{"id":165872,"date":"2010-01-11T07:28:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T12:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/11\/just-dodge-it-chrysler-reportedly-hires-firm-best-known-for-nik\/"},"modified":"2010-01-11T07:28:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T12:28:00","slug":"just-dodge-it-chrysler-reportedly-hires-firm-best-known-for-nike-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/165872","title":{"rendered":"Just Dodge It? Chrysler reportedly hires firm best known for Nike ads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/etc\/\" rel=\"tag\">Etc.<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/marketing-advertising\/\" rel=\"tag\">Marketing\/Advertising<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/chrysler\/\" rel=\"tag\">Chrysler<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/dodge\/\" rel=\"tag\">Dodge<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autonews.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20100106\/RETAIL03\/100109958\/1251\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"4\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/01\/dodge_fever_630.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Automobiles and footwear, they&#8217;re not that different, right? They&#8217;re both transportation devices; Jimi said &#8220;his dusty boots is his Cadillac,&#8221; putting it all in perspective. Sergio Marchionne has Balkanized the marketing of Chrysler&#8217;s divisions, and Dodge has taken the opportunity to split from its long-serving agency BBDO, which has handled advertising and media buying for the whole of Chrysler. <\/p>\n<p>BBDO&#8217;s contract runs out this month, and according to <em>Automotive News<\/em>, Dodge is going with the &#8220;Just Do It&#8221; Agency Wieden+Kennedy. In addition to coining that iconic phrase for Nike, a brand which W+K has been associated with since its birth in 1982. The firm&#8217;s Portland, Oregon arm also puts its mark on ESPN&#8217;s &#8220;This is Sportscenter&#8221; campaign, and was responsible for the recent Target Christmas spots. Lest you think there&#8217;s some kind of magic juju that goes into car advertising, W+K knows what it&#8217;s doing there, too. Adweek awarded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/18\/honda-wins-commercial-of-the-decade-but-not-for-the-ad-you-thin\/\">Honda&#8217;s &#8220;Grrr&#8221;<\/a> ad the title &#8220;Commercial of the Decade,&#8221; and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;oi=video_result&amp;ct=res&amp;cd=3&amp;ved=0CBIQtwIwAg&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D_ve4M4UsJQo&amp;ei=gKFGS-7oHc6JlAfehfUU&amp;usg=AFQjCNG1tJEGMmFdBnsHa2tEUBRFs2PIGw&amp;sig2=FBgU38IjKSW1JHk7JOV7pA\">well-traveled &#8220;Cog&#8221;<\/a> spot was also W+K&#8217;s work, so it&#8217;s obvious the firm knows a thing or two about auto. It&#8217;s not clear what direction Dodge&#8217;s advertising will go &#8211; especially now that it&#8217;s been split off from Ram &#8211; but the company is likely breathing a sigh of relief that it didn&#8217;t get tasked with the Chrysler brand, instead. We&#8217;re not sure there&#8217;s any type of advertising that could sell Sebrings. <\/p>\n<p>[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autonews.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20100106\/RETAIL03\/100109958\/1251\">Automotive News<\/a> &#8211; sub req.]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/11\/just-dodge-it-chrysler-reportedly-hires-firm-best-known-for-nik\/\">Just Dodge It? Chrysler reportedly hires firm best known for Nike ads<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:28:00 EST.  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They&#8217;re both transportation devices; Jimi said &#8220;his dusty boots is his Cadillac,&#8221; putting it all in perspective. Sergio Marchionne has Balkanized the marketing of Chrysler&#8217;s divisions, and Dodge has taken the opportunity to split from its long-serving agency BBDO, which has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}