Over the years, we have all seen thousands – probably tens of thousands – of car ads in the pages of your favourite magazines.
As print media and magazines turn to the digital age adverts are becoming rather forgettable.
So the other day while we were doing research and going through bundles of old car magazines every so often something comes along that hits the spot – and these are just some of those from the past half a century or so.
Mini 850 (1963)
You can’t beat the period charm of this advert from 1963, four years after the Mini had been launched, and by which time it had already become a legend.
Audi diesel (1981)
It would be years after this advert appeared that diesels became mainstream in Europe, and it was thanks to the efforts of car makers such as Audi that this happened.
In the 1990s, the supercar was virtually dead. Only Ferrari and Lamborghini were offering models that looked great, had enough horsepower under their bonnets and handled better than run-of-the-mill sports cars of the era. And then came the 993 Turbo. "Kills bugs fast" is one of the more straight-forward ads from Porsche, featuring an action photograph of the vehicle accelerating mid-corner and a short description of its performance stats.
The concept of a Volvo turbo wagon, adequately illustrated
Daihatsu’s minivan that can pick up five times more women than a Ferrari
I could definitely not contradict that ad…: )
IF YOU HAVE ANY MEMORABLE ADVERTS OR HAVE COME ACROSS SOME PLEASE SHARE THEM WITH US AT WWW.COLLECTIBLEWHEELS.COM or ian@kilburn.co.za