olkswagen is at the centre of a global row after a disturbing film featuring a Palestinian suicide bomber in a Polo car flew around the world on the Internet . The short film is made in the style of a television ad and shows a man hopping into the car wearing the distinctive check scarf made famous by the late Yasser Arafat. He drives around a city before blowing himself up - apparently killing himself but leaving the car intact outside a restaurant. Then the slogan, "Polo: small but tough", appears.


Volkswagen said last night it was outraged by the spoof advert, which became the fifth most talked about item on Internet weblogs. "Volkswagen UK and its agencies strenuously deny that they have any involvement in the creation of a viral advertisement that has been accessible through the Internet depicting an explosion taking place inside a Volkswagen Polo," the car maker said in a statement.
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