Cars have become our daily life, not the means of transportation. People have different values in their cars, reflecting their lifestyle. Cars in this 'Car to Life' era can be a means of self-expression, a space for rest, and a partner for everyday li...
Cars have become our daily life, not the means of transportation. People have different values in their cars, reflecting their lifestyle. Cars in this 'Car to Life' era can be a means of self-expression, a space for rest, and a partner for everyday life.
In response to these changes, automobile companies have sought new marketing strategies that have moved away from traditional marketing that emphasized the existing functional aspects, and what is at stake is the experiential approach marketing strategy. Many automobile companies are actively seeking experiential marketing through various means such as various experience events, test drive experience, and experience showroom.
Especially, as a means of experiential marketing, the aspect of utilizing space has recently become prominent. The brand experience space is meaningful in that it plays a role as a community in which users can engage in a continuous relationship with consumers, bringing the value that the brand is aiming at in the space beyond merely the essential experience of driving a car.
The purpose of this study is to identify the importance of the experience space and to analyze the characteristics of the experience factors and expression methods in the automobile brand.
For this purpose, through a comprehensive review of experiential marketing theories, the relationship between the consumer and the brand formed through the experience provided by the brand and the characteristics of the experience are summarized. The scope of experience is from individual to society, the strength of experience is from light interest to culture. Finally, the extent and intensity of experience were closely related to the depth of the brand and consumer relationship, and the case analysis framework was presented based on the strength of experience.
Based on the framework of the analysis, we selected three cases of brand space in Korean automobile companies and analyzed them. The result of the case study was applied to the space and internal programs and the ‘STINGER’ brand space project was conducted.
Through this study, the experiential elements in the space were derived as the intensity of the experience, and the specific design method that can be applied by summarizing it with the practical case analysis was suggested.