# @sterling_voth on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdOxf0vgaFl
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70337986-sterling-voth-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/6e39050c57.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-09-13T14:27:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sterling Voth (@Sterling_Voth) — https://gondola.cc/Sterling_Voth

## Caption

Ridley Scott directed a car ad in 1990. You've probably never seen it.
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That's because it only aired once.
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Nissan spent $2 million on "The Dream" and then pulled it from TV almost immediately.
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The reason is surprising.
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The ad showed a driver pushing a Z32 300ZX hard through open roads.
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Public safety groups lost it. The IIHS called for it to be removed. The backlash wasn't about a missing disclaimer, but instead about the ad "glorifying speed."
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Nissan tried to defend it as a dream sequence, but eventually caved anyway and pulled it from air.
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But the ad's story doesn't end there.
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The creative was so good that it's still renowned to this day.
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Jalopnik and Road & Track both ranked it among the best car ads ever made. Pixar's John Lasseter pointed to it as an inspiration.
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Glorifying speed or not, the ad made viewers feel something most car ads don't: excitement.
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Was Nissan wrong to pull it, or did the safety groups have a point? What do you think?

## Stats

- **Views:** 4,674
- **Likes:** 170
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 1

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sterling Voth | @Sterling_Voth | https://gondola.cc/Sterling_Voth | Director of Photography |

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