The End of Pretension in Advertising?
June 10th, 2008 by Bob Bly
For years, auto makers have been selling used cars under the semi-pretentious label of “pre-owned vehicle.”
So I was shocked yesterday when I heard a radio spot for Honda talking about their “certified used cars.”
The whole reason the industry switched from “used car” to “pre-owned vehicle” was to avoid the negative image of the used car industry — in particular used car dealers.
So does Honda know something we don’t? Have they conducted market research that indicates consumers are wary of — or see through — the high-fatutin B.S. of the whole “certified pre-owned vehicle” thing?
Will the market eagerly rush to by Honda’s used cars because of the refreshing honesty of their new commercial?
Or will consumers say “no thanks” to used cars — and stick with pre-owned vehicles instead?
Your thoughts?
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June 10th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
In difficult economic times, a buyer’s pretension gives way to available cash, and ex-purchasers of pre-owned vehicles are all of a sudden only too glad to scurry across town in their certified clunkers.
June 10th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Hello, Bob …
This reminds me of a shop sign I saw recently:
“Vintage Reusables”
They used to be a second-hand store!
Whether such euphemisms increase sales or not, I couldn’t say. But there’s a nifty article about this very thing over at Copyblogger.com
It’s called “How to Increase Your Blog Subscription Rate by 254%” and discusses the tests the author performed to see which worked better …
“Subscribe by Email” and “Subscribe by RSS”
or
“Get Jobs by Email” and “Get Jobs by RSS”
The answer may surprise you!
Regards, Elizabeth …
🙂
June 10th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
A search expert I know told me that few people use the phrase “pre-owned” when searching for used cars. Instead, they use the phrase “used cars” plus the brand name.
I would guess that Honda is using the phrase most of us use on a daily basis. The whole, “Write the way your customers talk” thing.
June 10th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Hello, Dianna …
Keywords! Of course!
How very clever of you!
I haven’t checked, but it
wouldn’t surprise me if more
people search on “used cars”
than “pre-owned vehicles” !!!
Regards, Elizabeth …
🙂
.
June 11th, 2008 at 9:03 am
According to Google Trends, “pre-owned vehicles” hardly registers at all when compared to search volume for “used cars”.
http://www.google.com/trends?q=used+cars%2C+pre-owned+vehicles
June 11th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Frank, Of course. When was the last time you used “pre-owned vehicle” in the course of conversation?
June 12th, 2008 at 6:10 am
A rose by any other name surely? However, here in Johannesburg, South Africa, pretension is taken a step further. A leading ‘used car’ salesroom (we refer to these vehicles as ‘secondhand’ in conversation)is advertising ‘Previously Loved Cars’!
June 12th, 2008 at 8:19 am
Dianna, Frank: Is whether the term is used in search always a consideration? Mont Blanc has built a brand calling their products “writing instruments,” and I doubt many people search that term.
June 12th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Bob, Of course not. I also don’t own a Mont Blanc writing instrument — probably because I prefer a more pedistrian pen, hahahaha.
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