Land Rover Print Campaign by Y&R
Chief Creative Officer: Michael Blore
Executive Creative Director: Liam Wielopolski
Art Director: Mbuso Ndlovu
Copywriter: Sebastian Schneider
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David NIssim added these pithy words on Feb 22 10 at 1:17 pmWhether you’re a supermodel, or a simple herder (like our Prez), if you’re stranded in a remote location – with extreme weather, and no-one else around from horizon to horizon – and someone comes along in a bush-whacked Toyota, or even a Hyundai, you’ll be quite happy to hop into it at the drop of a hankie (well, okay maybe not a Toyota these days). So why go and waste an extra R900 000+ on buying an unreliable gas-guzzling monster to do your spadework for you? Unless your surname’s Malema, or course, and money’s no object. (He apparently has a white Range Rover Sport)
What a simplistic argument for a top of the “range” car. Don’t know whose egos are more supercharged – the drivers of these big-dick behemoths, or the young creatives that come up with this flippant, first level campaign. (who obviously aren’t really in the target market).
PS Don’t women and gay men count in your target demographics?
Grim added these pithy words on Feb 22 10 at 7:08 pmPoor execution, Bad retouching.
dylan added these pithy words on Feb 24 10 at 10:02 ami got it … i think.
they are starting a race .. when you drop a scarf or something ..
is that right ..
Kris added these pithy words on Feb 24 10 at 10:12 amDrop the hankie? “A children’s game in which all the players but one stand in a circle facing inward, while that one player stealthily drops a handkerchief behind a player in the circle who must pursue and attempt to catch the one who dropped the handkerchief before the latter reaches the vacated place.”
Meaning it’s a fast, “fun” car? I do not particularly like the idea of the women being chased though. Which in a way describes the “personalities” of *some* of these men with “big cars”.
Overall I still do not understand these ads and it says absolutely nothing about the car itself.
Zebulon added these pithy words on Feb 24 10 at 10:24 amhmmm…had to be explained before i got it
Mettie added these pithy words on Feb 24 10 at 10:25 amI think what they’re trying to suggest is these woman are bidding farewell to the Land Rover Man. “Girl in every port” kinda thing…
Johann added these pithy words on Feb 24 10 at 10:45 amMy 2 cents:
The dropping of the handkerchief is a indication of starting a race. The various terrains in the background are to show the core USP of Land Rover, which is that a Land Rover can drive through even the roughest terrain.
So in an nutshell: With a Land Rover you can race through any terrain.
dylan added these pithy words on Feb 24 10 at 11:09 amjohann explained it best .. thats what i understand
tommy added these pithy words on Feb 24 10 at 2:08 pmamateur hour. hope they didnt waste too much money entering this anywhere
coda added these pithy words on Feb 24 10 at 4:09 pmHow ridiculous, if even we don’t understand the concept then the general public certainly won’t. I kinda caught on with the dropping of the hanky signalling a race, but why? There are no Landies in the ad, so no race. Just random women posing like models, in the middle of nowhere, dropping their hankies. Hanky panky wanky wank.
Do African women even carry hankies?
What a stretch.
david nissim added these pithy words on Feb 25 10 at 9:45 amfunny, my reading of this campaign is unlike anything mentioned in these comments.
a far as i know, in previous, more genteel times a lady who wished to make a gentleman’s acquaintance would drop a hankie, for him to pick up, and thereby potentially strike up a conversation of sorts.
just goes to show what a wank this whole campaign is.
alix added these pithy words on Feb 25 10 at 10:50 amIt’s obvious to me. Anyone who has watched Grease will get it.




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