PARIS, FRANCE – In keeping with its pledge to produce a 100% electrified range by 2022, Honda is introducing several new models: the Honda Jazz Hybrid and the Honda Jazz Crosstar Hybrid. This is the 4thgeneration Jazz and, for the first time, it is a self-charging hybrid.
Honda – Jazz Hybrid
For this launch, Sid Lee and Hakuhodo have created their 6th campaign for Honda Motor Europe-part of the brand’s larger strategy of creating a unique tone of voice which distinguishes it from its competitors.
The all-new Jazz Hybrid is a model in efficiency – small on the outside but with a roomy interior whose adaptability makes it functional and practical without compromising on design. Like Honda’s recent predecessors, the Jazz Hybrid and Jazz Hybrid Crosstar features Honda’s signature e:HEV technology, offering both low fuel consumption and an agile and dynamic drive. Drivers will experience nothing but smoothness and the sensation of gliding through the air.
‘The Hybrid You Can Feel’ is a metaphorical demonstration of the sensation drivers will feel inside the new Jazz. In the launch film, directed by Pantera and produced by Solab, a professional diver (Robin Georges) leaps off a cliff and soars through the air. Once the diver jumps from the cliff, we can feel the car’s responsiveness: the engine starting and responding instantly to the touch of the pedal. As we watch the diver twisting and turning in the air, descending through the clouds, we can feel ourselves flying-the sensation of driving the car is as silent and smooth as the Jazz. Then, as the diver straightens out, preparing his trajectory for landing, his actions mirror the car’s efficiency.
“The launch of the all-new Honda Jazz was the next important step towards the goal of electrifying all mainstream models by 2022. The focus of the campaign was to home in on the great technological advantages the Jazz now has to offer, including e:HEV Hybrid and Connected Services technology, whilst retaining its unique qualities that it has set a high benchmark for, such as, its safety and spaciousness. With Sid Lee and Hakuhodo we have been able to demonstrate the emotional connection our customers can experience when driving the all-new Jazz with this exciting and eye-catching campaign” – Fabrice Estève, Marketing Communications Manager, Honda Motor Europe.
The film has been on air since June 2020 in European countries.
CREDITS
Title of ad: “The Hybrid you can feel”
Client: Honda Motor Europe
Head of Marketing and Product Planning: Sandra Hughes
Marketing Communications Manager: Fabrice Estève
European Communications Manager: Jonathan Allee
Agency: Sid Lee Paris & Hakuhodo
Sid Lee Paris
Chief Creative Officer Europe: Sylvain Thirache
President: Johan Delpuech
Strategy Managing Director: Bruno Lee
Group Account Director: Jean-Baptiste Destabeau
Account Manager: Nicolas Boivin
Copywriters: Paula Hochberg, Chloé Lefour
Art Director: Romain Lehur
Head of Production: Thomas Laget
Producer: Marine Redon, Arthur Cantin
Strategist: Augustin Pietrini
Hakuhodo
Managing Director: Katsui Ryoichi
Head of Strategy: Masahiko Iiyama
Group Account Director: Ren Masayuki
Production
Director: Pantera
Production company: Solab
Executive producer: Edouard Chassaing
DOP: Nicolas Loir
Editor: Nicolas Larrouquere
Production designer : Arnaud Roth
Post-Production: Mathematics
VFX Supervisor : Guillaume Nadaud
Post-producer: Sebastien Eyherabide
Line producer: Amine Ketem
Production service: Dawson Prague
Talent: Robin Georges
Music :‘Black Cherry’ performed by Hudson Mohawke
Sound Design : Kouz
