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Old 08-23-12, 09:49 PM
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Toyota shocks ad world with topless androgynous model



This one will take some puzzling. Toyota has released an ad for the company's brand-new 2013 Auris hatchback, complete with a topless model. It's not what you think, however. The agency behind the spot contracted Stav Strashko, a 19-year-old male model born in the Ukraine and raised in Israel for the role. Strashko has a distinctly androgynous appearance and has modeled women's clothing in the past. He says he gets mistaken for a female fairly often, but believes "the mind sees what it wants." This may very well be the point of the Auris ad.

After Strashko struts for the camera, the text on the screen reads, "Not trendy, not casual, not for everyone." If shock value was the intent, it seems to be working – the new five-door's ad has soaked up more than 650,000 views on YouTube since Sunday. Something tells us we should brand this one with a potentially Not Safe For Work tag


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Old 08-23-12, 09:56 PM
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...interesting. I dont see how it links to the car
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...interesting. I dont see how it links to the car
Sex sells cars?
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Old 08-23-12, 10:32 PM
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What the hell was that?
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WTH??? Who would buy that after seeing that?
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really bad ad............someone need to get fired for picking a boney a$$ creature.
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She or he? Look more like a skinny guy chest.
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^Its a dude!!!!!! This seems waaaayyyy to extreme for toyota. Maybe Scion, however does not inspire me to buy a car.
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Nice, I watched the video and was like that is a man's chest and sure enough it is
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If only there was an emoji for the expression on my face now....
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they are trying to shock people in Japan.... ad got 2 million views on Youtube alone.
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Damnit Hoovey!!!

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I got bigger **** :LOL
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Originally Posted by chikoo
I got bigger **** :LOL
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I got bigger **** :LOL
Best post of the week!!!
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