Two major car manufacturers have released new ads for their ute brands (Volkswagen, ad above; Ford, ad below), both launching in the Australian market. Let's compare!
| Volkswagen ad by DDB Sydney | Ford ad by GTB | Who wins? | |
| Car name | Amarok V6 Ultimate 590 | Ranger Raptor | Ford. This car sounds like a dinosaur |
| Platform | Teaser films, a 50-second spot at the Bathurst car race, support on digital and social | TV, digital and social | |
| Ad USP | Show that the car is the "most powerful ute in its class - a product benefit most marketers dream of" | Show that the car is one "the likes of which the Australian market has never seen before", setting "a new benchmark in off-road capability" | |
| Ad concept (according to Ad Nut) | Give the impression the car is so powerful that showing what it can actually do would break all rules of advertising. | Take cinematic shots of the car driving in a dramatic landscape. Like every other car ad ever. | Volkswagen. The concept is cheeky and much more original |
| Tools deployed to engage viewer | Humour, via a diva-ish film director with a passion for hyperbolic animal metaphors ("it's like a wild animal, a big black wolf, pounding across its terrain, chasing down its prey"), a morose health and safety inspector and cheeky subtitles ("this was the money shot"). Also a well-developed and well-crafted storyline with multiple scenes and characters. Plus, stylish drone shots, high-speed corners, car flying through air and roaring engines | Showing off Ford's history ("In 1934 we invented the ute"), stylish drone shots, high-speed corners, car flying through air, close-up on suspension system taking a beating, spraying mud, roaring engines | Volkswagen. The ad is attention-grabbing and funny while keeping the car's power front and centre; little stands out about Ford's ad. |
| Length | 1 minute 30 seconds | 30 seconds | Ford. A speedy ad is a good ad, even if there's less content. |
| Overall winner? | It has to be Volkswagen. Ad Nut loves that it doesn't take itself too seriously in this ad and is amusingly self-aware, while Ford doesn't offer anything noticeably different in this ad. | ||
CREDITS
(Volkswagen)
DDB SYDNEY:
Chief Creative Officer: Ben Welsh
Executive Creative Director: Tara Ford
Creative Partner: Jade Manning
Creative Partner: Vincent Osmond
Senior Creative: Tim Woolford
Senior Creative: Tommy Cehak
Managing Partner: Nick Russo
Senior Business Director: Astrid Noble
Business Manager: Luke Thistleton
Digital Business Manager: Christelle Quillien
Planning Partner: Graham Sweet
Head of Integrated Content: Sevda Cemo
Lead Senior Producer: Tania Jeram
Senior Digital Art Director: Berengere Sottas
Senior Designer: Paul Jansen
VOLKSWAGEN COMMERCIAL VEHICLES:
National Marketing Manager: Nick Reid
Product Marketing Manager: James Thompson
Retail and Digital Communications Manager: Nathan Johnson
Production Company: Goodoil Films
Director: Adam Stevens
Executive Producer: Sam Long
Producer: Catherine Warner
DOP: Daniel Ardilley
Editor: Mark Burnett from The Editors, Sydney
Assistant Editor: Grace Eyre from The Editors, Sydney
Grade: Ben Eagleton from BE
Online/VFX: Nigel Mortimer, Stefan Coory
Post Production: Blockhead VFX, Sydney
Sound Engineer: Anthony Aston, Rumble Studios
Music: Johnny Green, Rumble Studios
Media agency: PHD Sydney
CREDITS
(Ford)
Client: Ford Motor Company
General Manager of Marketing – Daniella Winter
Marketing strategy and communications manager – Tony Jordan
Marketing communications manager – David Noonan
Marketing analyst – Thomas Smith
Agency: GTB
Media Director: Mark Bennett
Offline Media Director: Libby Shaw
Digital Media Manager: Kate Emberley
Executive Creative Director – Jon-Paul Jacques
Creative Group Head – Michael Mulcahy
Associate Creative Director – Andy Segal & Chris Hince
Senior Creative - Tim O’Shea
Senior Producer - Zaylee Saydam
Head of Strategy – Anuj Mehra
Account Director – Blade Griffiths
Account Manager – Rima Gurbani
Account Executive – Michelle Ho
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