Indian advertising company JWT India made some raunchy cartoons to advertise the Ford Figo and posted them on the site Ad of the World, without approval. One of these ads (PICTURED) shows Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian bound and gagged in the trunk of the advertised automobile. The driver is a winking Paris Hilton, apparently taking out her reality show competition. The other ad shows an Italian politician with some tied up women in his trunk, which came at a time when Italy had been "rocked" by gang rapes.
Here is the other Ford Figo ad concept showing former Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, holding up a peace sign in the driver's seat with some unfortunate ladies bound and gagged in his trunk.
Ford has since apologized for these ads, saying:
"We deeply regret this incident and agree with our agency partners that it should have never happened. The posters are contrary to the standards of professionalism and decency within Ford and our agency partners."
A Ford spokesperson added in an email to Yahoo! Shine:
"These were posters that were concepts to be entered in a creative ad competition in India. They were never intended as any sort of campaign or paid use...as such, they did not go through the normal approvals and process before being uploaded to a website."
WPP Group, which owns JWT India offered this following apology:
© 2025 Mstars News, All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission."We deeply regret the publishing of posters that were distasteful and contrary to the standards of professionalism and decency within WPP Group. These were never intended for paid publication and should never have been created, let alone uploaded to the Internet. This was the result of individuals acting without proper oversight and appropriate actions have been taken within the agency where they work to deal with the situation."