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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    01/30/09

    In reply to Jalopnik's Top 28 Vintage GM Car Commercials
    The Cutlass Ciera ad. Somewhere, Steve Goodman's glad he had leukemia.
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    01/30/09

    In reply to Jalopnik's Top 28 Vintage GM Car Commercials
    I still think the two Mad Men knowingly winking and giving each other the fish-eye in the '62 Jetfire implies they have wood in more than their golf bags...

    Drop off the wives then head to the 19th hole for a little social lubricant...
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    01/30/09

    @Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing: Turbo-Rocket Fluid DID contain alcohol, after all...
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    01/30/09

    In reply to Jalopnik's Top 28 Vintage GM Car Commercials
    The '88 Grand Am ad- that's a dude, right? I mean his adam's apple is bigger than his dirty pillows.


    Maybe Pontiac saw an untapped androgyny market back in the day? That would explain the Aztek and all that plastic cladding.

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    01/30/09

    @graverobber: Philip Landrigan Edition:

    "The '88 Pontiac Grand Am: Preferred by 9 out of 10 Sunset Blvd. tranny hookers. Extra large door opening makes passenger entry and exit quick and easy. Center console delete option also available for easy access..."
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    01/30/09

    @Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing:


    Charles- um.. eww.
    Graverobber- +100 Slantsick Bonus Points for "dirty pillows" reference. I once almost bought a Grand Am, but then my dear old mom stepped in and said, "NOOO!!! They're all gonna laugh at you!"

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    Image of mikedrawcar mikedrawcar
    01/30/09

    In reply to Jalopnik's Top 28 Vintage GM Car Commercials
    Attn: Hardigree, Wojdyla, Didorosi, Siler, Wert


    Re: Top 11 lists


    This one goes to 28. Suck it.


    Kisses,


    Murilee

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    01/30/09

    @mikedrawcar:


    Thank you, sir, for making cough up the spoonful of cheerios I just had. That was priceless.

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    01/30/09

    In reply to Jalopnik's Top 28 Vintage GM Car Commercials
    1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera FTW. That car was amazing. I have no doubt I will one day see these in LeMons with a "We're comin' to 'merica" slogan on it.
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    01/30/09

    @maximum-sienna: Bad Idea BMW: I'd be willing to bet $18 that any 85 Ciera at LeMons is going to have a Jerry Lundegaard/Fargo/Tru-Coat theme.
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    01/30/09

    In reply to Jalopnik's Top 28 Vintage GM Car Commercials
    I still say that Opel totally ripped off Plymouth with those tape-stripes.
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    01/30/09

    In reply to Jalopnik's Top 28 Vintage GM Car Commercials
    Cheese Factor: Oldsmobile Silhouette

    Desirability of car: '70 Firebird

    Desirability of other details: Astra. Although I'd trade them both for the window-crankin' Mini bikini girl.
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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    01/30/09

    In reply to Jalopnik's Top 28 Vintage GM Car Commercials
    Okay, so now why is there no Ford advertisements on this site? I've only seem GM and Toyota.
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    01/30/09

    @Ford Tempo Fanatic:


    They did, in fact post Ford ads at one point.


    I offer proof:


    [jalopnik.com]

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    01/30/09

    @Ford Tempo Fanatic: We'll do our favorite Ford ones pretty soon.
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    01/30/09

    @Murilee Martin: Alright! I am looking forward to it!
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    01/30/09

    @Ford Tempo Fanatic: I think we even have some Tempo ads!
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    01/30/09

    In reply to Jalopnik's Top 28 Vintage GM Car Commercials
    I need to do something dirty, become a mango freak, and have a revelation. And I need a G-Ride system to do it.
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    01/30/09

    @pauljones: I didn't even need to watch any of the commercials to know the G-Ride System is the greatest thing in the universe.


    /should have been for a '64 Impala though

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    12/31/08

    In reply to Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s
    How about the Mercedes C111?


    [karakullake.blogspot.com]

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    Image of SundaySunday SundaySunday
    12/30/08

    In reply to Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s
    Oh, and no discussion of the BMW M1 is complete without mentioning the Andy Warhol Art Car version.


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    12/30/08

    In reply to Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s
    That Mazda reminds me of something.


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    12/30/08

    In reply to Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s
    One more Vector W8 Fun Fact: Andre Agassi owned an example in the '80s. That is until the factory bought it back from him (too many quality issues).
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    12/30/08

    @SundaySunday: Yes Agassi had one and it had issues, but what supercar of the era didn't?. Wiegert maintains that Agassi pulled a spoiled celeb and demanded delivery before the car was done, and ignored warnings not to try to hoon it until the technicians got all of the proper equipment installed (apparently it was short a radiator or two) and the final bugs worked out. Personally I think he should have told Andre to keep his shorts on and wait for the car to be finished, but money was always an issue, and I'm sure he needed Agassi's money to build more cars and do further development work.
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    Image of SundaySunday SundaySunday
    12/30/08

    @Mike the Dog: Thanks for the detail on that. Very interesting.


    Yes, I loved me some Vector back in the day. The Agassi connection was something I remember reading in a car mag back then, but the article didn't go into any more detail than "he had one & they took it back".

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    12/30/08

    In reply to Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s
    That Vector doesn't deserve to breathe the same air as the other cars on this list.


    That Alfa is an absolute design tour de force of the era. The Vector is just novelty.

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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    12/30/08

    @Almostbanned: I think you've got it backwards. Although it wasn't produced in great numbers (supercars generally aren't), it was a production car. All of the other cars here are one-off prototypes or concept cars. Yes, I know that the Esprit, Countach, Stratos and E25 Turbo did, either directly or indirectly, lead to production models. The fact remains, though that the ones presented here are prototypes and show cars. And as I noted above, I've actually seen a W8 in the wild. Have you seen any of the others (not the production models that came later) outside of a museum?
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    12/30/08

    @Mike the Dog: No, you're right. But they didn't specify production or non production. Purely from a design standpoint, the Vector is horsey and unremarkable.
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    12/30/08

    @Almostbanned: That is your opinion and as such I respect it. I disagree, however. In person it is anything but unremarkable. I'm not quite sure what you meant by "horsey".
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    Image of SundaySunday SundaySunday
    12/30/08

    In reply to Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s
    "Add Bookmark". Thanks for the great list, guys. Many of my favorite designs are captured on this page.


    I spent lots of time back in middle-school drawing wedge shaped cars in the margins of my notebooks (esp. during geometry class. Thanks, straight-edge & compass.)


    As I've stated in earlier posts on the subject, I've owned a TR7 and Australian Capri, so my love for the wedge-car is well known. (If you squint, you could probably lump my Charger 2.2 in there as well.)

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