Car Advertising

Look, I know it’s about to be the big celebration where everything shuts down because the calendar flips the page to…

I’ll admit that I’m not entirely sure what the broader meaning of this is, but I do feel like there is some sort of…

Like most people willing to listen to me talk about cars for more than 15 seconds, I have a sort of irrational…

I’m sure most of you are aware that acclaimed film director Ridley Scott, the man behind Alien, Blade Runner and Lege…

I don’t really like running (currently operating) carmakers’ ads in stories unless I’m going to mock them, though…

In our current age of electrons and photons and lasers and shit, most of our car-related information is gotten…

The famed Spanish Surrealist and provider of 85 percent of college freshman dorm room art, Salvador Dalí, was known…

Attention! Attention all automakers! Please shut down your various assembly lines and workhouses and gather your PR…

At the end of 2019, Volkswagen released a very charming and bittersweet animated tribute to the Beetle. While I…

Normally, when I come up with car names, my goal is to try and find the worst possible names, like the Mushler…

I don’t think we’re shocking anyone when we say that the Chevrolet Chevette was not really a great car. That’s not…

When carmakers team up with other companies to sell cars and other products, the results are usually, uh, strange.…

Oh, Mitsubishi. How can I describe the state of Mitsubishi today, especially its presence here in the United States?…

Sometimes, the collection of interconnected smart-fridges and fax machines we call “the internet” produces something…

Have you ever been driving along, happy and content, when you found that your way was blocked by some insurmountable…

Everyone remembers the Fuel Shark, right? A ridiculous blue glowing buttplug that you’re supposed to stick in your…

Generally, the ads in car magazines tend to be pretty predictable: cars, parts for cars, liquids you pour into…

Yesterday was Father’s Day, so, Prestone, one of the leading makers of coolants, antifreeze, radiator flushing…

This’ll take less than two minutes, I promise. Just play this old 1966 Volkswagen ad here, one that’s introducing…