Automotive brands missing out as two AFL clubs with car-buying fans remain sponsor-free
Car brands are missing out on potentially lucrative deals with two AFL clubs whose supporters are among the most likely to buy a new vehicle, new research has shown.
New car buying intentions among AFL Club Supporters
While 14 of the 18 AFL clubs have partnerships with car firms, Greater Western Sydney Giants and St Kilda are without sponsorship deals even though many of their fans are in the market for a new car.
In Roy Morgan’s annual study of the car buying intentions of AFL fans, 17% of Carlton and St Kilda followers are looking to replace their vehicles. But while Carlton works with Hyundai, the Saints are care-free despite their fans making the top eight in the intention ladder for the past eight years.
Missing from the article:
“87% of AFL fans are not looking to buy a new car”
Yes Yahoo Data Breach, but if indexed against the regular population the 13% might actually be pretty good…
I must have missed the new team joining. Last time I looked there were only 18 teams
Hi Woff,
Bang on, a transpositional error – changed now.
Cheers,
Alex, editor, Mumbrella
Skoda was sponsoring GWS (well at least their home stadium) but only lasted a year.
@ Yahoo Data Breach.
Australia has 24m people. In 2015 1,155,408 new vehicles were sold. That is 4.8% of the population.
Or in your language … 95% of the Australian population are not looking to buy a new car.
If we restricted it to People 18+ (77.5% of the population) as people who MAY be looking at a new car it is still only around 6% of potential purchasers.
So, the data provided show that the purchase intention is strong among AFL followers, and in all probability above the norm.
Because the only way to get people who are also AFL fans to buy a car is to sponsor a team. Plus, said sponsorship guarantees fans will only purchase that brand.
There’s and article elsewhere talking about crap data, and right here is all the evidence you’ll need.
haha buy a toyota and support australia or better yet get a holden where the gov gives em cash to beef up their first class trips to china?? great sponsorships haha cars arent even made in this country what a joke league followed by joke supporters. aussies only buy holdens that way they spend their cash on wasteless depreciated rubbish made by aussies which will be made in china 2017 haha