When I Breedlove
A few years back, BMW of South Africa produced a TV spot ad for the M5 that rapidly entered legend. We’d forgotten all about it, though, until our buddies at the Senior Six registry reminded us. Nice...
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Who knew Mr. Ed hocked Studebakers? Or that Farrah Fawcett (make that Fawcett-Majors) pitched Cougar XL-7s? Or that nerds could get hot chicks, if only they drove a 1970 Dodge Charger? Not only that,...
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Even more vintage car spots: 1969 GTO Judge, 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner, 1970 Plymouth Rapid Transit System, 1958 Cadillac, 1960 Trabant, 1980s Renault. Didn’t find Craig’s Little GTI commercial, though.
View Articlefar from imported
slow day on the blog, I know. A few of us are out of the office and the rest are hammering out copy. So what are slow blog days good for? Vintage car ads! Only really found one today, for a 1971 Monte...
View ArticleBut…it’s black!
We’ll be reporting in the next Sports & Exotic Car on AMG’s SLK 55 Black Edition, but we think this must be the first time Subaru has influenced German styling–who could forget Bruce Willis’ “Feel...
View Articleold car commericals
If you haven’t been to this web site before, you should check out www.tvparty.com. They have many old commercials archived there that you can wax nostalgic about what used to be. I thought this one...
View ArticleVintage Camaro ad: The fiery new creation from Chevrolet
1967 Camaro RS SS. Still image from YouTube video. Launched in 1967, the Chevrolet Camaro had the unenviable task of recapturing sales ground lost to the Ford Mustang. Promoting the car, then, would...
View ArticleDetroit has never built a compact like this: the Triumph Sports Six
1963 Triumph Sports Six. Triumph’s ad men were right when they wrote, “Detroit has never built a compact like this.” And they didn’t. But Triumph did. Unfortunately, the Sports 6 wasn’t as popular...
View Article1954 Hudsons: “Three of a kind… in Glamour, Performance and Quality”
For independent-minded car enthusiasts who wanted something other than what Detroit’s Big Three offered, and had to have it wrapped in a performance package, few other automobiles met their criteria...
View ArticleThe Hagley Museum to present “Driving Desire”
1927 Hupmobile Eight ad, emphasizing the car’s style and straight-eight engine. Photos courtesy Hagley Museum. Designing cars and manufacturing them is only half the battle. To succeed in the...
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