"New car" Press photos of yesteryear

[trigger]

I do enjoy looking at old car manufacturers press photos, I sometimes wonder what they story was behind him, why was the car's set up that way?, where was that photo was taken and why does that girl looks as if he's trying to stop Bungles finger from escaping from her orifice.

 

Here's a selection that I've pouched from the internet to share, Sorry that it's mostly Fords but they seem more popular. Feel free to add your own.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Wilko220]

Some marvellous pics there.

 

The BMW with the (presumably) German dancers is crying out to be added to the "Subtext" thread with AN HILARIOUS caption...

[chaseracer]

 

The boggo 1300 Crapper on thin steelies with hubcaps. Imagine the joy...

[srad34]

 

The boggo 1300 Crapper on thin steelies with hubcaps. Imagine the joy...

 

This would have been the ultimate fanny magnet for any mid 40's sex pest back in the day (I would assume)

[scruff]

[Jim Bergerac]

Rover always seem to have an obsession with stately homes:

[pshome]

I run the german 504cc forum and we had quite some fun to identify the actual locations where press fotos were taken (http://www.504ccforum.de/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1646).

 

Result was this map:

https://maps.google.de/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=203634786443972354169.0004d4ad0e8d403c78218&ie=UTF8&ll=46.474382,3.504113&spn=5.779713,7.24014&t=h&source=embed

It was quite amazing to see all these locations identified using the internet only.

 

There was only one location we could not figure, where ist this?

 

 

[DVee8]

oh oh oh that blue Audi100.I could stick it to the Audi nobs in one of them.

[ProgRocker]

That Autobianchi A112 is a rather nice design. Shame this wasn't sold in the UK.

[Junkman]

Rover always seem to have an obsession with stately homes

 

Not always.

 

 

 

[Shep Shepherd]

Volvoish press photos:

 

 

 

 

 

More here, including photos of what the locations used look like today: http://www.fijen.net/gallery/volvo/index.html

[fordperv]