The Dogs Of The Super Bowl

Nah, not those dogs. We are not referring to the cute canines that populated many commercials aired during the Super Bowl last Sunday. We are referring to the dogs that didn't hunt, we are talking bad ads, bad, bad, bad, baaaaad ones. The worst. Ads imported from Yucksville. Those we make you watch again today. Yesterday, we showed you the best commercials, as voted by the people. The data come from Edmunds. How did they measure it? Advertisers expect from their commercials what women expect from a bra: A lift. A lift in interest for the wares being hawked. That lifted interest resonates in the respected pages being hit at Edmunds.com, because people rush to their computer to research the car they just saw on TV. Or so the theory goes. Yesterday, we showed you the ads that lifted like a multistage rocket. This time, we show you the duds. These ads don't lift. They suck. Third worst: The Toyota Camry commercial (above.) I'm sure the creative were pretty proud of that one until the research came in. But I tend to agree: I don't like it when guys get reinvented as girls. And I like them real, not 3D rendered. Second worst: The Honda CR-V commercial. What a waste of money. Worst of the worst: The Chevrolet Silverado 1500 commercial. Looks like people are not moved by frogs falling from the air. Or whatever. Marketing Directors responsible for the aforementioned ads: Don't fire your agency just yet. Hold off on putting the account on review. Look, it could have been worse. Says Edmunds in a letter to TTAC: "At least this year no one's consideration was flat after their ads ran. Last year, BMW saw no lift from its "Defying Logic" ad for the X3 in the second quarter, and Lexus aired a number of pre-game ads and saw no lift in consideration for its models or the make." In case you want to know how the unmentioned middling commercials fared, here the complete Edmunds tally as a bonus: Make Model Segment Lift Fiat 500 Subcompact Car 203% Audi S7 Premium Luxury Car 195% Chevrolet Sonic Subcompact Car 188% Lexus GS 350 Midrange Luxury Car 144% Hyundai Veloster Compact Car 137% Hyundai Genesis coupe Entry Sport Car 88% Volkswagen Beetle Subcompact Car 80% Kia Optima Midsize Car 62% Chevrolet Camaro Entry Sport Car 45% Cadillac ATS Entry Luxury Car 37% Lexus ES 350 Entry Luxury Car 31% Toyota Camry Midsize Car 8% Honda CR-V Compact Crossover SUV 5% Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Large Truck 2% You may notice that today's percentages are slightly different than yesterday's, and that the ranking is different as well. We saw that too. This is market research, not the table of primes, for crying out loud. People change their minds. Or something to that effect. from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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