| Title | TRY MY HYBRID |
| Brand | TOYOTA |
| Product/Service | HYBRIDS |
| Category |
C02. MICROSITE |
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Entrant Company
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SAATCHI & SAATCHI Oslo, NORWAY
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Advertising Agency
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SAATCHI & SAATCHI Oslo, NORWAY
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Credits
| Kristoffer Reppen |
Saatchi/Saatchi Norway |
Creative Director |
| Ida Fjeldbraaten |
Saatchi/Saatchi Norway |
Copywriter |
| Øyvind Waage |
Saatchi/Saatchi Norway |
Executive Creative Director |
| Snorre Martinsen |
Saatchi/Saatchi Norway |
Senior Creative/Art Director |
| Christopher Køltzow |
Saatchi/Saatchi Norway |
Digital Creative |
| Haagen Sæther/Larsen |
Saatchi/Saatchi Norway |
Account Director |
| Magnhild Foldøy |
Saatchi/Saatchi Norway |
Account Manager |
| Nanna Skipper Grønli |
Saatchi/Saatchi Norway |
Account Manager |
| Mads Rønold |
Saatchi/Saatchi Norway |
Communications Manager |
| Linus Hjellström |
Saatchi/Saatchi Norway |
Art Director |
| Rune Sandnes |
Saatchi/Saatchi Norway |
Head Of Tecnology/Producer |
| Sølvsuper AS |
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Additional company |
| Både og |
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Additional company |
| Maxus |
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Additional company |
Creative Execution
Letting strangers test-drive your car is asking a lot. Still we doubled our goal of 150 owners. In little Norway, 300 owners covered most of the country. Both geographically, and socially on Facebook (friends and friends of friends). 1/3 of the Norwegian population remember the campaign. 1,300 test-drive sign-ups. 10x the average of test-drive signups on toyota.no in the same period. One of Norway's biggets radio shows signed up and broadcasted the show live from a Prius. 55+ newspapers ran the story. This January, Auris outsold the category leader VW Golf for the fist time.
This completely new approach generated a lot of publicity. So then, head of PR at Toyota, challenged one of Norway’s biggest radio shows - with a hybrid sceptic show host – to Try his hybrid. Five days later the entire show was broadcasted live from a Prius.
Over 1300 people signed up to test-drive during the three weeks of the campaign which is ten times the average of test-drive signups from the web. Then, in January 2014, Auris outsold the category leader VW Golf for the first time.
Try my hybrid is about much more than test-drives. It shows that when a brand dares let go, their customers can be their greatest vehicles of communication.
Toyota hybrid owners are Norway’s most loyal and satisfied car owners, but attracting new customers has been a challenge. Maybe the owners could lend a hand…
Forget about car salesmen for a moment.
What if people could experience Hybrids with the most satisfied car drivers in Norway? Or even better: with someone they know and trust?
Before launch, we recruited a base of hybrid owners all over Norway through Toyota’s Facebook page, so proud of their cars that they, without pay, volunteered to let strangers, friends and neighbors test drive their cars.