Rick,
A differently cropped version of the ad showed up the September 4 issue of
the WSJ in the Denver area. In that version one can only determine that
the car in the foreground is a 100- 6 or 3000. However, there is also a MK
II or III visible background. So the fellow has at least two
Austin-Healeys and one Corvette (ca. 1961).
It uses the same copy that includes "Teaching children the meaning of
wealth". Since the fellow and his son are leaning on the Corvette and
admiring
the Healey, they must place a higher value on the Healey.
Thanks for sending out the link for the ad and the Paddy Hopkirk video
link.
Bill
The image below should be stripped by team.net. But it can be seen by
going to: http://www.adweek.com then searching for "Retirement Funds".
The classic car is a symbol of whether youbve made it in your life, that
long-term goal.b | Brian Honigman, marketing consultant, writer and
speaker
Be it the 1958 Austin-Healey in the U.S. Trust ad or the 1930 Duesenberg
in the older one, the cars bare status symbols in both instances,b
Honigman
said. bThe classic car is a symbol of whether youbve made it in your
life, that long-term goal.b Honigman added that the manner of the sell is
more
of a club over the head in the 1959 adbusing a car meet as a public forum
for the flashy display of wealthbversus the subtler approach of the 2014
ad.
Either way, however, the manner of selling a yawn-inducing retirement
trust is the same.
bRetirement should be its own rewardbyou donbt have to work anymore,b
Honigman observed. bBut if therebs a specific thing [to show] like a car,
thatbs more interesting.b
(http://www.adweek.com/files/imagecache/w1200/perspective-bank-02-2014.jpg)
The presence of his kid is pivotal in softening the sell from the older ad
bs message of conspicuous consumption to one of family and security. The
classic cars, said Honigman, represent the wealth this man is leaving to his
son.
The real point of this ad isnbt to show the classic cars in this manbs
garage but sell what those cars representb which rests in this word. bThe
bank is setting up a trajectory for you to live up toban outstanding life
and
a legacy for your kids,b Honigman said.
While the ad doesnbt tell you that this is a b58 Austin-Healey (book
value: $70,500 or so), it doesnbt really need to. The car looks expensive,
and
thatbs enough to make the point.
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