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Need for Mazdaspeed: new hot-hatch to be immortalized in video game

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Khatir Soltani
Simply put, when you're advertising to today's younger demographics, traditional advertising means just don't generally cut it.

Enter Channel M- one of the world's leaders in unconventional marketing
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which reaches millions of people per day through its network of entertainment, lifestyle and retail venues. Companies looking for a different approach to sell their products often use Channel M's services- involving reaching customers through sports bars, video arcades, minor league baseball and more.

It's the kind of marketing that falls perfectly in line with a very different sort of hot-hatch from an un-conventional Japanese carmaker.

The Mazdaspeed 3 is a 263 horsepower, turbocharged, lightweight hatchback that is currently on sale and will be integrated into part of a nationwide pre-sale campaign for the latest Need for Speed game (Need for Speed Carbon) that goes on sale November 1st. The campaign from Channel
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M will include heavy in-game exposure, as well as the chance to win a Mazdaspeed through EB Games- a popular electronic gaming retailer.

David Teichner, CEO for Channel M said "Never has a campaign featured so many consumer touch points as this one. With significant in-game placement, in-store media, sweepstakes, cars in malls, tournaments in malls and a final event in Vegas, this is the most comprehensive videogame integration campaign yet created."
Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
Automotive expert
  • Over 6 years experience as a car reviewer
  • Over 50 test drives in the last year
  • Involved in discussions with virtually every auto manufacturer in Canada