AUCKLAND, Today: BBDO NZ has launched a new Ford NZ campaign that celebrates the profound way Ford innovation has become embedded in Kiwi culture over more than 100 years of working together.
The new brand campaign incorporates a number of significant New Zealand cultural moments involving Ford, with the message ‘the future belongs to those who build it’.
BBDO NZ group business director Belinda Dick says the aim of this campaign is to use the past to reinforce the exciting position Ford holds for the future.
“Our thinking is that if you want to know what the future holds, it pays to start at the beginning, with what Ford has already achieved,” Dick said. “True to the Kiwi spirit, our campaign centres on the idea that the future belongs to those who build it.”
The campaign will be based on a two-minute promotional video supported by shorter television commercials, as well as online and print advertisements.
Ford NZ MD Simon Rutherford said: “We wanted to remind people of Ford’s strong heritage in New Zealand. Our vehicles have been available here since 1907 and, since then, Ford has become part of the fabric of our society and will continue to help Kiwis go further in the future.”
“This is the first major Ford campaign in NZ since the company appointed BBDO as its new global lead creative agency last year.”
Among the moments highlighted is the sensational Kiwi success at Le Mans in 1966, when Ford played a starring role in one of New Zealand’s greatest international sporting triumphs. On that day, Kiwi drivers Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon drove a Ford GT40 Mark II to victory on the racetrack.
The campaign also features other prominent Kiwis. In the 1980s, former Prime Minister David Lange participated in the Ford Motor Company Ford Laser TX3i series.
In addition, both police cars and tractors from New Zealand’s past appear in the new campaign. The New Zealand Police relied on Ford, with the Ford Zephyr patrol car becoming iconic in the early 1970s.
The Fordson Major tractor was assembled right here in New Zealand, becoming one of the mainstay workhorses of Kiwi farming. Over time, Fordson tractors were even adapted in New Zealand for use on logging railways.
The new campaign, which launched on Sunday, is the first major Ford campaign in New Zealand since the company appointed BBDO as its new lead creative agency globally last year.
It’s based on a two-minute promotional video supported by shorter television commercials, as well as online and print advertisements.
CREDITS
Creative Agency: BBDO NZ
Sound: Franklin Road
Media Agency: Mindshare
Ford NZ MD: Simon Rutherford
General Marketing Manager: Cameron Thomas
Marketing Services Manager: Rachel White.
- The new Ford New Zealand brand campaign can be viewed at www.ford.co.nz/future
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