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BORN OF FIRE

WIEDEN+KENNEDY, Portland / CHRYSLER / 2011

Awards:

Gold Cannes Lions
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Of the big three American car companies, Chrysler was in the most danger of failing. Had there not been a last-minute vote of confidence from the U.S. Government, they would not exist. This was public knowledge, debated throughout the country—should we have loaned Chrysler the money? When it came time to introduce a new product, we had a car to sell and also had to win back America's confidence. To do this, we took the unlikely position of embracing Chrysler’s Detroit heritage when every other American car company was distancing themselves from the city. We created a 2-minute homage to Detroit, a city primed for a comeback, and ran the spot only once, on Super Bowl Sunday.

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