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  • The agency has also unveiled its new campaign titled “Chalao Apni”, with a renewed positioning

    Leo Burnett India bags creative mandate of CarDekho.com

    By A Correspondent

     

    Leo Burnett India has added another account to its client roster – CarDekho.com. The agency has also unveiled its new campaign titled “Chalao Apni”, with a renewed positioning that focusses on the car buying experience of the customer. Created by Leo Burnett, the campaign goes live on February 23. The five films focus on a lifestage that leads to car buying – marriage, career success, etc.

     

    On winning the account, Dheeraj Sinha, Managing Director – India and Chief Strategy Officer – Asia, Leo Burnett, said: “The process of car buying is changing dramatically as we speak. While the manufacturers put out a lot of information on their car models, the big opportunity here is to map a car and its features to the needs of the people. CarDekho.com as a platform equips people with in depth knowledge and understanding about cars in general and the specific models, thereby making choices easier. As we move to a marketplace which is inundated with options, simplifying choice-making itself will be a big business. We are extremely excited to partner CarDekho in this journey. It’s a big opportunity to build a HumanKind brand here.”

     

    Added Rajdeepak Das, Managing Director India, Chief Creative Officer South Asia, Leo Burnett: “Cardekho is a platform which connects the buyers with their dream cars. At Cardekho we believe there is nothing such as a “wrong car” but always the right car for you, and this is the platform we have built our campaign on – connecting people with their dream cars. This campaign is a fitting example to our HumanKind philosophy, which revolves entirely around people and purpose.”

     

    Said Gaurav Mehta, CMO, Girnarsoft: “We at CarDekho understand that a car buyer’s connect with her/his car is not only functional but emotional as well.  Through our proprietary tech and editorial content solutions we empower the car buyers to choose the right car as per their need state. Leo Burnett understood these consumer dynamics almost instantly. And through this campaign, ‘Chalao Apni’, a colloquial term, has crafted with an attitude that appeals to one’s self, without alienating the social relationships. It is versatile enough to put the brand in the hand of the consumer even when they aren’t thinking of the category. I am confident about CarDekho’s and Leo Burnett’s synergy for creating more such user experiences that is educative and value adding for the car buyers and sellers in the third largest car market in the world.”

     

     

  • Hatchbacks most preferred vehicles amongst Indian buyers; Maruti and Hyundai occupy top slot

    CarDekho report highlights interesting car buying trends

    By A Correspondent

     

    Leading online automobile marketplace CarDekho recently made public its report on online search patterns of the Indian consumers compared to actual in-market sales of cars during the festive season. The report, which is based on CarDekho’s platform traffic as well as Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) data, focused on various car categories such as hatchback, MUV, Sedan, SUV and Compact SUV/MUV to present a comprehensive statistical picture of the user consideration versus actual demand.

     

    According to the report, Hatchbacks were the most preferred customer choice, figuring in consideration sets for nearly 47 percent consumer with their actual demand clocking in 48 percent of the overall figure. The sedan category also saw consideration (26 per cent) and demand (25 per cent) nearly at par with one another. Maruti and Hyundai occupied the top slots in the Hatchback as well as the Sedan segment, with Honda also marking prominent presence in the latter category.

     

    Compact SUV/MUV section saw a high consideration percentage (17 per cent) due to the buzz effect surrounding the new category launch. However, the actual demand for the segment was only 10 percent, which could be attributed to the relative unfamiliarity of the Indian public with the category. MUVs, on the other hand, resulted in a much higher actual demand (12 per cent) than consideration, which stood at a mere two percent.

     

    Speaking on the announcement, LK Gupta, CMO, GirnarSoft, commented, “The October-November festive season is a time when Indian consumers wield their financial clout to buy things that they have shortlisted over the year. As such, this report provides a valuable insight into the shopping trends during this busy period. These insights will help car manufacturers to better understand the dynamics of consideration sets that buyers go into the market with, and how they change through the purchase process. The report also helps us as an auto portal to improve upon our existing services and shape our product offerings to be more in sync with the consumer preferences.”