# New Toyota Japan Ad with Topless Model **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2012, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toyota-japan-ad-with-topless-model/632462 "2012-08-24T06:54:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toyota-japan-ad-with-topless-model/632462/1 "2012-08-24T06:54:06Z")
> [@](#): > > A racy new Japanese ad campaign launched for the 2012 Toyota Auris, or Corolla as it’s known in some markets, has been causing a commotion for boldly challenging convention — and probably not in the way you would think. > > The commercial ends with the campaign’s tagline “Turn Your Rear to Common Sense” (常識にお尻を向けろ). Perhaps **NSFW** : https://www.youtube.com/embed/zVwJrAr7GkY?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![Chicagojeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toyota-japan-ad-with-topless-model/632462/2 "2012-08-24T07:02:34Z")
What was odd was… if it’s a commercial for the japanese market… why not a japanese model? And… was she just very flat chested… or was that suppose to be a dude who fooled you? Gotta go back and look at the film again… ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toyota-japan-ad-with-topless-model/632462/3 "2012-08-24T07:03:06Z")
Pretty sure that chick’s a dude. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toyota-japan-ad-with-topless-model/632462/4 "2012-08-24T07:06:42Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > Pretty sure that chick’s a dude. Yeah, bulges in all the wrong places. [http://www.queerty.com/watch-androgynous-male-model-blurs-gender-lines-in-edgy-toyota-ad-20120823/](http://www.queerty.com/watch-androgynous-male-model-blurs-gender-lines-in-edgy-toyota-ad-20120823/) ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toyota-japan-ad-with-topless-model/632462/5 "2012-08-24T07:23:19Z")
> [@Chicagojeff](#): > > What was odd was.. if it’s a commercial for the japanese market.. why not a japanese model? Why would a japanese market make a non-japanese model surprising? Ever seen an American commercial with a non-American model in it? ---
**Author:** ![bldysabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toyota-japan-ad-with-topless-model/632462/6 "2012-08-24T07:28:41Z")
Dunno about anyone else, but that ad makes me want to not buy the car. It also gives me a sick feeling in my stomach, although that may be just my hangover. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toyota-japan-ad-with-topless-model/632462/7 "2012-08-24T07:36:59Z")
The campaign tagline, “Turn Your Rear to Common Sense”, isn’t very appealing either. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toyota-japan-ad-with-topless-model/632462/8 "2012-08-24T07:46:58Z")
Ok, there is no breasts and then there is ridiculous. This ad…ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toyota-japan-ad-with-topless-model/632462/9 "2012-08-24T08:00:33Z")
Lame. “Look how edgy we are! We sure tricked you! Buy our car!” Yes, there’ll be the usual ‘but it has people talking about it, so it must work!’- argument, but right here I’m not buying it. For an actually good and appropriate campaign: [Andrej Pejic: A MAN modelling women's lingerie? | Daily Mail Online](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2073622/Andrej-Pejic-A-MAN-modelling-womens-lingerie.html) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toyota-japan-ad-with-topless-model/632462/10 "2012-08-24T11:41:30Z")
Bwa-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha!!! Lordy, that was silly. It will get people talking, but not about the car. And I am not sure what demo they are targeting. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toyota-japan-ad-with-topless-model/632462/11 "2012-08-24T12:30:44Z")
It loses something in the translation. The car is supposed to be stylish…but not for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toyota-japan-ad-with-topless-model/632462/12 "2012-08-24T12:43:44Z")
So…is the car available as a Convertible? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toyota-japan-ad-with-topless-model/632462/13 "2012-08-24T13:11:22Z")
Dude sure didn’t look like a lady to me ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toyota-japan-ad-with-topless-model/632462/14 "2012-08-24T13:25:31Z")
to be fair - the OP said “topless model” without reference to gender. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toyota-japan-ad-with-topless-model/632462/15 "2012-08-24T13:31:10Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > Dude sure didn’t look like a lady to me Not even from the rear? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toyota-japan-ad-with-topless-model/632462/16 "2012-08-24T13:34:09Z")
He had legs, but didn’t know how to use them. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toyota-japan-ad-with-topless-model/632462/17 "2012-08-24T14:06:54Z")
Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toyota-japan-ad-with-topless-model/632462/18 "2012-08-24T14:12:19Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Not even from the rear? I noticed the bulge from the rear. But still didn’t make the connection that it was a dude until the end. Just thought she was rather… bulgy down there. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toyota-japan-ad-with-topless-model/632462/19 "2012-08-24T14:20:06Z")
I didn’t notice the bulge, but I did think for a commercial focusing on someone’s ass, that’s not a particularly fine example of one. I wasn’t 100% sure if it was a guy at the end, either. I thought maybe it was one of those waifish models. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toyota-japan-ad-with-topless-model/632462/20 "2012-08-24T14:36:37Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I didn’t notice the bulge, but I did think for a commercial focusing on someone’s ass, that’s not a particularly fine example of one. I wasn’t 100% sure if it was a guy at the end, either. I thought maybe it was one of those waifish models. Waifs can be men. Well, male, anyway. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toyota-japan-ad-with-topless-model/632462.md?page=2)