Full Collection of Crazy Mini Ads
Posted by: Ozgur Alaz (Marketallica) on: April 30, 2006
I like mini style of advertising. They meet people unexpected places and unexpected times. Sometimes minis are on the roof and sometimes on teleferic. And they are always surprising. Here i'll share some examples of mini's ads.
Mini promo in Yaletown (flickr)
Minis are at the Molina ski resort (via marketing-alternative)
Guerilla parking in UK
Works by Taxi Canada (via trendspotters pool on Flickr)
A campaign signed Crispin To carry to the really sympathetic USA using the objects of urban furniture (via marketing-alternative)
"Vending Machine" for Mini by Crispin Porter + Bogusky (via ad-rag)
Vending machine in LA via Flickr
Mini in a box (via marketing alternative)
Here's an image of it from the US Gran Prix at Indy in Oct 2001 (via mini2forum)
another one (via mini2 forum) 
Mini Cooper Convertible billboard in manhattan (via flickr)
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May 1, 2006 at 2:50 pm
Hi Ozgur,
Great collection of Mini ads! I also really liked the unexpected use of Google! I recently wrote about Peter Drucker’s seven sources of innovation – number one is “the unexpected” – I’m sure Google didn’t expect this!
By the way, what do you think is the common advertising idea / theme which inspired all that great Mini advertising?
Reynold
May 2, 2006 at 8:50 am
@reynold
Thanks for your comment
I think you’re right about mini. Their common themes are to place Mini unexpected places, exaggerate its benefits and insead of using 2d billboards, they prefer to create ambient ideas
May 2, 2006 at 2:43 pm
Ozgur — you should have told me you started a blog in english now! I love it. Thank you so much for doing this.
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May 4, 2006 at 11:38 am
Ozgur, great site full of inspirations.
Well done
Gianluca
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June 6, 2006 at 2:30 am
Just found your home page its great, it looks like you folks do great service keep up the good work.
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November 3, 2006 at 10:13 pm
This is an excellent idea. I think it’s great! Keep up the good work!
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January 14, 2007 at 9:04 am
you can find mini in sout africa on this site – a mini on a wall beaking out of a parking lot.
February 16, 2007 at 2:22 am
The mini ads are fun, unlike the annoying Snap search/picture/flickr thingy
May 15, 2007 at 1:18 am
have any mini ads from about 10-12 years ago? there is one tv ad in particular i am looking for that i saw while visiting england back in 94.
September 14, 2007 at 5:58 pm
This is awesome. I love the mini in the cage one, Please Do Not Feed, Tease, or Annoy the Mini. Amazing creativity these ads.
February 27, 2008 at 11:51 pm
This was awesome list. I reposted picture here -
http://www.messagedance.com/message/show/f31a3da2e7dc4b7df042adcfacc805aa
Thx
SD
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April 16, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Who is the agency that designed any of the mini ads?
American or British?
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July 6, 2008 at 3:16 pm
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August 27, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Every gastation stop is a MINI ad for me-Every fuel stop people ask “whats the fuel milage?” Me, “40mpg”, then they ask “how fast is it?” (thinking it would struggle to 90mph) I show them my lamenated speeding ticket for 147mph and tell them “oh, but the top speed is 153mph limiter removed.” People that drive Excursions or Suburbans (with no passengers of course) typically ask “do you feel safe in that little thing” and I show them my lamenated copy of front end crash test comparison with Ford F-150 truck that shows MINIs crumple zone intact and F-150 crumple zone smashed nearly 3 feet into cabin, with dash, steering wheel and crash test dummy all melded into one. Also, show them my crash pics when I hit a bridge in a rear end slide at 70mph rolled 7 times hit barricade only injury I had was I burnt my shoulder from the starbucks coffee in the cupholder.
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