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The northern-based car supermarket, The Car People, will be unveiling its new marketing campaign, created by strategic and creative agency, Propaganda, next week.
The new campaign follows independent research carried out by Propaganda earlier this year - that highlighted that whilst service, choice and value were still very important to car buyers, people were now urgently counting the cost of having a car that was not environmentally friendly - whether it be through higher car tax or increased fuel costs. The environment had been a secondary concern - now it had been elevated to a primary reason for car choice. 2008 was the year that the environment was finally becoming truly relevant to the mass car-buying audience.
The research also highlighted the confusion that existed with car buyers, many of whom wanted to be more environmentally conscious, but did not fully understand what car tax band they were in, or what cars were more environmentally friendly then others.
To help their customers, The Car People have introduced green stickers to highlight which cars are more environmentally friendly, as well as updating the ‘green' section on the website. Around its retail outlets The Car People also help consumers understand which cars are better for the environment with simple, easy to understand information - so making their car buying experience easier.
The Car People sells more than 16,000 cars per year from three sites across the North. They have grown since launch in 1999 to a turnover of £150m.
Commenting on the changes in the market place, Jonathan Allbones, Sales and Marketing Director at The Car People said: "The car buying market has changed dramatically in the past three months - the research Propaganda undertook raised this as an issue. The credit crunch and rising costs of motoring, combined with an increasing awareness of how cars impact the environment, led us to adapt our marketing quickly to focus on transparently making the car buying process in this new era as hassle-free a process as possible. Helping people understand the environmental issue better is now a bigger part of car buying and the new TV ad and other communications will demonstrate this."
Mike Phillipson at Propaganda said: "The downward spiral of customer confidence and car buyers concerns over the environment are well documented now - our research predicted the speed that these would escalate, as issues, earlier this year - so the new marketing campaign from The Car People accurately reflects what is now going on in the UK."
"The car buying market has changed dramatically in the past three months - the research Propaganda undertook raised this as an issue. The credit crunch and rising costs of motoring, combined with an increasing awareness of how cars impact the environment, led us to adapt our marketing quickly to focus on transparently making the car buying process in this new era as hassle-free a process as possible. Helping people understand the environmental issue better is now a bigger part of car buying and the new TV ad and other communications will demonstrate this."
Jonathan Allbones, Sales and Marketing Director, The Car People
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