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Every automaker, like many politicians, wants to earn the favor of more of the burgeoning population of U.S. Hispanics. So when Ford got an unexpected opportunity to strike a blow in that regard, it took the chance — and created a moment, just as Nike struck when the Heat was hot. TV viewers of NBA Finals on ABC, between the Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder, may have noticed that, during the last two games, the network ran a 30-second Ford spot for the new 2013 Escape utility vehicle — in Spanish, with English subtitles.

Network ad execs had noticed the huge penetration of Spanish-speaking viewers watching the first two games of the Finals, about one-sixth of the total audience — mainly concentrated in the Miami area. So they asked Ford if the brand wanted to take advantage of the exposure to a Hispanic audience in a mainstream, DVR-proof, primetime broadcast. Ford clearly viewed it as a coup and made a move that also seemed sort of unprecedented.

"They told us it was the highest penetration they were ever seeing of Hispanic viewership of a [non-soccer] sporting event in the U.S.," Matt VanDyke, Ford's director of U.S. marketing communications, told brandchannel. ABC and ESPN, he added, "were interested in testing and learning and observing how the audience would respond to in-language Spanish advertising and asked if we wanted to test and learn with them."Continue reading...

Everything's coming up roses for Prius these days, just like those cartoon flowers on one of its TV commercials a few years ago.

Now that Toyota is able to supply enough of the nameplate to meet global demand, and it has broadened the Prius "family" to include four models, the leading —actually, only — recognizable brand name in hybrids is taking the whole world by storm. During the first quarter, its worldwide sales soared to more tahn 247,000 units, trailing only Toyota's Corolla, at nearly 301,000, and Ford's Focus, at 277,000, in sales.

On Friday, Toyota is likely to report yet another robust month of sales in the United States, where consumers have been purchasing the original Prius at unprecedented rates and also have taken kindly to the new Prius c, a smaller and less expensive hybrid, and the larger Prius v, last week featured on ABC's Modern Family.

The success of Prius is more proof of Toyota's foresight and competence in its industry than of any kind of broad surge in global demand for hybrids, which has yet to materialize. "It proves Prius wasn't a fluke, that there's a long-term market for hybrids," Eric Noble, a car-industry consultant, told Bloomberg.Continue reading...