2013 Winners & Shortlists

TROLLEY TEST DRIVE

BrandNISSAN MIDDLE EAST
Product/ServiceAROUND VIEW MONITOR
EntrantTBWA\RAAD UAE Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
CategoryAMBIENT/ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
Entrant Company TBWA\RAAD UAE Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Advertising Agency TBWA\RAAD UAE Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Advertising Agency 2 INTEGER Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

The Brief

Nissan recently introduced yet another innovation that could dramatically improve people’s driving experience: the Around View Monitor, a technology that lets you see a bird’s eye view of your car. Who does this technology benefit the most? As politically incorrect as it is to say, women. There, we said it. Our objective is to get this audience to come test drive this new experience.

Creative Execution

By bringing the Around View Monitor experience to where our audience is (the supermarket), rather than where we want them to be (the showroom), we got more people to test drive the technology than we would ever have.

Describe the creative solution to the brief/objective.

How do you get a target audience who traditionally never test drives, but nevertheless has tremendous influence in purchasing decisions, to test drive a car? Take away the car. Introducing the Trolley Test Drive, a fleet of shopping trolleys equipped a camera and monitor that display the immediate area surrounding the shopper, inspired by the Around View Monitor technology.

Results

Amused stares and photo-ops. Nearly 35% signed up for real test-drives, a total of 234 potential buyers. And 0 shopping trolley accidents.

Credits

Name Company Role
Martin Lever Tbwa\raad Executive Creative Director
Tuan Le Tbwa\raad Copywriter
Sumanth Wilkins Tbwa\raad Art Director
Hazem Atieh Tbwa\raad Production Manager
Saad Gharzeddine Tbwa\raad Account Director
Natasha Monteiro Tbwa\raad Account Manager
Ibrahim El Tawil Tbwa\raad Account Executive
Samir Cherfan Nissan Middle East Director – Sales/Marketing
Syed Ahmed Nissan Middle East General Manager – Sales/Marketing
Yolande Pineda Nissan Middle East General Manager – Corp Comms
Abdul Illah Wazni Nissan Middle East Senior Marketing Manager
Francis Contreras Tbwa\raad Photographer
Firas Khamasmia Tbwa\raad Retoucher
Nassim Nasr Integer General Manager
Jason Simms Ketchum Raad Middle East Account Director
Tina Varghese Ketchum Raad Middle East Account Manager