Saatchi, Toyota Launch $250 Mil.-Plus Ad Push

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Toyota Motor Sales launches its 2001 model-year cars and trucks this week with 10 new spots from Saatchi & Saatchi that run the gamut from sublime to ridiculous, es-pecially the four Tundra truck ads starring a 14-inch concrete lawn gnome.

In all, the five models in the spots—the full-size Tundra, the compact Tacoma, the flagship Camry, the upscale Avalon sedan and the Sienna minivan—represent 65 percent of Toyota’s annual sales and half its $550 million-plus ad budget.

The Tundra spots, said Saatchi L.A.



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