‘Can you tell the difference?’ Woke Jaguar CEO steps down after bizarre ad while America and Trump swoon over Sydney Sweeney
The CEO of Jaguar is stepping down in the wake of a high-profile, woke ad campaign that was ridiculed across the globe, while a Sydney Sweeney ad for American Eagle is experiencing continued financial praise.
Jaguar Land Rover CEO Adrian Mardell is retiring from the luxury carmaker after three decades and serving as chief executive officer for three years.
Jaguar Land Rover CEO stepping down, months after controversial ‘woke’ rebrand and companies move to switch to EV’s saw sales plummet.
Adrian Mardell will step down and ‘retire’ as CEO after three decades at the company.
It comes after the car manufacturer announced it was… pic.twitter.com/WdVjl3TZxB
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) July 31, 2025
As reported last month, Jaguar’s sales in Europe plunged dramatically, with only 49 vehicles registered in April 2025, a 97.5% drop from the 1,961 units sold in the same month the previous year.
It is believed the dramatic drop was due to the company’s “Copy Nothing” ad campaign, which featured androgynous models in brightly colored, surreal outfits, including one man wearing a dress, with slogans including “create exuberant,” “live vivid,” and “delete ordinary.”
It prompted billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk to ask the British car company: “Do you sell cars?”
Do you sell cars?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 19, 2024
In November when the new ad campaign debuted, Fox Business reported: “Jaguar could be facing its own Bud Light moment after online backlash to a new ad,” referring to the beer giant’s massive plunge in sales due to its promotion of transgender personality Dylan Mulvaney.
Numbers NEVER lie.
Here are 2 different campaigns results:
American Eagle’s Sydney Sweeney ad:
– AE made $300m in a day
– $65m in free media exposureJaguar LGBTQ ad:
– sales in Europe plunged 97.5% in April
– from 180k sold in 2018 to 27k last yearBuyers has spoken! pic.twitter.com/xRuqSLMtJ3
— Patrick Bet-David (@patrickbetdavid) August 1, 2025
One online commenter noted, “The funny thing is: Both Jaguar’s board AND the CEO doubled down (HARD) when all first happened.
“They should all go. The CEO, the Chief Designer, CPO, Chief Brand person … and the entire board. All of them … should be relieved.”
Jaguar’s CEO to step down following the disastrous attempt at a rebranding, meanwhile American Eagle’s stock was up about 20% after its Sydney Sweeney ad.
Can you tell the difference? pic.twitter.com/ExxaxvfhPn
— Kevin – Classical Liberal (@gov_fails) August 1, 2025
American Eagle’s stock reportedly jumped 18% when it debuted its ad campaign touting “Sydney Sweeney has great jeans.”
I think Sydney Sweeney looks great in these jeans. Very on trend for this fall too. As far as the play on words, she also has great genes. She’s beautiful and has a great body. American Eagle ad department did nothing wrong and neither did she. The jeans have sold out.… pic.twitter.com/uvtBb3dwHt
— (@CL4WS_OUT) July 29, 2025
Even President Donald Trump is highlighting the stark difference, saying Monday on Truth Social: “Sydney Sweeney, a registered Republican, has the ‘HOTTEST’ ad out there. It’s for American Eagle, and the jeans are ‘flying off the shelves.’ Go get ‘em Sydney!
“On the other side of the ledger, Jaguar did a stupid, and seriously WOKE advertisement, THAT IS A TOTAL DISASTER! The CEO just resigned in disgrace, and the company is in absolute turmoil. Who wants to buy a Jaguar after looking at that disgraceful ad. Shouldn’t they have learned a lesson from Bud Lite, which went Woke and essentially destroyed, in a short campaign, the Company.
REPORTER: “Actress Sydney Sweeney, it came out this weekend that she was a registered Republican. Any thoughts on that?”
PRESIDENT TRUMP: “Now I love her ad. If she is a registered Republican, I think her ad is fantastic.”
pic.twitter.com/LdVIOVQeHS— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 4, 2025
“The market cap destruction has been unprecedented, with BILLIONS OF DOLLARS SO FOOLISHLY LOST. Or just look at Woke singer Taylor Swift. Ever since I alerted the world as to what she was by saying on TRUTH that I can’t stand her (HATE!). She was booed out of the Super Bowl and became, NO LONGER HOT. The tide has seriously turned – Being WOKE is for losers, being Republican is what you want to be. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
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