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Auto ad spend to fall more than twice as fast as the market according to a survey by Zenith

Automotive advertising will shrink 21% in 2020, compared to 9% for the ad market as a whole. In most countries, automotive advertising will recover rapidly in 2021, with the worst-hit markets seeing the biggest recovery.

Automotive advertising expenditure is forecast to shrink by 21.0% in 2020 across 10 key markets, according to Zenith’s Automotive Advertising Expenditure Forecasts*. That’s two-and-a-half times faster than the decline of the ad market as a whole in these markets.

The spread of the novel coronavirus and its effect on the global economy have left consumers uncertain about their financial futures and unwilling to commit to large purchases. Car manufacturers have also suffered from disruption to their supply chains, as lockdowns shut down manufacturing in different countries at different times. Faced with pressure on both supply and demand, car brands cut their ad budgets very sharply w


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