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America's Most Toxic Car Ad

Three More #ToxicCarAds That Didn’t Quite Make the Cut

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America’s Most Toxic Car Ads Semi-Finals: Cadillac vs. Dodge

Colorado v Demon

America’s Most Toxic Car Ads Semi-Finals: Dodge vs. Chevy

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America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Infiniti vs. Cadillac

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America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Dodge Truancy v. Mercedes Benz E-Class

<p>Kea Wilson is Senior Editor for Streetsblog USA. She has more than a dozen years experience as a writer telling emotional, urgent and actionable stories that motivate average Americans to get involved in making their cities better places. She is also a novelist, cyclist, and affordable housing advocate. She lives in St. Louis, MO. For tips, submissions, and general questions, reach out ther at <a href="mailto:kea@streetsblog.org">kea@streetsblog.org,</a> on X at <a href="https://twitter.com/streetsblogkea">@streetsblogkea,</a> or on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social">@keawilson.bsky.social.</a></p>


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Chevy v Audi

America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Chevy Colorado vs. Audi A3

Hummer vs Demon

America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Hummer EV vs. Dodge Demon

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America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Aggressively American Edition

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America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: #GirlBoss Edition

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America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: ‘Autonomous’ Atrocities

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