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New Audi ads focus on the details
Posted by Eliza Williams, 15 July 2011, 15:50 Permalink Comments (10)
Back in May, BBH London released an epic two-minute ad for Audi exploring the Le Mans driving experience. Now the agency returns with a series of much shorter spots for the car brand - five ten-second animated ads that aim to express how much good stuff is squeezed into the small Audi A1...
The ads are a continuation of a campaign titled A Big Idea Condensed, that began last autumn with a series of print ads (shown on CR here). Three of the five ads are shown here, and each concentrates on one aspect of the car, such as its Bose speakers or its Xenon headlights. They were directed by John Robertson at Passion, written by Richard Mcgrann, Kevin Stark, Andy Clough, Adrian Rossi, Nick Kidney and Alex Grieve and produced by Matt Towell and Ruben Mercadel.

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10 Comments
Erm… the "epic two-minute ad for Audi exploring the Formula One driving experience" was in fact all about Le Mans. Where two of their cars crashed. Spectacularly. Audi don't compete in Formula One.
Anyway, nice ads continuing on from the print/billboard ads.
2011-07-15 16:31:25
@ A
Oops. Thanks for pointing out my error - have corrected.
2011-07-15 16:36:20
it's a shame VW aren't committed to the environment
2011-07-18 09:36:50
Really like the whole motion style! couple of colours and dynamic frames.
2011-07-18 12:46:27
Really great adverts. Quick and to the point, nice style too. Job well done!
2011-07-18 15:16:13
BBH at their best... seen them once and I know I will remember them tomorrow (for all the right reasons).
2011-07-18 18:04:19
Great post! really nice style - so simple and bright and such an obvious concept ..great!
2011-07-19 09:45:42
Motion style is nice, I like the sharpness of the color selection as well.
2011-07-19 15:54:50
nice bit of Saul Bass style in there too
2011-07-21 14:52:46
These work so much better than the earlier press xycoosions - Whomever did these should ask Sir John H 4 a pay rise of .05% spread over 3 years.
2011-07-21 17:53:41
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