Updated Mar.28,2006 20:59 KST

Safe-Sex Tire Ad Scratches at Taboo

Hankook Tire Pulls 'Plagiarized' Safe Sex Ad
Hankook Tire¡¯s plans for a print ad campaign playfully alluding to safe-sex campaigns is causing something of a stir here. The ad features a tire inside what looks like a half-opened condom wrapper as it tells consumers to ¡°Play safe.¡±

A marketing executive with the company said Hankook ¡°concluded condoms fit well into the company¡¯s brand concept of ¡®enjoy driving¡¯ because condoms symbolize safety and are associated with pleasure.¡±

(englishnews@chosun.com )