Volkswagen

beetle-ugly

AI breakdown

Headline

Ugly is only skin-deep.

Body copy

It may not be much to look at. But beneath that humble exterior beats an air-cooled engine. It won't boil over and ruin your piston rings. It won't freeze over and ruin your life. It's in the back of the car, where the weight on the rear wheels makes the traction very good in snow and sand. And it will give you about 29 miles to a gallon of gas. After a while you get to like so much about the VW, you even get to like what it looks like. You find that there's enough legroom for almost anybody's legs. Enough headroom for almost anybody's head. With a hat on it. Snug-fitting bucket seats. Doors that close so well you can hardly close them. (They're so airtight, it's better to open the window a crack first.) Those plain, unglamorous wheels are each suspended independently. So when a bump makes one wheel bounce, the bounce doesn't make the other wheel bump. It's things like that you pay the $1585* for, when you buy a VW. The ugliness doesn't add a thing to the cost of the car. That's the beauty of it.

CTA

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Design notes

This ad features a black and white photograph of a Volkswagen Beetle from the front, taking up the majority of the top half of the page. The bottom half is occupied by the headline and three columns of body copy with a small Volkswagen logo. The typography is sans-serif, and the overall aesthetic is simple and classic.

Summary

Classic VW Beetle ad, emphasizing functionality over aesthetics.

Why it works

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