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[–] marcos@lemmy.world 26 points 16 hours ago

It helped them sell more tires, it associated the tires name with higher quality, it made money by itself, and it pushed the mascot into an icon capable of making money by itself.

All for something that sounds like a dr. Doofenshmittz plan.