Automotive Archives - Page 23 of 43 - Event Marketer
NASCAR Parks Stock Cars Across NYC to Generate Buzz
NASCAR kicked off its annual year-end awards bash in high fashion, turning the streets of Manhattan into a track for its top 10 Nextel Cup drivers. For a week leading up to the awards, the drivers’ cars were parked at points across the city, with radio and newspaper ads hyping the event. Donald Trump waved...
Michelin Exhibit Features Real Section of Racetrack
Michelin brought its own piece of the racetrack to the Specialty Equipment Market Association’s Las Vegas trade show. The goal: Support its positioning among automotive experts as the go-to brand of tires. The exhibit’s exterior featured a large, banked section of racetrack, topped with five high-performance vehicles, including a sexy Porsche Carrera GT. Inside, an...
Toyota Makes One-to-One Connections with Gen Y
Toyota stayed low and under the radar with a youth-targeted retail program for Scion. Eschewing traditional marketing for personal one-to-one connections, Toyota launched Behind the Wheel to foster a conversation with Gen Y consumers that was real but not rushed, welcomed but not forced, and a catalyst for ongoing communications. The campaign toured 21 markets with...
GM Demonstrates Real-Life Use of its OnStar Service
A revamped auto show presence helped OnStar increase the number of product demo requests and generated subscription renewals for the vehicle security service. Inside the curved-walled, 2,400-square-foot footprint, visitors experienced three areas, all demonstrating real-life uses of the service. In one area, five 42-inch screens ran clips of customer testimonials while two other screens showed...