There’s Always a Trick

2001

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Story

Every magician’s act rests on a single premise: what looks impossible is not. We gave that premise to the Golf 4motion. 

Directed by Rob Sanders, the film builds in the language of the stage illusion  the ringmaster, the illusionist, the moment of suspended disbelief  before resolving on the car. The 4motion all-wheel drive system, which distributes torque between axles as conditions demand, was exactly this: a trick so well engineered that it looks effortless. Black and white. Controlled. A campaign that understood the difference between explaining a system and making you feel its confidence. 

There’s always a trick. With the Golf 4motion, the trick is that there isn’t one. 

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AWARDS

  • Cannes Lions 2001 Silver (Film TV)
  • Eurobest 2002 Prize (Film TV)
  • GP Stratégies Prize (Automobile)

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