Volkswagen couldn’t pump the brakes fast enough while careening toward a public-relations nightmare. The iconic German auto company was compelled to yank a 10-second advertisement off social media ...
The company said the ad, which features a white person flicking a black person into a café called "Petit Colon," "offends every decent person" Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at ...
Volkswagen on Thursday blamed a "lack of sensitivity and procedural errors" for its failure to prevent the creation and publication of a racist video but resisted calls to fire those responsible. The ...
A racist advertisement, aimed to promote the auto manufacturer’s new Golf 8, was posted on the official Volkswagen Instagram page. The ad, which has since been deleted, featured a giant white hand ...
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen on Thursday apologised for posting on its Instagram page last month an advert widely criticised as racist, and said it was published because of a lack of cultural ...
German automaker Volkswagen apologized Thursday for an advertisement that appeared to show a black man being mocked and literally flicked away by a pair of white hands. Hey @volkswagen! Kurze Frage: ...
Volkswagen's Golf car advertisement was withdrawn from its official Instagram page after sparking a racism row. According to The Guardian's latest report, the car company admitted that the ...
Volkswagen’s golden age of advertising, which I think spans a range from the late 1950s to the 1970s and was under the ...
The VW slogan has taken many forms over the years, and the earliest ones centered around the immortal Beetle people’s car - the brand’s defining automobile. A Volkswagen slogan is typically used for ...