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After an amazing career in motorsports behind the wheel of some of the greatest machines to ever hit the track, we imagine hooning the 1985 Toyota Supra in the middle of New York City on a Toyota commercial shoot would seem like just another day at the office for Dan Gurney. More »
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If you find yourself asking "What's a Matador?" it appears you are not alone. From the looks of this self deprecating AMC commercial the company had accepted that even two years into the model run, people still didn't know what a Matador was. More »
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Oldsmobile thought their 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 was tough but they didn't want you to take their word for it. Instead they got a tough talking spokesman dressed up as a construction worker to explain it to you. More »
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Behold the "Doubting Thomases", they line the street wearing trench coats murmuring no in a creepy manner. If that wasn't bad enough, they don't believe anything you tell them about cars. More »
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We've seen car commercials imply the vehicle they are advertising could do some pretty unbelievable things, but this 1977 Celica commercial is the first time we've seen a car float through space. More »
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While this 1986 Oldsmobile commercial doesn't have the production value or the visual appeal of last year's "Imported from Detroit" Chrysler super bowl ad, it is playing on the same concept almost 25 years earlier. More »
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If unearthing cars stuck wasn't your favorite winter sport there was a simple solution in 1983—drive a Jeep. While those other chumps were trying to unearth their big rear wheel drive cars, you could be flying through the snow in any assortment of new Jeeps from the Cherokee to the Scrambler. More »
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Although the idea of attaching O.J. Simpson to any product today might sound insane, back in 1970 it was an obvious choice. More »
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The Toyota pickup truck had the longest bed and the biggest engine of all the "little half ton trucks" in 1974. Good news in case you have a pet camel named Marjorie like the casual Toyota spokesperson in this vintage advertisement. More »
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According to the smarmy Triumph driver in this vintage advertisement a 1971 TR6 was practical for all sorts of reasons. More »
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Mercury knew who their Montego buyers were in the 1970s—people who liked action and played polo. More »
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Plush interior, European styling, and seating for five—if that is what you were looking for in a car Hyundai wanted you to believe their Excel for 1988 was the same as a 1988 BMW 325i. Plus it had FWD! More »
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If you wanted "upscale luxury" on a Chevrolet budget in 1970 the Caprice was the car for you—as long as you had expensive tastes. From the "astro-ventilation" to the "tufted cloth interior" it was clear the Caprice was dripping with enough elegance to make "those expensive cars a little edgy"—we're not positive we know what that means. More »
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What better way to prove your truck was truly Ram tough than show it driving in a weird animated world? As evidenced by this strange vintage commercial, that is exactly what Dodge decided to do to advertise their two year old Ram truck back in 1983. More »
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"They" say by a certain age you fall into a certain pattern of statistics that include ownership of a typical four door sedan, like say a Ford Taurus. Ford had a surefire way to prove "them" wrong—the 1990 Ford Taurus SHO. More »
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What better way to advertise your entry in the competitive mid eighties compact car market than inviting the world's strongest man to lift it up and try and keep it from moving forward? There wasn't one in Ford's eyes because that is exactly what they did in this vintage Ford Tempo commercial. More »
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Chevrolet went bare bones when it came time to advertise their redesigned 1967 Impala Sport Coupe. One neurotic spokesperson, a driveway and one brand new Marina Blue Impala Sport Coupe were all it took to create this silly vintage advertisement. More »
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In 1965 popular television was full of secret agents, guys wearing cowboy hats and friendly witches—so it makes sense that is who Chevrolet chose to introduce their new cars that year. More »
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For 1998 Pontiac gave the Trans Am a facelift and put the previously Corvette only LS1 engine under the hood. The result was an aggressively styled muscle car with the looks and power to make traffic lights fall from the sky—at least that is the story Pontiac was selling. More »
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Ford introduced the Econoline to the world in 1961 as the truck with a new shape, new design and new name. Based on Ford's compact Falcon, the Econoline was available as a "panel truck" work loving, fun loving "station bus" and our personal favorite, the pickup truck. More »
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As this commercial demonstrates in a very literal and somewhat silly manner, the 1983 Renault Alliance was the car that closed the gap between European technology and affordability. More »
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Although this 1988 Volkswagen Golf GTI commercial was originally aired in Mexico, this is a prime example of dramatic vintage advertising that transcends language barriers. More »
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You're working late one night in your high rise apartment when all of a sudden, a wind hits you. You go to close the window, but you can't because there is a 1985 Dodge 600 Es Turbo driving up the side of your building. More »
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If you need proof Chevy truck commercials in the 80s were about more than abusing your truck and doing manly things look no further than this one. More »
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Most car lovers are familiar with the sensation detailed in this 1982 Datsun commercial, even if the object of their "someday dreams" isn't a 280ZX. More »
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It takes the right stuff to make a great performance car and that was exactly what the 1982 Toyota Celica Supra had—at least according to race car driver/designer Dan Gurney. More »
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The 1981 Buick Regal and figure skaters (specifically Icecapades star Charlie Tigner) had a lot in common, at least that was the premise of this strange vintage advertisement. More »
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Ever stumbled across a "pickup truck rally" on your way through the woods to go hunting? We haven't either, but behind the wheel of a 1978 Jeep Pickup truck you would be ready if you did. More »
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Got to get away? Feeling in the right kind of mood? You could be coming down with a case of the Mustang attitude, as shown in this commercial from 1985. More »
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Several decades later sophistication is hardly the word that comes to mind when you think about Pontiac Firebirds from the late 1970s, but that is the angle they were using to sell the Firebird Formula back in 1979. More »
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If you were used to rough days picking it up and dropping it off Chevrolet had the truck for you in 1985. According to this vintage commercial more Americans worked with Chevy trucks every day—and the company had the footage of their trucks living the blue collar lifestyle to prove it. More »
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Who says you can't drift a Thunderbird or impress potential girlfriends with random displays of hoonage? Certainly not this mustached Thunderbird owner who took to Willow Springs Raceway in his 1990 SC in an attempt to impress his "friend". More »
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There was no reason not to drive your 1993 Volvo 440 off a building—at least that is what this British Volvo commercial seemed to suggest. More »
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The only place you'll have any luck outrunning street bikes, race cars and planes in a 1990 Nissan 300ZX is in a dream, but what a dream it is. More »
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Despite outward appearances, the "space vehicle of the 90s" wasn't something from another planet or an oversized household cleaning appliance, it was just a really hideous minivan. More »
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Even if you are the family chauffeur, you won't mind if you're behind the wheel of the 1978 Jeep Cherokee, at least not if you have the same combination of caffeine, illicit drugs and crazy as the mother in this vintage commercial. More »
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What was it about owners of the 1978 AMC Pacer that set them apart? A rational person might answer this question by pointing out they were among the few actually willing to purchase a brand new Pacer wagon. According to this vintage ad it wasn't Pacer owner's quirky taste in cars that made them different, it was their intelligence. More »
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The spokeswoman featured in this commercial had men buying cars for her entire life. From the really cool Nash Metropolitan her Dad purchased for her to the significantly less cool Malaise era GM clamshell station wagon provided by her husband, the car making decisions had been made for her by someone else. More »
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Who says they don't make cars like they used to? Certainly not this serious Mercury spokesman. According to this vintage ad 1959's best selling six passenger car (it's a Ford) and the 1971 Mercury Montego were around the same size and the same price. More »
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BMW was rejecting the luxury car's preoccupation with prestige in the 80s, at least that is what they were telling people. Perhaps they didn't pick the best car to illustrate that point, showing a vintage Duesenberg as the vehicle with hood ornament that didn't mean anything. More »
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