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Old 05-05-2006, 11:04 AM
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Fighting MINI cuteness: the view from MINI Canada's ad agency

TAXI is MINI Canada's ad agency. On their website, see their work under WHAT WE DO / CLIENTS. I found it interesting that their top focus for MINI was its girly image. Check how many times "male" is mentioned in their MINI case study.

I presume that TAXI is responsible for some of the creative and edgy features (Winter Domination, MINI SKINI, etc.) that have appeared on the MINI.ca website. I hope that BSSP will do as well for MINIUSA.

 
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Nice.
They can can call it cute if they want. I think it is that too, along with a thousand other positive attributes; the adjectives all depend with whom I'm talking ...and/or passing. :-)
 
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I like cute. Why fight it?

I saw a Pontiac Aztec today. It wasn't cute.
 
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I HATE it when people call my MINI cute! That is not the way to describe a MINI! (IMHO)
 
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I HATE it when people call my MINI cute! That is not the way to describe a MINI! (IMHO)
Give it up. Its an itty bitty 4 banger thats CUTE
 
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Old 05-05-2006, 04:55 PM
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Electric Blue is one of my favorite colors and it's extra............................................. .......cute.
 
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The Dodge Caliber is cute.

But I like people calling the MINI cute, then I open up the supercharger and well...

I like to think of it as shock and awe.
 
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People do think it's cute... especially "ricers"... until they're looking at the backside... getting farther and farther away...

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Whlie at the BSSP Ad agency drive last sunday, they gave us a presentation during which they stated that they were also going for the "Masculine Edge." They said men and women don't want to buy a car labled a "chicks car." Lets see what they can do.....
 
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I like to think of it as shock and awe.
I dont care if it can go 200 MPH and smoke a Carrera GT

Its STILL Cute
 
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Old 05-05-2006, 05:25 PM
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I dont care if it can go 200 MPH and smoke a Carrera GT

Its STILL Cute
And its a chick car, met several just for driving a MINI . I like driving a cute chick car.
 
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And its a chick car, met several just for driving a MINI . I like driving a cute chick car.
Hey my chick drives it all the time!

(nows she's gonna kill me if she sees me calling her a chick!)
 
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