BYD Ad Banned For Roasting Stellantis In Trade-In Offer | Carscoops
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BYD's latest offer to customers trading in a car with a wet timing belt ruffled a few feathers over at Stellantis

BYD used the ad to offer buyers up to €10,000 ($11,800) to those who bought a car and traded in a vehicle with a wet timing belt. That just happens to describe the timing system used in Stellantis’ PureTech engines, which run belts through a constant oil bath. These engines have been at the center of several recalls and warranty extensions linked to long-term reliability issues.

  • Dupelet@piefed.socialEnglish
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    17 hours ago

    The question I was asking is, how is it defamation if it’s true. You seem to have wandered off onto a tangent of what constitutes ethical / civilised advertising.

    one can easily see what happens when it is allowed to talk about your enemies instead of what you provide. Just look at the logical end of this in form of the attack ads of the US political campaigns.

    More countries than not allow comparative advertising, and the world is not ending. Why use politics as an inaccurate example when the majority of countries actually practice it to some extent?

    • ⠀Q⠀@lemmy.world
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      17 hours ago

      So if an ad were to make fun of how horrible Tesla’s Full Self Driving feature is, that would be unfair and misleading? As opposed to the pain simple truth?

      One thing can be true and still be unfair. A true thing can be misleading. The ruling exists to make the decision easier and make clearer what is allowed or not and what is good business practices:

      “Truthfully and fair talking about your business opponent is hard, so let it be and talk about your own strength instead.”

      and the world is not ending.

      We will see about that. ;⁠-⁠)