Our favourite car ads.

[warren t claim]

Here's one of mine. An African Fiat 131 advert.

 

[Pete-M]

Here's one of mine. An African Fiat 131 advert.

 

 

I used to drive my 131 in a similar fashion...

 

This is one of my favourites.

[lancashireclamper]

1984 Chrysler Laser

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lklv4kU3GZ4

 

I was 12 in 1984 and would probably been quite taken with this

[M'coli]

I can't find it on the internets, and I'm sure I only saw it the once on the box, but it was for the first GM-Saab 900 Turbo. I'll try to describe it:

Cue frozen lake, car coming towards the camera at speed, then performs a brilliantly gentle handbrake turn from speed to stop, filling the screen side on, and the words "the new Saab 900 Turbo". It said it all.

[Angrydicky]

Triumph Acclaim

 

[Lord Sterling]

1988 Rover 827 Vitesse advert - Britische Architect

 

[barefoot]

Metro

 

[ProgRocker]

I've always liked the Honda 'cog' advert that plays 'Rapper's Delight' at the end.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I'm very fond of this 1986 Ford Escort ad. I can't imagine any car advert nowadays so explicitly demonstrating that their new model is the old model tarted up a bit.

 

[trigger]

This is my favoritest car advert of forever, I remember being mesmerized by it as a kid and even now i get goosebumps when i see it, Sad isn't it!, Shame the video quality isn't very good though.

 

[Captain Mainwaring]

Volvo 340.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tOjBl52h7Q

[Stixy]

Peugeot 206

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzMZxTAMDcU

[TagoraSX]

Another timeless classic

 

[Pete-M]

[Guest]

My life (particularly the bit where he drives off alone):

[pbottomley]

I know its not a retro car advert, but it is funny as advert's go... off topic I know but hey ....

 

 

<< Linkie fixed

 

mr by paul.bottomley, on Flickr

[fiatdaft]

link no worky!

[Albert Ross]

[Vin]

I remember that Volvo 340 ad

 

I also remember at the time, an article in my Grandad's Daily Express explaining how they made it. Volvo ended up buying and wrecking about 25 secondhand 340s

 

 

This Peugeot 405 ad from the same time. I remember it being talked about a lot.

 

[TagoraSX]

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5zP-qbb7tU

[scaryoldcortina]

I have completely failed to find the Rover 200 series "love lifts us up where we belong" advert. Boo.

 

I'm having to make do with

and

[boobydoo]

In the late 1960's the wonderful Petula Clark did a series of ads with Chrysler in the United States, notably Plymouth , who also sponsored her 1968 US TV Special.

 

"The Beat Goes On" was the slogan for all 1968 model Plymouths resulting in these wonderfully period moments:

 

The 1968 Plymouth Fury:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TBYnu2D-Ec

 

 

Nice to see then, that she stuck with Chrysler for the UK launch of the new Chrysler Sunbeam in 1977 with the catchy "Put A Chrysler Sunbeam In Your Life" ad, which was actually released as a 7" single "Put A Little Sunbeam In Your Life".

 

[Angrydicky]

'Get up to more in the new Maestro 1.3L'

 

[RENOMAD]

I was about 14 when this ad came out and I loved it---looking back is was so corny

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGet8J5QEGs

[boobydoo]

Just as a footnote to my last post, the Plymouth sponsored Petula Clark TV Special for NBC actually caused quite an 'incident' at the time.

 

Her special guest was to be Harry Belafonte, a popular black singer from the fifties. However, the producer of the show was summoned to Detroit to meet with Plymouth Vice-President, a Mr Doyle Lott who was unhappy with the choice of guest. He suggested Nancy Sinatra. On the record it was because Belafonte was considered no longer to be a big enough star, but off the record it seemed Plymouth were concerned it would alienate viewers in the Deep South at a time when racial discrimination was rife.

Only when the producer threatened to expose Plymouth to be racist, did they relent and filming went ahead.

 

However, during one take of a duet between Clark and Belafonte, Clark reached out and touched his arm. According to crew present, the Plymouth Vice President who was watching the filming, went , quote "balistic" , claiming that under no circumstances could Plymouth be seen to promote this 'interracial exchange' on TV. Three more takes had to be filmed with them standing well apart. Belafonte threatened to go on National TV and urge black people not to buy Plymouth cars and NBC again threatened to pull the show and then purposefully wiped the later takes. It made headlines across the US.

 

In the end the scene WAS aired and was in fact the first time a man and woman of different race touched on American TV.

 

Chrysler sacked Doyle Lott as Plymouth Vice President .

 

Difficult to believe this was just 40 years ago, eh?

[barrett]

Very interesting stuff Mr.Doo, I'd never heard of that before.

[Formula Autos]

Someone had to do it.

A Tagora ad:

[Guest]

VW's 1980's

 

 

Renault 5 GT Turbo

 

[garethj]

Brilliant VW Golf advert

 

I've been trying to find the VW Passat ad they did in the late '80s, they dropped a few VWs, saying "a company known for great small cars, now a great big one" and the Passat is dropped and falls through the floor

 

Perhaps you had to be there

[Quintus]

A classic Beetle ad