Lincoln McConaughey Ad Spoof Brings October Sales Surge
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Matthew McConaughey and Jim Carrey may have finally figured out how to make Lincoln hip.
Sales of Ford Motor Co.’s lagging luxury line soared 25 percent last month after comedian Carrey spoofed McConaughey’s moody commercials for the new Lincoln MKC sport-utility vehicle on NBC’s Saturday Night Live. The small SUV had its best sales month ever as Carrey imitated McConaughey’s sotto voce musings on life as he rolls down a dark city street. The original ads began airing the previous month.