der Dinge (The Way Things Go), which was made in 1987.
--->Video of the Honda ad
http://www.creativeclub.co.uk/(sfak5345nlc22o45ezoleurk)/prelogin/mg.aspx?m=tv&r=208543&ref=

Pictures of the CM vs film short:

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Media/Pix/pictures/2003/04/24/XHonda_TV.jpg

[Taro Toporific]

Acclaimed Honda ad in copycat row
guardian.co.uk Tuesday May 27, 2003

In related news . . .

Ex-President Says Honda 'Inferior,' 'Headed Downhill'
latimes.com / May 27
...Despite booming sales in the United States &#8212]said. "Honda is headed downhill."

...For the quarter ended in March, Honda sold 221,000 vehicles in Japan, down 10.5% from the same period a year ago.