2024 is an important year for Volkswagen of America. It opened with the 75th Anniversary of the Beetle’s arrival to the US and concludes with the arrival of ID. Buzz, one of the most anticipated vehicles in automotive history. Away from the zeitgeist for years, VW asked us to reignite love for the brand to prime the market for this important launch.

Our approach was to seize America’s grandest stage — the Super Bowl — to deliver a love letter to the people. We dispensed with expected celebrity-fueled bombast to convey the brand’s appreciation to the American people for turning a humble bit of sheet metal into an icon.

Set to Neil Diamond’s “I am… I said,” our film tells a classic underdog tale. The Beetle — a small, funny-looking foreigner — arrives in America full of hope and intimidation, initially struggling to make it. Once it finds its people, everything changes. We flash forward through various eras of cars, the communities that embraced them, and moments in history and pop culture that turned this immigrant into an American icon. The story culminates in a full-circle moment, a baton pass from Beetle to the new all-electric ID. Buzz that invites a new generation to shape Volkswagen in the electric era.

Inspired positive sentiment of VW again

- #2 most-liked Super Bowl ad of the night (AceMetrics/iSpot)

- Highest-ever recorded nostalgia score (AceMetrics/iSpot)

- “Made me smile”...“love”…“joy” were reactions from the majority of viewers (Internal study)

Sparked engagement in the face of tough Super Bowl competition

- Highest-ever single-day visits to VW.com

- #1 most engaged brand night of the Super Bowl (EDO)

- 4x better engagement than the next highest automaker

Drove interest in Volkswagen’s EV lineup ahead of our big launches

- Double-digit gains in awareness VW makes electric vehicles (Harris Poll)

- 320% increase in searches for ID.4 on leading shopping site (KelleyBlueBook.com)

Attracted a new generation to the brand

- 14pt lift in brand likability among non-owners (Harris Poll)

- 77% of Millennials/Gen Z say it made them more likely to trust VW (Internal study)