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Analysis Of Subaru's 'I M Sorry'

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The artifact that will be analyzed in this essay is Subaru’s “I’m Sorry” advertisement. The aim of this commercial is to explain to parents that their car is superior when it comes to the safety of their child. This is truly the phone call parents want. Teen accidents in America have become a huge problem. Teens in America are 1.6 times more likely to get in a car accident compared to adults (Jansen, 2016). In the last 5 years alone, 14,000 teens have tragically lost their lives due to a car accident. This has prompted several agencies and car companies to stress the safety of their product. There was a decline in the number of auto accidents in 2014 but this number just recently spiked. It seems as though teen crashes in America are still a big issue and Subaru looks to …show more content…

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