1967 Mercury Cougar You’d think that a retailer would do anything in its power to avoid alienating its customers. Any customers. Watch a TV commercial today and you’ll generally see a calculated smattering of actors from a broad range of ethnicities, and, this is key, both genders. More Favorite Car Ads 1967 Mercury Cougar We […]
Favorite Car Ads: 1956 General Motors Hardtop Sedans | The Daily Drive | Consumer Guide® The Daily Drive
1956 Buick Series 60 Riviera Sedan (top) and Cadillac Sedan de Ville, There is no denying that the hardtop body style was a triumph of midcentury auto design. Depending on who you ask, the 1949 Buick Roadmaster Riviera coupe was the first regular-production hardtop of the post-war era. For General Motors, things got even more […]
Classic Car Ads: Tailfins | The Daily Drive | Consumer Guide® The Daily Drive
1959 Cadillac Sedan DeVille Thumb through an old magazine—were talking pretty old here—and you’re likely to come across car ads that featured vehicles staged in images with jet aircraft. In fact, we have a collection of such ads right here. It is no coincidence that what sociologists sometimes refer to as the Jet Age occurred […]
Classic Car Ads: Chevrolet Monte Carlo | The Daily Drive | Consumer Guide® The Daily Drive
1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Introduced for the 1970 model year, the Chevrolet Monte Carlo was born of the muscle car era, but would go on to define an all-new category. Much as the Ford Explorer codified that compact SUV segment, and the Dodge Caravan and Plymouth Voyager the minivan category, the Monte Carlo was really […]
Favorite Car Ads: 1970 Volvo | The Daily Drive | Consumer Guide® The Daily Drive
We’re talking about 350 pounds here. That’s the difference in weight between a new 1966 Volvo and a same-year Dodge Coronet—the latter depicted here as having “died young.” The text in this ad is interesting, and makes a good case that American cars of the era were simply larger and heavier than consumers really needed […]