Terry O'Reilly

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4,296 appearances 19 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 19 Sep

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As he was thinking about ideas, Duncan realized that every time he thought of a Volkswagen, the image of an old VW Beetle would pop up in his mind.

Then he would shake his head, start thinking about the new VW Corrado, but the VW Beetle kept popping back into his mind.

That's when it hit Duncan.

Maybe he could use an old VW Beetle to slingshot people beyond the old perception they had about Volkswagens.

The great thing about showing a Beetle was that it evoked the feeling of reliability.

And it was beloved.

But how do you make an old VW Beetle with 30 horsepower go 225 kilometers an hour?

Duncan had an idea.

It was dramatic, but simple.

The commercial was to say, there are two ways to make a Volkswagen go 225 kilometers an hour.

The first way was to pick up an old VW Beetle with a helicopter and let it drop 200 kilometers an hour to the ground.

The other way was to drive a new Corrado.

When Duncan presented that idea to the VW client, they reacted with, as Duncan says, slight horror.

First they said, why are you showing an old VW?

Then, why are you destroying an old VW?

But the more they discussed it, the more the VW client slowly fell in love with the idea.

Because this was a big launch for Volkswagen globally, all advertising ideas had to be approved by Volkswagen Germany.

They hated the idea.

A lot.

There was a flurry of calls from VW Germany to VW Canada.

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