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GM touts Chevy’s present, future for centennial By Chrissie Thompson Detroit Free Press
Chevrolet’s 100th birthday strategy reflects General Motors’ recent marketing philosophies: Play off the soft spot people have for the brand’s heritage, but emphasize what Chevy looks like today. When GM’s mainstream brand relaunched its U.S. advertising last fall, a main challenge involved leveraging the good memories people had of Chevrolet without reminding them of the bad experiences that often turned them off the brand. That led to the “Chevy runs
deep� marketing campaign and the emphasis on cars such as the new Chevrolet Cruze and Volt. For Chevy’s 100th anniversary, GM plans to highlight Chevrolet’s history among enthusiasts, mostly through the Woodward Dream Cruise in Detroit, while keeping its overall focus on looking forward to the brand’s redesigned cars and crossovers. GM isn’t preparing a huge event for Chevrolet’s actual birthday, Nov. 3, and it won’t saturate the airwaves with reminders of its age. “We’ll leverage the centennial, but it’s not going to be
a huge part of our marketing going forward because that doesn’t solve our problem,� U.S. marketing boss Chris Perry said in a recent interview. GM wants to keep working to convince buyers that Chevrolets are better than they thought — and worth putting on their shopping lists. For instance, consumer auto site Edmunds.com calculates the percentage of people who are considering a Chevy at 12 percent, behind Ford and Toyota and about even with Honda. GM’s plan for Chevy contrasts with the way Ford cel-
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