Chrysler’s ‘Farmer’ Ad Helps Spur Ram Sales

640445561001_2135167109001_Ram-Farmer-914One of the biggest winners in terms of popularity from the Superbowl commercials was Chrysler.  Their ad campaigns have been notorious of late with quality.  One in particular, the Ram “Farmer” ad was incredibly successful.  It’s hard to gauge the effectiveness of an ad based solely on people’s response, however.  Ads are created to sell product and if all they are doing is getting likes on Facebook, then they are failing their original purpose.  So how do we truly find if the Farmer ad was a success?  February’s sales numbers have just done that work for us.

The San Francisco Chronicle shows that Ram’s sales increased in the previous month.  The figures are up 3 percent from the previous year and it’s the best February sales in six years.

Ram has been working very hard of late to be seen as the working man’s truck.  Recently, they’ve been promoting their “Ram Jam” country music concert.  The ad targeted the blue-collars out in the country who need to relay on dependable and heavy-duty machinery.  That was the message that ad presented, and with a few exceptions, was greeted with a positive response.

Stacy Finz, the writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, interviewed Greg Stern, CEO and co-founder of BSSP, an advertising firm, about the ‘Farmer” ad that Chrysler put together.  His thoughts on the commercial were, “It was a great spot.  Who doesn’t respect and root for farmers.”

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New Chrysler Mini-Van Will Feature 9 Speed Transmission

ext1The future is upon us and Chrysler is gearing up to meet it head on.  The current course is that they will be released a new minivan in the time frame of 2015.  One of the features expected to be included in the design is a new part of the powertrain.  That would be a nine-speed automatic transmission.

The reasoning behind this is that car-makers are following the trend that consumers want more for less.  The more in this case is driving, the less being less gas to make that happen.  Another part of this decision is that regulations are becoming stricter.

So Chrysler is getting ready to deal with these new changes.  Back in 2011, Sergio Marchionne, the CEO of Chrysler, paid a visit to the Windsor Assembly Plant, where the Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country are made.  While he was there, he remarked that the nine-speed transmission will be in the next generation van.  Recently, he even said that the same gearbox will be added to the Dodge Dart to make it more appealing to consumers.

Chrysler is making strong strides into predicting what the car of the future is going to be.  The smart gamble will always be on the one that costs the customer less at the pump.

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Source: “Chrysler Gears Up for the Future” The Province

Chrysler’s ‘Farmer’ Ad is a Hit!

UntitledChrysler scored another win this year at the Superbowl with their Jeep ad. With the voice of Oprah underscoring Jeep’s appreciate for our men and women in arms fighting for us over there, it won over the same crowd that loved the previous ads with Clint Eastwood and Eminem. It seems like they wanted to really go all out since that wasn’t the only Chrysler ad that played during the big game. While it’s the one everyone is talking about the most, the Ram ‘Farmer’ ad is still one hot on everyone’s lips.

The question that many people were asking the days following the commercial were where did the idea come from? Greg Mitchell of The Nation found another video on YouTube that is similar to the Ram Ad. It was uploaded in June of 2011 and features the same speech from Paul Harvey. The biggest difference is that Ram went out and got their own footage and images of farming for their commercial.

So, is it a cut-and-dry scandal of ripping off a YouTube video? Appears that it’s not really the case. A message on the page for the video says “Farms.com is pleased to be working with Ram Trucks and support the ‘Farmer’ Super Bowl commercial.” Plus when you watch their video, there is also a link to the Ram version.

Seems like Chrysler just saw an ad they enjoyed and wanted to expand it to put it on a national stage. There doesn’t appear to be anything scandalous going on, especially when the group responsible for the original ad highlights their cooperation.

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