| BMW of North America: Dream It. Build It. Drive It. | Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black. Henry Ford | | Sheju Sajan Koruth, REG NO: PA1227 | 9/20/2012 |
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BMW one of leading car manufacturing company at United States introduced a new market strategy in order to increase the sales of customized vehicles. But introducing of new marketing “Dream it. Build it. Drive it.” Lead to decline in BMW’s SUV sales at America so that it required a immediate response. BMW’s X3 model launched a new online service allowing the customers to view their car being manufactured by means of
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Gradually creating a feeling of getting car of their own ideas. As we go through the sales details after the implementation of new customization its crystal clears that even though external factors increase the customer won’t hesitate to buy his customized car. ANALYSIS: BMW was established in1918 as an engine supplier for military aircraft. Their first production of car was at 1928 and at 60’s the company entered a strong product line. In 1970’s the famous BMW 3, 5 and 7 series were introduced. Till 2007 the sales was having a small progress but when the global financial crisis and the increase in the cost of fuel decreased the sales of BMW (30% decrease and 50% decrease in sales of SUV). BMW had an evolutionary approach on marketing and advertising. Its sales increases from 2000 that is by introducing ‘Efficient Dynamics Concept’ which means that all BMW’s Group have lower emission. One of the main success of BMW was the introduction of the concept “KOVP, or “Customer- oriented sales and production process,” which was introduced in 2000. There had always a different in the sales between America and Europe, that is out the total sales in U.S only 15% were customized and where as in Europe half of BMW car built was according to customer’s specification. Slowly SUV’s sales decreased in America. So they introduced the new marketing strategy “Dream it, Built it, Drive it.” To their new model X3 in 2010.As American’s are different from others they need
It is important to realize the basic facts that are associated with cars and with BMW in particular, and that different demographic are attracted towards different types of car, to later understand that even though the product in the ad may be amazing but the ad itself is not. Did you know that in 2010 the number of cars in the world reached a billion (Noël)? Today’s culture is highly surrounded and based on the use of cars. They are such a prominent part of our culture today that if an alien were to visit our planet right now they might just consider cars to be the dominant form of life (The Hitchhiker 's Guide to the Galaxy). There are so many different types, and makes of cars that they can suit any personality in the world.
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a) A search quality is a characteristic that can be easily accessed before purchase.[1] In the case of the car, the customer will be able to research qualities like colour, performance. He can get a feel for the car by looking around the interior, the boot, see what the engine looks like and sounds like. These are qualities he can use his five senses to evaluate. They are tangible. Ford’s reputation should eliminate risk when purchasing. However, this is not the case for the service. He cannot have a pre-purchase experience. There is no tangibility. For this, his behaviour will change. He may seek testimonials from others and depend more on word of mouth. He will seek advice on the reputation of Sullivan’s service. From the case, we see that there are problems with the service. Delays at processing, inconvenient scheduling, availability of parts etc. There is a risk here as the service may not be satisfactory so Sullivan must reassure the customer. Sullivan must
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