Kinetic Singapore Tows Competitors for Mini

Kinetic Singapore designed a campaign around the insight that drivers who test drive a Mini are far more likely to buy one, the agency found a clever way to get people behind the wheel of the car with “We Tow You Drive.”

The agency and Mini partnered with a towing company in Singapore, letting drivers whose cars broke down take the Mini to where they need to go while their car is towed. This positioned the brand as something of a hero, responding to drivers in need, while getting them to test drive the vehicle. The video above, documenting the stunt, delights in lingering on cars from competitors, such as Volkswagen and Mercedes Benz, as they are towed away — the obvious implication being that Mini is more reliable. While Adweek rightfully characterized the testimonials as “dubious,” it’s a pretty clever stunt (whether or not there’s a degree of staging involved).

Mini Partners With a Towing Company to Give Test Drives to Stranded Motorists

Mini Cooper is out with an awesomely ruthless new ad, set in Singapore, that shows the automaker tricking people into test driving its product—by teaming up with a towing service and giving loaners to stranded motorists.

The consumer testimonials are dubious (as they tend to be in stunt videos like this). But real or fake, the ad makes quick work of indirectly digging at competitors, simply by showing Mini providing real utility in an inevitably frustrating situation.

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There’s also the implication of superior reliability—note the prominent Mercedes-Benz logo in one sad shot of a car lying dead on the side of the road. If that doesn’t drive home the point—that when other brands fail you, Mini won’t—the ad’s kicker does, with an excellent bit of snark. (Wishing the other cars a “speedy recovery” is tantamount to hustling them along to the junkyard.)

Still as fun as Mini would like you to think its cars are to drive, comparing them to go-karts might not be the best way to reinforce a message of dependability. But it’s nice to see a brand swoop in like a vulture to scoop up a rival’s business when it’s at its most vulnerable.

Now, it needs to start showing up at poorly marked no-parking zones, too.

Agency: Kinetic Singapore.



Man Building Giant Amusement Park

Ai Pioppi est le nom du restaurant de Bruno, situé en pleine forêt de Battaglia en Italie. Afin d’attirer une clientèle plus importante, le patron du restaurant pense et réalise lui-même depuis plus de 40 ans des manèges et autres balançoires à l’arrière de l’établissement. Un mini-parc d’attractions, œuvre d’une vie.

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A Singapour, le Terminal 1 de Changi Airport nous propose de découvrir cette installation magnifique. Pensée par Art+Com, Kinetic Rain est une installation de plus de 600 gouttes d’aluminium suspendues qui obéissent à une chorégraphie de 15 minutes pré-programmées par ordinateur. Un rendu magique à découvrir en vidéo.

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