Nicolas Cage is a talented actor who just needs certain types of characters to shine. However, his latest role has him driving BAIC’s new Saab 9-5-based Senova D-series sedan for an ad that promotes the car for the local Chinese market. They are selling you a vehicle that can defy physics repeatedly, and drive backwards almost as quickly as it can forward, even when it has an Asian grandmother at the wheel.
The car itself can’t be all bad, though, as it is based on trusty old Saab bits, featuring 2.0-liter and 2.3-liter petrol engines that are related to the defunct Swedish automaker – there are still the questions of assembly quality and corner-cutting. Going back to the video for a second, we wonder what kind of good publicity can pulling the gear selector to get the car on two wheels make for a car – not even Nicolas Cage can make that cool.
At the end of the day, the buyers of the BAIC D-series sedan will be impressed simply by seeing an action movie star’s face in the commercial, regardless of what actually happens onscreen. Scroll down and enjoy the video for yourself.
By Andrei Nedelea
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