Ford Motor Company debuted the “Built Ford Proud” advertising campaign back in 2018, starring actor Bryan Cranston (who still does voiceovers for the company today) and designed to highlight the innovation and manufacturing might of the automaker ahead of a number of important new vehicle launches. Created in conjunction with advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy, Built Ford Proud covered the automaker’s rich legacy while also looking forward to the future and what it holds, and ran across broadcast, digital, and print channels through 2019. Then, as Ford Authority reported just over a week ago, the automaker filed to trademark “Built Ford Proud,” prompting speculation that it planned on bringing back this particular ad campaign. Now, that’s precisely what it has done in this brand new ad spot.
This time around, the rejuvenated Built Ford Proud campaign kicks off with a commercial dubbed “Built for the Drivers,” which stars Sydney Sweeney, Dee Bryant, and Kai Lenny. The idea, as FoMoCo says, is to “celebrate the greater community of Ford drivers who have broken the mold, driven innovation, and defied stereotypes for nearly 120 years.”
The trio of stars present in this short clip certainly fit that bill, as each one has a special connection to The Blue Oval. Sweeney, for starters, is best known for being an Emmy award-nominated actress with starring roles in Euphoria and The White Lotus, but has recently gained fame for the fact that she’s been restoring her first-generation Ford Bronco and documenting those exploits on social media, while she’s also partnering with Ford to launch a new workwear collection dubbed Ford x Sydney Sweeney. Meanwhile, Dee Bryant is a professional stunt driver who also co-founded the Association of Women Drivers, who is joined by world champion big wave surfer Kai Lenny.
“‘Built Ford Proud’ has always been about the immense pride we feel for our vehicles and the employees who build them,” said Erica Martin, Ford Marketing Communications Manager. “Today, we are putting the spotlight on the drivers, because who they are – and what they accomplish with our vehicles – is a huge part of what makes this brand special.”
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Comments
Please do something…anything! Especially showing Mustangs and Broncos.
It’s a little early for this considering quality problems likely rooted in suppliers
Agreed. This issue is starting to reach the general awareness of the buying public.
Probably not a good time to show someone working on a Ford, or a woman in a Mustang out of control.
Hehehe, what a joke!
Maybe watching wrong channels.
BUILD FORD PROUD!!??!! FARLEY JUST SAID THEIR QUALITY ISSUES WOULD TAKE YEARS NOT MONTHS TO FIX. THEY JUST HIRED A NEW FIXER! SOME CAT NAMED DION. FORD’S QUALITY IS WORSE NOW THAN THE LATE 70’S EARLY 80’S. RECALL AFTER RECALL FOR LAST 3 YEARS. ANOTHER RECALL ANOUNCED TODAY FOR A LOOSE BOLT BOUNCING AROUND INSIDE 10 SPEED TRANSMISSIONS. I LOVE MY FORDS BUT I’M GLAD THEY ARE ALL 2013 OR OLDER. INSTEAD OF BULL$HITTING PEOPLE FIX YOUR PRODUCT!!
This promo is a head scratcher.
I am not clear as to whom they are trying to speak to and what the take home message is.
Asked some viewers what they saw and heard gets a range of disconnected answers.
It does seem too politically correct all at the expense of NOT talking about Ford first.
What about the Chinese built and Chinese run EV battery plant
Must be hard for any Ford line worker to believe in this BS especially with all the German over engineering
Offer 20 year/ 200,000 mile warranty without loopholes to get out of paying and you have yourself a deal.