How do you improve value perceptions of Dacia in the UK automotive market?
In the UK market Dacia was routinely viewed as cheap and cheerful. The strategy behind their “You do the math” campaign had proven successful with some audiences in driving growth. However, the Dacia brand had a latent potential to grow further with high product quality demonstrated via winning numerous awards and outstanding reviews. Vivaldi Group was tapped to help reposition the brand, emphasizing its amazing value for the money, and by bringing the new global brand positioning to life whilst driving awareness, consideration, and conversion with new audiences.
Making Dacia relevant to more people in the UK
How do you bring to life the unique, authentic, down to earth and no-nonsense personality of a brand while increasing value perceptions to show it’s not like any other car brand?
The answer: By being proud to champion the essentials and keep it real. Vivaldi leaned into the messaging that Dacia has everything you need in a car and nothing else. This focus enabled Dacia to actively pivot against cliched traditional car advertising and mock the competition with a sense of humor and good grace.
Vivaldi Group unveiled innovative campaigns including the April Fools “Dacia Dustar” campaign, which enabled Dacia to go toe to toe with Tesla by launching a Dacia car into space, affordably. “Not every other car” mocked the advertising tropes and cliches of other car brands. And the “Specially Designed for Great British Adventure” series used abbreviations typically used by car brands to have some fun with “N.N.T.F. (no need to faff) Roof Bars” and “E.B.T.K.S. (everything but the kitchen sink) Storage.”
A key aspect of Vivaldi Group’s strategy and approach was to create entertaining, highly engaging and snackable content that audiences could share widely; in essence providing social currency to audiences and activating them to share the messages more widely.
The strategy was implemented through all channels from always-on social posts to large scale activations and campaigns. It was a rich territory from which to create a dialogue with audiences, as well as engage with other brands.