147 complaints over Toyota Corolla ad

The Independent Television Commission is investigating 147 complaints over a Toyota Corolla ad created by Saatchi & Saatchi. The ad depicts a ‘key party’ at which an overweight woman selects the keys of the car, to the men’s horror.

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The House of Lords has voted against the Government’s proposal to assign responsibility for monitoring broadcast advertising to super-regulator Ofcom’s proposed Consumer Panel. The vote against the proposal was led by Conservative peer Baroness Buscombe.