On the Reeperbahn, Hamburg’s famous red-light district, MINI has installed a large billboard. It features a Chili Red MINI Cooper S and a large whip with the title “BÖSER MINI.” (meaning “BAD MINI.”). The billboard instructs you to send a text message with the keyword “SM” to 53335 to whip the MINI.
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LET’S EMBRACE EVEL. Let’s paint our cars red, white and blue. Let’s put a big number one on the door. Let’s try the impossible. Let’s dust off ourselves and try again. Let’s jump the rules. Let’s jump the status quo. Let’s become real life super heroes. Let’s start with an iron-on. LET’S MOTOR!™
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In February 2007, MINI USA launched the Hammer & Coop advertising campaign developed by Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners. In addition to print ads, a MySpace profile, and a six-episode video series, MINI produced a metal Hammer & Coop lunchbox. Often the lunchbox came with a wig and mustache. An air-freshener was also produced.
The January 14, 2003 issue of the Weekly World News featured a “story” of the infamous Bat Boy stealing a Chili Red and White MINI Cooper and leading police on a chase through Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio. It turned out that MINI USA’s advertising agency, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, arranged the [...]
Clever MINI advertising continues, this time in Amsterdam. MINI Netherlands’ advertising agency placed full-scale MINI boxes on street corners next to other Christmas trash.