Special Report: Super Bowl
Porsche will run a Super Bowl ad for the first time since 1997
The pricey sports car brand will plug the electric Taycan
By E.J. Schultz. Published on November 25, 2019.
The Taycan is Porsche's first all-electric vehicle.
Credit: Porsche
Porsche will run its first Super Bowl ad since 1997 as it seizes on the year's largest TV audience to push the Taycan, its first all-electric vehicle.
"The Super Bowl's scale and energy make it a perfect venue for reaching new audiences—in a fun way that connects with the Super Bowl's own themes of performance and competition," the brand said in a statement to Ad Age.
A spokesman declined to provide creative details, other than to confirm it will be handled by Cramer-Krasselt.
Porsche is owned by Volkswagen Group, which has a long history of running Super Bowl ads. In recent years, the automaker has dedicated the game to Audi. Its flagship VW brand has not been in the Super Bowl since 2014. Audi and VW have not confirmed if they will be in the 2020 game.
The Super Bowl, with its massive audience, is typically favored by mainstream car brands, such as Toyota and Hyundai, plus luxury brands with scale, like Mercedes and Lexus. Porsche, with its expensive price tag, is of course only attainable for a select group of wealthy buyers. But it is not unprecedented for pricey sports-car brands to try to make a splash at the Super Bowl. Honda-owned Acura, for instance, ran ads for its NSX supercar, priced at more than $150,000, in both 2012 and 2016.
Porshce's Taycan, which will hit dealers in December, is priced at $154,860 for a Turbo version and $188,960 for a Turbo S version, according to Automotive News. A base model priced under $100,000 is expected to hit dealers in the second half of next year. Porsche will also sell the Taycan 4S, which starts at $105,150, including shipping, in the second quarter of next year.
The Taycan is part of VW Group's electric vehicle onslaught as the German-based company, like other auto brands, dedicates more resources to EVs in the face of stiffer global regulations on gas-powered cars. Audi last season dedicated its Super Bowl ad to its electric vehicle ambitions.
Porsche is the third auto brand to confirm a Super Bowl ad, following Hyundai and Kia.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly reported that this is the first Super Bowl ad in Porsche's history.
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