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ers and a standard Bose 200-watt, seven-speaker system with CD player. The right mix of design and function resulted in an edgier


look-influenced by stealth fighters and Bang & Olufsen electronics products-and higher performance, with a 220-horsepower Twin Cam V6 engine that lets it do 0 to 60 in 6.9 seconds with a five-speed manual transmission. Although some 60-year-olds might still prefer the more traditional Cadillac style, their choice wasnt removed from the line, just updated a bit as well.     Its Been a Long Time Since I Rocked and Rolled   The key for Cadillac would be grabbing the attention of these baby boomers long enough to get them to even consider a Cadillac, let alone take a test drive. In order to cut through the clutter of contemporary advertising, reinvent the brands personality, and form an emotional connection with potential customers, Cadillac turned to rock and roll-the conduit to puberty, family, love, and other emotion-evoking times and moments for its target market. Its 2002 Super Bowl ads featured anything but the refined and hushed voices that traditionally characterized Cadillac television ads during Sunday golf tournaments. Instead, viewers heard Robert Plants screamy voice singing the Led Zeppelin classic, "Been a Long Time." Cadillac General Manager Mark LaNeve explains, "Cadillacs re- surgence in the luxury marketplace is the result of incredible new products, combined with a new contemporary, pop culture attitude. The Break Through advertising campaign, with the use of legendary music from an iconic band, has certainly helped to change Cadillacs image with a new generation of luxury car enthusiasts." The Escalade is everywhere cool people and cultural influencers are and everywhere people who aspire to be cool want to be. At the 2003 Super Bowl, an event in which classic rock-and-roll songs dominated every time-out on the field, Escalades-usually black-were every- where, along with the CTS and other Cadillac models. The brand is | Br a nd s Th at Roc k     recapturing the position Cadillac occupied with the Hollywood set of the 1950s and 1960s. Today, the Escalade dominates product place- ment in music videos and is the new vehicle of choice for rap and rock musicians. In an urban school in a large Midwestern city, teenagers were asked by their teacher what car they would choose as their dream car. The answer was unanimous-the Escalade. The new Cadillac brands scream vitality to potential buyers. Their electricity borders on that felt at an AC/DC concert, while their energy is reminiscent of what Mick Jagger exudes during one of his marathon