Man creates stunning ad to sell his piece of sh*t car

It’s a sweet little 1999 number.

Jul 15th 2014, 8:39 AM 4,124 Views 2 Comments

A 1999 HOLDEN BARINA is the equivalent to an Opel Corsa.

In short, you’re not going to get very much for it.

So one man decided to up the ante a bit, making a slick YouTube ad to entice people to consider his crappy motor.

Source: Buy My Barina/YouTube

According to Mashable David Johns, the man behind the commercial, heads up a digital ad agency.

Now, colour us cynical but the ad smacks more of an overall marketing opportunity for the company rather than a genuine sales pitch, but it’s impressive nonetheless.

Johns himself has said the commercial cost a lot more to produce than the car would ever be worth, but that he “had the time and wanted to show off my skills”.

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Man creates stunning ad to sell his piece of sh*t car

It’s a sweet little 1999 number.

The ‘Fruit Whispering’ mystery has been solved… and here’s the campaign behind it>