Filmmaker Makes Cheeky Commercial for a Used Nissan–And Nissan Buys It

Floridian Filmmaker Luke Aker, a.k.aIkonik Productions, may have found the best way ever to sell a used car.

Aker made a witty parody of the standard car commercial to accompany a Craigslist ad for his old, battered 1996 Nissan Maxima. In the tongue-in-cheek listing, he talks up the car, writing, "It not only brings more admiring stares than any other car I have driven it also has seat belts! Amazing!" The commercial drives home the joke with a dramatic announcer touting the aging Maxima's enviable qualities, such as "wheels" and "tires," over beautiful footage of the car's torn seats and weathered paint job Read more...