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Brandmobile (en.wikipedia.org)

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A brandmobile is a motorized vehicle customized to resemble a consumer product as a promotional tool for advertising and marketing.

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[–] MunkyNutts@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago

[–] perishthethought@piefed.social 6 points 7 hours ago

That Boston lobster feast car is really something...

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago

I want this one:

[–] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

Personally my favorite one is the Red Bull car:

Is it because they were usually staffed by attractive women handing out a drink I like? I plead the 5th

[–] username_1@programming.dev 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Today I learned that Americans don't use the word brandspuit.

[–] Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Why the hell would we?

[–] username_1@programming.dev 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I expected it to be quite international.

[–] Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 3 points 4 hours ago

We dont know wtf a spuit is...