Jeep puts creative account out to pitch

There is a great saying that nothing kills off a bad product faster than good advertising.
Jeep is living testimony to that. Cummins did a fantastic job on the brand only for the product to run up a litany of faults and service issues.
Now, client Flynn hands out an unnecessary backhander by saying “Now’s a great opportunity to partner with one of Australia’s best creative agencies….”
You had one, Mr Flynn.

Thanks for your very insightful contribution.

You get your opinions of Jeeps from where?

Stupidest thing Jeep AU ever did was drop ‘I bought a Jeep’. Massively successful campaign both culturally and commercially, which has sadly been lost because the marketing team wanted something ‘new’ even though the customer and public loved it.

I wonder if the IP’s for The Cynic and Cal are similar?

I simply cannot imagine many people scrutinising the release to find such a subtle ‘unnecessary backhander’.

Nope, I agree with Cal.

Tasteless and unnecessary quote at worst, poorly worded at best.

Agree with Cal

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For Thinkerbell then?

“I bought a Jeep”
“We’re gonna need a bigger boat”
Bring back these adds instead of the 3 year free service ads.
My suggestion for new ads would be to push the petrol Grand Cherokees and Cherokee V6 towing big caravans and boats with “Jeep, no need for D.P.F.”
With video of Jeep towing caravan/boat accelerating over 1/4 mile drag trip.

“I bought a Jeep”
“We’re gonna need a bigger boat”
Bring back these ads instead of the 3 year free service ads.
My suggestion for new ads would be to push the petrol Grand Cherokees and Cherokee V6 towing big caravans and boats with “Jeep, no need for D.P.F.”
With video of Jeep towing caravan/boat accelerating over 1/4 mile drag trip.

Thanks Rod.

New catch phrase
“We got the bigger boat”

Have to agree with both. Looks like the decision making at jeep is as bad as their product.

@Portnoy

Not sure what you’re imtimating, but C&P was the strategic and creative agency. I worked on the business …and the Media of which you speak was handled by Maxus.
The now Thinkerbell people worked on the later…less spectacular stuff on Jeep ..so get your facts and history in order.

And……’I bought a Jeep’ was written by Steve Callen.

…if Thinkerbell tipped Mumbrella off about this. Anyone sign an NDA?

No. They did not tip us off.

Vivienne – Mumbrella

I read all this and find It horrible journalism.
Shame Mumbrella

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Otherwise I can’t see why anyone else would label this ‘mischief’ or ‘horrible journalism’? Any account that is up for pitch is typically reported on as soon as the trade press hear of it, as has been done here, only more often with significantly more salacious details than what’s been included in this story.

The only slightly distasteful part is the insensitive quote from the client (who I’m sure is already regretting it, having no doubt been inundated with interest from “Australia’s best creative agencies” over the past 24 hours).

This piece plays a perfectly straight bat reporting the facts and that’s it. Bog-standard journalism reporting a bog-standard story as far as I can see.

That said, I do hope Cummins can retain the basis. Otherwise that would indeed be a shame Sean.

I was in the redundancies in July when they lost Tourism Western Australia and Specsavers. More redundancies now?