VW Designed a Baby Stroller With Automatic Braking After Joking About It in an Ad

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Volkswagen Netherlands aired a TV spot in April in which VW owners had great expectations for their other possessions—including one mother who couldn't understand why baby strollers don't have automatic braking.

The automaker posted the ad on Facebook, and the most-liked comment came from a fan who suggested that VW actually build just such a futuristic stroller.

And so, VW did.



Check out the video above, in which a joke from a commercial (by ad agency Achtung!) becomes a prototype in just a few short weeks.

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