The Audi A8 target group is hard to reach and hard to convince. The task was to draw attention to the new Audi A8 and generate test drives among this clientele.

Among the campaign recipients are owners of the predecessor Audi A8, interested individuals who eagerly requested information about new Audi models as well as customers of competitor brands in the luxury saloon market.

The campaign strategy was to activate customers immediately and cement the relationship with them by communicating the brand’s technological aspiration.

Acting on the brief, we looked for a powerful way to activate customers and get them directly to the Audi retailers. The solution for the new Audi A8 was to completely reinvent the customary drive-to-retail approach and turn the process around. The target group deserves an exclusive, exciting service, customers should decide when the car comes to them. This service establishes a personal relationship with the dealer.

We developed an innovative device that makes this possible in the communicative style of Audi. The Audi Test Drive Cube represents progressive technology and proves Vorsprung durch Technik.

We developed the Audi Test Drive Cube, a device that brings the premiere of the new Audi A8 directly to the customer.

Audi dealers personally handed it over to selected recipients. To attain a high activation level, we designed the Cube with an original start-stop button on the top and a red LED front display. The integrated GPS and GSM module was not visible.

Activating the Cube starts the countdown and sends the geographic coordinates to Audi. After 90 minutes, the new Audi A8 is delivered right to the customer by a nearby Audi dealer for a 24-hour test drive.

The campaign strengthens customer loyality to Audi and its dealers. The brand’s image was clearly communicated to the exclusive Audi A8 target group.

This fact was quantifiable: In the first six weeks, we achieved a 100% response rate. That means every single Cube delivered generated a test drive. Almost every fifth customer who activated the Cube bought a new Audi A8, marking a conversion rate of 19%. Most of these customers directly bought exactly the Audi A8 they test drove.