Title | Motorshow |
Agency | Fallon |
Campaign | Fabia Launch - Skoda |
Advertiser | Volkswagen |
Brand | Skoda |
Posted | October 2000 |
Product | Fabia UK Launch |
Business Sector | Cars |
Tagline | It's A Skoda, Honest. |
Story | Workers are lowering the latest Skoda model onto a display stand at an auto show. A manager rushes over to tell them "that car does not go on that stand." The car is too stylish to be a Skoda. In fact, it is the new Skoda. |
Philosophy | The repositioning that accompanied the launch of the Fabia in March 2000 challenged that prejudice head-on and reduced marque rejection from 60% to 42%. UK sales have since grown by 64% dramatically outstripping other markets, with the same model mix; £15 million of marketing spend is estimated to have returned £37 million of profits. |
Problem | Skoda jokes were so entrenched in British culture that, despite the brands acquisition by VW in 1991, radical product improvements had continued to fall on deaf ears. |
Media Type | Television |
Length | |
Market | United Kingdom |
Creative Director | Richard Flintham |
Art Director | Richard Flintham |
Creative Director | Andy McLeod |
Copywriter | Andy McLeod |
Agency Producer | Kirsty Burns |
Director | Fredrik Bond |
Production Company | Harry Nash |
Photographer | Karl Oskarrsson |
Director | Lenard Dorfman |
Advertising Manager | Chris Hawken |
Managing Director | Laurence Green |