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Jeep released its Big Game commercial on the morning of Super Bowl Sunday, and like several past messages from Jeep’s parents Stellantis (the company that resulted when Fiat Chrysler merged with France’s Peugeot), this one is meant to tug on patriotic heart strings. Called “The Middle”, the commercial stars Bruce Springsteen and centers around the very center of the United States in Lebanon, Kansas.
There are only two Jeep vehicles in this commercial, and neither one is new. Springsteen is seen driving a 1980 Jeep CJ-5 with the top down in a few scenes, and there’s another CJ-5, this one from 1965 when Jeeps still wore Willy’s badges, seen stationary. Springsteen doesn’t just star in this advertisement, he’s credited with reworking the script and with writing and producing the original score. It will air just once tonight during the Super Bowl and won’t be on television again.
Olivier Francois, Global Chief Marketing Officer for Stellantis, said in a statement, “’The Middle’ is a celebration of the Jeep brand’s 80-year anniversary and, more timely, it is a call to all Americans to come together and seek common ground as we look collectively to the road ahead.” He added, “Bruce Springsteen was instrumental in crafting this joint message. His experiences and perspective have often been called upon to bridge a divide. Now seems to be a time when a message like this is greatly needed.”
Watch the ad up above, and be sure you don’t fast forward through the commercials throughout the game and specifically in the fourth quarter when this one is expected to run.
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