Toyota Yaris: Move on. Move up - IPA Effectiveness Awards Case Study 2008

Brief Description: For 30 years, Toyota has been the automotive market leader in South Africa but it needed to expand its market share in the small hatch and sedan categories. This paper demonstrates how Toyota successfully launched the Yaris model and increased its market share in these categories, without losing the traditional values of the brand or its loyal customers. The communications strategy was to epitomise the Yaris model as a symbol of ambition, achievement and success in order to connect with both the new generation of young South Africans and Toyota's traditional older market. The success of this campaign exceeded Toyota's 2005 sales targets by 47 per cent and 2006 targets by 16 per cent ;---(TAGS)--- Full Title: Toyota Yaris. Move on. Move up: The launch that broke records & opened doors ; Number: 2008/34 ; Brand Name: Toyota Yaris ; Client: Toyota ; IPA_ProductCoding: Automotive (Motor cars) ; Agency: Draftfcb Johannesburg ; Author: Justin Cloete (Principle Author), Rita Larisma (Co-author & Editor) ;