[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/smart-motoring.com\/blog\/the-worst-april-fools-jokes-of-the-car-industry\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/smart-motoring.com\/blog\/the-worst-april-fools-jokes-of-the-car-industry\/","headline":"The Worst April Fools\u2019 Jokes of The Car Industry","name":"The Worst April Fools\u2019 Jokes of The Car Industry","description":"We\u2019ve heard Dad jokes funnier than this The car industry is already full of bad jokes such as the Government\u2019s change in attitude towards diesels, BMW going FWD and of course, the Fiat Multipla. That being said, when April 1st comes around the car industry never disappoints and people of the car industry always put forward their best attempts at an April fools’ prank\u2026. or so you would like to believe. An April fools’ joke is hard to pull off […]","datePublished":"2019-04-03","dateModified":"2019-04-10","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/smart-motoring.com\/author\/isabelle-lawrence\/#Person","name":"Isabelle Lawrence","url":"https:\/\/smart-motoring.com\/author\/isabelle-lawrence\/","identifier":30,"description":"Max Wheeler is a leading motoring journalist and classic car specialist at Smart Motoring, renowned for his sharp insight and infectious passion for all things automotive. With years of experience covering motoring news, supercars, and the enduring legacy of classic cars, Max brings stories to life with style and authority. Whether it\u2019s the roar of a Lamborghini, the elegance of an Aston Martin DB5, or the cultural impact of vintage motoring icons, he delivers expert commentary that inspires enthusiasts and collectors alike. 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That being said, when April 1st comes around thecar industry never disappoints and people of the car industry always putforward their best attempts at an April fools’ prank\u2026. or so you would like tobelieve.An April fools’ joke is hard to pull off andthis year, there were plenty of blunderous attempts at humour. A good Aprilfools’ joke should be ridiculous, but simultaneously somewhat believable. It\u2019sa fine line that\u2019s hard to walk and this year, the car industry has failed us.So, let\u2019s dive right in\u20262019\u2019s worst April fools’ joke – The Hyundai N RoadsterHere at Motor-Vision we feel very embarrassedfor Hyundai at the moment because their \u201cApril fools’ joke\u201d was a completefailure. The intention was good but the punchline was terrible and the wholething just fell flat. The Australian N Performance Facebook pagedecided it\u2019d be funny to release fake renders of a new N Roadster and that theywould fool us by having us believe the car was in the works. The problem withthis joke is that it actually would be great if they made this thing. No onewas laughing, but rather mildly irritated that this cool concept is nothingmore than a joke to Hyundai. Let\u2019s just hope they were testing the responsethey got and the N Roadster willmaterialise into a reality. Castle Combe CircuitHonestly, this is so bad it\u2019s made its way into good joke territory. The main reason it\u2019s in this list is theGod-awful Photoshop job and the fact that the joke itself is not even 1%believable. That being said, it was pretty funny. Castle Combe Circuit is a 1.85-mile trackbased in Wiltshire and will now be its own \u201csovereign state\u201d due to \u201ccurrentBrexit uncertainties\u201d and will adopt an \u201cairport-style passport controlprocedure\u201d. The reason for the poorly pasted and outdatedLewis Hamilton photo is that \u201cCastle Combe Circuit plans to use its new-foundstatus to host its very own leg of the popular Formula 1 championship\u201d. Makessense!The best part about their joke was probably this:\u2018Unfortunately, local F1 star Jenson Buttonwas unavailable for comment, but we were able to track down Ernie Wiggins, hisex-primary school teacher. \u201cI\u2019ve never met nor heard of Jenson Button, but amsure he\u2019d be very happy with the news.\u201d\u2019Land Rover installs the UK\u2019s most isolated remote charging pointRange Rover told the world on Monday that theyhad just installed a remote charging point in the middle of nowhere in the Isleof Skye, 15 miles from the nearest road. This joke was likely made to promotetheir hybrid engines found in their P400e models.\u201cMax Watts\u201d is apparently the Head of VehicleCharging over at JLR and said \u201cWe really have gone above and beyond, andohm-mitted nothing in our quest to ensure that eco-minded Land Rover owners areable to adventure in zero emissions comfort. It may only be one single chargingpoint that we\u2019ve installed, but we\u2019re not expecting there to be much of aqueue\u2026\u201dWell, at least the photo editing wasn\u2019tappalling\u2026Audi B-TronAgain, this April fools’ joke feels like it\u2019sjust a promotion for their new electric line of cars that has been dressed upas some April fools’ content. The \u201cB-Tron\u201d is a sibling to the E-Tron with themain difference being that it\u2019s yellow, has a cool graphic design and useshoney as fuel, as explained by Imker Honig (translating to Beekeeper Honey).Imker commented \u201cEarly prototypes tended toattract scores of bees, typically around the hexagonal fuel cap,\u201d\u201cOne tester was swarmed by a hive that hadsettled in the glove compartment. I don\u2019t think he\u2019ll be doing that again, ha!\u201d\u201cThat said, everyone loves the on-boardtoaster,\u201dMG\u2019s road-painting tyresMG played on their existing slogan \u201ccolour theroad\u201d by taking it quite literally and revealing their new tyres withwater-soluble dye on Monday. Daniel Gregorious, Head of Sales and Marketingat MG, had this to say: \u201cThey say a picture paints a thousand words, but whatabout an entire road? Ten thousand? Twenty thousand? I don\u2019t know for sure, butin the case of MG, I\u2019m certain a lot of those words would be \u2018value\u2019, \u2018quality\u2019and \u2018reliability\u2019.\u201dSo if these are all bad, what makes a good April fools’ joke? You may think we\u2019re hard to please when it comes to good April fools’ jokes (we are) but we don\u2019t scoff at all of them. For instance, Honda\u2019s 90s interior makeover for their video Passport SUV was a great bit of April fools’ content.It was high quality and clearly a lot ofeffort went into it. They made a real effort to make people laugh and it worked(for us, at least). That being said, we do have to deduct points for it notbeing very believable. Another great example would be Skoda\u2019s take on this year\u2019s fools’ day. \u0160KODA Head of infotainment development, DrIvor T\u00fcchskreen explained: \u201cEvery week, I forget to put my bins out forrecycling. Before ProjectaPal, I would tape a note on the interior door handle,but it would always fall off. Then I thought \u2018why don\u2019t I ask my Karoq toremind me instead?\u2019 \u2013 and that\u2019s when we started designing ProjectaPal.\u201dProjectPal allows motorists to customise the door\u2019s light to either a custom message, like the one seen above, or to an image of a loved one such as the example below. Let us know what your favourite and least favourite April fools’ jokes were this year in the comments and don\u2019t forget to subscribe! "},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/smart-motoring.com\/blog\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Worst April Fools\u2019 Jokes of The Car Industry","item":"https:\/\/smart-motoring.com\/blog\/the-worst-april-fools-jokes-of-the-car-industry\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]