Sometimes you watch older car commercials and wonder why today’s aren’t as interesting as they were. Take this commercial for the “50 New Ways” Ford vehicles for 1950. Granted, the special effects are slightly below the CGI standards of the 21st century, but at least you don’t see the tape used to show the convertible…

This video features a classic 1968 Pontiac GTO commercial that starts with a classic TV portrayal of a city bank heist. Yet, in this commercial, the heist does not go quite as planned because the getaway car won’t start up. The bank robbers immediately run to the nearby Pontiac dealership to steal a car. When…

Look into the history of automobiles and you’ll find many models which have been lost to the winds of time. Take the Dodge Polara as an example. From the early to mid 1960s the Polara was Dodge’s main full-size vehicle which came in several body variations including sedan, station wagon, and convertible. In fact, from…

Car manufacturers have made a lot of interesting claims about not only their vehicles but also life trends in old and modern print, radio and television advertisements. In this video of a classic 1968 Pontiac Firebird commercial, the advertisers for Pontiac tried to convince viewers to buy their “wide track” Firebird by highlighting a new…

Paul Revere and The Raiders was a popular American rock band in the late 1960’s. Pontiac decided to combine the success of the band with the rugged outdoors of a Western desert to promote its 1969 Pontiac GTO known as “The Judge.” This video is a classic 1969 Pontiac GTO The Judge television commercial in…

Those born closer to the 21st than 20th century know car commercials as those advertisements that they fast forward through on their DVRs or close out on their Internet browsers. In the period known as “Back in the Day”, television viewers needed to push through the car ads, because many times it was auto manufacturers…

What do you do when you want to introduce your new V8 muscle car to the world via television? You have a runabout race to catch up to it. Such is the case in this mid-60s ad that introduces the 1966 Dodge Charger to the American public. It also doesn’t hurt to have a beautiful…

When it comes to picking up girls, most guys stick to two main strategies: borrowing/stealing puppies/kids from friends/strangers to take to the park on a sunny weekend, and driving a sick ride. And nothing quite says “Hey ladies, I’m here to party!” like a new…Charge Dodger…? I think what Elliot was trying to say is…

This is a classic TV ad for a classic American car. If you can, think back to those good old days when having a convertible and an 8-track tape deck made you feel, through the magic of television, like you were flying high over the troubles of the world in an open air biplane. And…

In 1967, Sonny & Cher brought “The Beat Goes On” to the world and showed through their lyrics how new trends appear at every moment while other things remain the same. In 1968, Plymouth connected its increase in customers from 1967 and forward to this idea in its Plymouth Fury advertising. This video features a…