BMW RETURNS TO NET TV IN ADS TOUTING 3 SERIES: $50 MIL BUDGET SUPPORTS FALLON CAMPAIGN TO RUN THROUGH JUNE '99

Advertising Age, September, 1998 by Halliday, Jean

BMW of North America is returning to network TV after a two-year hiatus to woo buyers for the 1999 3 Series, its best-selling line.

The marketer has a two-prong strategy: to continue touting 3 Series driving-performance virtues, while adding information about its safety, technology, roominess and price.

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Two spots from Fallon McElligott, Minneapolis, break tonight during ABC's "NFL Monday Night Football." But the biggest push starts next week on fall series premieres, a flight running through the week of Oct. 5.

Steven Facini, VP-account director at DeWitt Media, New York, BMW's media buyer, said about 70% of the TV buy is network "to cast a larger net" for prospects.

"Dealers are very enthusiastic that BMW is going...

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