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Suzuki's Super Bowl Ad Is Sled Dog Approved: Video

 
2 1,422 views Jan 26, 2012

Suzuki has a bit of a brand awareness problem on its hands. Its Kizashi midsize sedan is, for the most part, competitive with the best of the non-luxury brands on the market today. The trouble is that few buyers know it exists.

It’s even available in both front-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive, as your needs (and budget) dictate. Suzuki tried to point that out to us during last year’s Super Bowl, with an ad that pitted the AWD Kizashi against demonic, animated snowmen.

This year’s Super Bowl spot is also designed to remind us how good the Kizashi is in winter weather. Nobody knows winter weather like the Eskimos, who are generally forced to rely on dogsleds for winter transport (in cliches, at least, since most now use snowmobiles).

Knowing that, who better to pitch the Kizashi than an Eskimo, who trades in his trusted dogsled for a new, AWD Kizashi sedan? His wife, however, appears unimpressed, perhaps distressed over the fact that he gave up two dogs in the trade-in. Fortunately, there isn't a vampire in sight.

We hope the Super Bowl "Sled" ad buys Suzuki some showroom traffic, especially considering the cost of a single 30-second spot.  We’d suggest you take a drive in one if you’re shopping for a midsize sedan, although it probably wouldn’t be our first choice for winter fun in the circumpolar region.



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  1. ffejdnalloh avatar ffejdnalloh Posted: 1/27/2012 1:01pm PST

    Awesome ad and an even better car
     
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  2. SledDogAction avatar Margery Glickman Posted: 2/2/2012 3:46pm PST

    Great ad. The sled dogs don't live on the end of chain like most do in Alaska. They also aren't being forced to run in the Iditarod, a race that's terribly cruel to dogs. What happens to dogs during the Iditarod includes death, bloody diarrhea, paralysis, frostbite (where it hurts the most!), bleeding ulcers, lung damage, pneumonia, ruptured discs, viral diseases, kennel cough, broken bones, torn muscles and extreme stress. At least 142 dogs have died in the race, including two dogs who froze to death in the brutally cold winds. FOR MORE FACTS: Sled dog Action Coalition, http://www.helpsleddogs.org.
     
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