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Toyota isn’t necessarily the sexiest brand in the world but at least you know where you stand. All the more surprise then that the Japanese carmaker threw off its prudish shackles and let its sexy hair down for a tempting little number like this. Bet you would stop, wouldn’t you?
Where would the horror genre be without the good old ‘get in a car without checking anyone or anything deadly is in the back seat waiting to kill me’ plot line? Bloody nowhere that’s where, as Smart very graphically illustrates in its banned US ad. All together now: “He’s behind you…” Rallying isn’t all just about boring Sunday afternoons sat watching BBC2 because nothing else is on you know. One wrong turn, one wrong gear change and all of a sudden something as spectacular as this can happen. One of the most amazing smashes we’ve seen here at CCTV – what do you call a 360 degree flip x5? It beats Songs of praise any day. Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso may have been teammates last season but you could never call them friends. A nightmare for Mclaren but a godsend for Mercedes-Benz who milk the simmering rivalry for all it’s worth in this fantastic advert. Fair play to the carmaker for including the unexpected twist at the end.