London - Toyota is launching a co-created
multi-channel campaign ‘Go Fun Yourself’ for the new generation Aygo.
Teaming up with online
pranksters, comedians, improv actors and YouTube stars to co-create a platform
of fun, the
campaign intends to emphasise Aygo’s image as the playful, dynamic car of
choice suited to those that don’t take themselves seriously.
Comprised of a series of prankster
style videos and social media from each market aimed to reach out to a younger
audience, the Pan-European integrated campaign will launch
in cinemas, on TV, online, social and in print from
Monday 9th June in markets including the UK, France, Italy, Germany
and Denmark.
For the launch
spot, Saatchi and Saatchi London collaborated with an internet prankster best
known for his YouTube Channel, “The Magic of Rahat,” to recreate his Invisible
Driver prank across Europe. In the film, Rahat steps into a costume built
perfectly to match the car seat of the new AYGO, and suddenly, the AYGO appears
to have no one driving the car. Using hidden Go-pro cameras, the film then
captures the real reactions of drive-through employees, valets, car wash
attendees, and pedestrians as the car pulls up seemingly with no driver inside.
The ad is set
to the Fratelli’s track, “Chelsea Dagger,” and is directed by Smuggler’s Jamie
Rafn.
Further creative executions and
additional social activity with other pranksters is planned to roll out across
the year and will be hosted on Toyota.co.uk and Toyota’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/ToyotaUKTV
Stephane
Rydlewski, brand & communication manager, Toyota Europe says: “AYGO
is not just another car, so for the launch we wanted to do things differently. With 'GO FUN YOURSELF', we found the perfect way to express the true spirit of
the car - fun, provocative & irreverent, without taking ourselves too
seriously. We all have this fun inside, we just need to let it go. This is the
magic of the new AYGO campaign.”
Paul
Silburn, creative partner, Saatchi & Saatchi London says: “Go
Fun Yourself perfectly captures the look and spirit of the new Aygo.”