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Nostalgic for retro press ads

  • 26-06-2024 8:39am
    #1
    Stallingrad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,226 ✭✭✭


    Modern car press ads can be so tedious. Usually a hero image of a car trying to invoke some sort of emotion. Very little too excite or engage.

    Screenshot 2024-06-26 at 9.33.00 a.m..png



    I miss the days when press ads were more copy heavy, you actually engaged with the advert and learnt something about the car.

    Screenshot 2024-06-26 at 9.28.31 a.m..png

    I appreciate that now an advert simply directs you elsewhere for information, something that was not possible pre-Internet, but it made for far more interesting advertisements back then.

    Feel free to share some retro add gems.



Comments

  • #2
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,644 ✭✭✭cml387


    Interesting thread.

    I can recall some car advertisements that were little dramas in their own right. Particularly in magazines like Punch.

    volvo.png



  • #3
    Stallingrad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,226 ✭✭✭Stallingrad


    That is a great ad.



  • #4
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,854 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    can anyone remember a rally type ad from the 70's ? it was either for gtx oil,Cibie spot lights or for ford escort, it had some great night video of a rally and some great rock guitar music over playing it. I tired looking on YT but couldnt find it, probably a British advert with one of those typical speak-over pieces for the time

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