Vintage Car Ads

Discover a collection of classic advertisements featuring iconic automobiles from decades past. These ads showcase sleek designs and bold marketing that highlight the style, power, and innovation of automotive history.

1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s

1930s Car Ads

1936 Goodrich Safety Silvertowns, Goodrich Electro-Pak, Goodrich De Luxe Hot Water Heater, Goodrich Seal-O-Matic Safety Tube Ad - "HERE'S HOW TO AVOID WINTER DRIVING GRIEF"

1936 Studebaker 1937 Cars Ad - "AT THE AUTO SHOWS...TOP HONORS GO TO STUDEBAKER 'the spotlight car'"

1938 Lincoln-Zephyr V-12 Ad - "Thoroughly modern—and the only car of its kind"

1938 Cadillac Sixty Special Ad - "IF YOU'RE TIRED OF THE COMMONPLACE...DRIVE THE CADILLAC SIXTY SPECIAL"

1940s Car Ads

1940 Mercury 8 1941 Ad - "The big car that stands alone in economy"

1940 Hudson 1941 Six De Luxe Sedan Ad - "Symphonic Styling"

1940 Packard One-Ten Deluxe Sedan 1941 Ad - "Brimming with Beauty — Bursting with News!"

1940 Dodge Job-Rated Trucks (1941) Ad - "More than ever... built to fit the job!"

1940 Nash Ambassador and Nash Ambassador Six Ad - "A New Kind of Car is Here!"

1940 Ford 1941 Car Ad - "Get the facts and you'll get a FORD!"

1940 1941 DeSoto Ad - "Fluid Drive now combined with the new Simplimatic Transmission—gives you full Automatic Shifting for all normal driving!"

1940 International D-30 Cab-Over-Engine Truck Ad - "PICTURE OF A DREAM COMING TRUE"

1940 Chrysler 1941 Airflow Bodies Ad - "NOW Fluid Drive with Automatic Safety Control"

1940 Plymouth 'The One' for '41 Ad - "It Spells C-L-A-S-S"

1941 General Motors Dealership Service Ad - "Partners in Progress through Service"

1941 Firestone Holiday Gift Selection Ad - "Gifts for the Entire Family at Firestone"

1941 Fram Oil Filter Ad - "SAVE OIL FOR DEFENSE SAVE YOUR MOTOR SAVE MONEY"

1941 B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Tires Ad - "Switch to B.F. Goodrich FIRST IN RUBBER"

1941 Chevrolet Dealer Service Ad - "Service that Satisfies... Service that Saves"

1947 Ford Trucks Ad - "Where It's Toughest—Ford Trucks Last Longer!"

1947 Eaton 2-speed axle Ad - "Eaton and the Truck Industry Grew Up Together"

1947 Bohn Aluminum & Brass Automotive Alloys Ad - "Millions of pounds of light alloys fabricated by Bohn are incorporated in the vast array of highly efficient automobiles that go into daily use throughout the world."

1947 Lincoln 1947 Motor Car Ad - "Nothing could be finer"

1948 Kaiser and Frazer Automobiles Ad - "Unquestioned Style Leadership!"

1948 Jeep Station Wagon Ad - "A Hit in BOSTON and BUENOS AIRES"

1948 Hudson Sedan Ad - "America cheers the new Hudson... the car you step down into!"

1948 Plymouth Cars Ad - "If it's VALUE you want—it's PLYMOUTH you want"

1948 Studebaker 1948 Ad - "Outside—a new look! Inside—a new outlook!"

1948 International Metro Truck Ad - "UNCHALLENGED 10-YEAR LEADER"

1948 DeSoto Car Ad - "It's the best car I ever owned, regardless of price!"

1948 Goodyear Super-Cushion Tire Ad - "First new kind of tire in 15 years! car makers say"

1948 Fruehauf Trailers Ad - "HELP BRING OUT The Stars!"

1948 Nash 600 Ad - "We even engineer the air"

1948 Ford Bonus Built Trucks 1948 Ad - "Star Spangled New!"

1948 Dodge Sedan Ad - "SMOOTHEST CAR 'AFLOAT'"

1948 Champion Spark Plug Ad - "America's Favorite Spark Plug"

1948 Pennsylvania Silent Vacuum Cup Ad - "RUNS LONGER - STOPS SHORTER"

1948 B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Tires Ad - "Typical example: user's experience with B. F. Goodrich tires"

1950s Car Ads

1951 Barrett Road Tar, Anhydrous Ammonia, Rock Wool, and other chemical products Ad - "BARRETT TAKES YOU ON A LONG-HAUL RIDE WITH MEN WHO DRIVE BY NIGHT"

1951 Conoco Super Motor Oil Ad - "50,000 Miles—No Wear!"

1951 Eaton 2-Speed Truck Axles Ad - "2-Speed Axles provide the right speeds at the right time"

1951 International Trucks Truck Saver Inspection Ad - "Now – Free TRUCK SAVER Inspection"

1951 Dodge Oriflow Ride System Ad - "Drive it five minutes and you'll drive it for years"

1951 Buick Roadmaster Ad - "Start of a Beautiful Friendship"

1951 Auto-Lite Sta-Ful Battery Ad - "NEEDS WATER ONLY 3 TIMES A YEAR!"

1951 Mercury Car Ad - "MAKE THE MERCURY 2-WAY TEST—for 'the buy of your life!'"

1951 General Motors Diesel Engines Ad - "This is the Diesel that's easier to maintain"

1951 U.S. Royal Master Tire Ad - "The Tire News is Good!"

1951 Ethyl Antiknock Compound Ad - "A product the public never sees benefits everybody who makes, sells or uses gasoline and gasoline engines."

1951 Nash Rambler Country Club Ad - "Nash Presents America’s Newest Hardtop Convertible"

1951 Shell X-100 Motor Oil Ad - "Your engine makes this much acid every day ... And it's Acid Action - not friction that causes 90% of engine wear!"

1951 Chevrolet Styline De Luxe 4-Door Sedan (1951) Ad - "You'll discover top quality in every detail at today's lowest prices!"

1951 Texaco Registered Rest Room Service Ad - "Something a lady appreciates!"

1951 U.S. Royal Master Tire Ad - "The Tire News is Good!"

1951 Nash Airflyte Rambler All-Purpose Sedan Ad - "It's 2 Cars in One—For Family Work and Family Fun"

1951 B.F. Goodrich Tubeless Tires Ad - "If you knew all this about B.F. Goodrich Tubeless Tires ...would you want to ride on any other kind?"

1953 Hertz Truck Rental Service Ad - "Lease your trucks from Hertz. New trucks...everything furnished but the driver."

1953 DuPont Nylon Tire Cord Ad - "Since we have been using NYLON CORDS, we've forgotten we even have tires"

1953 Dodge 'Job-Rated' Trucks Ad - "For lower gas and upkeep costs, I say 'try Dodge'!"

1953 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Convertible Ad - "summer classic"

1953 Chevrolet Handyman and Townsman Station Wagons Ad - "the last words in station wagons"

1953 Buick Skylark Ad - "Its beauty is just the beginning"

1953 Nash Ambassador Airflyte Ad - "Why Buy Just Half A Fine Car?"

1954 Packard Clipper 1954 Ad - "America's Newest Medium-Priced Car! Luxury at a lot less... because Packard builds it"

1954 Ford 1954 Cars Ad - "the 'Worth More' car declares a dividend"

1954 Mercury 1954 Ad - "New 1954 Mercury with Entirely New Overhead-Valve 161-Horsepower V8 Engine"

1954 Dodge Royal V-8 Sport Coupe Ad - "Elegance...with the greatest performance record of any American car!"

1955 Buick 1956 Century Four-Door Riviera with Body by Fisher Ad - "Body by Fisher"

1955 Gulfpride H.D. Select Motor Oil Ad - "Why Pay for 'Shrinking Horsepower'?"

1955 General Motors Autronic-Eye Ad - "CAN SAVE YOU 200 'STEPS' AN HOUR!"

1955 General Motors 1956 4-Door Hardtop Cars Ad - "with 4-door hardtop styling across the board"

1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Sport Sedan 1956 Ad - "The hot one's even hotter!"

1955 Buick Century Ad - "Just a tickle triggers its take-off"

1955 Firestone Town & Country Winter Tires Ad - "STOP when you need to GO when you want to with new Firestone Town & Country Winter Tires"

1955 De Soto 1956 Fireflite and Firedome Ad - "Drive the glamorous '56 De Soto"

1955 Oldsmobile 1956 with Jetaway Hydra-Matic Ad - "Oh-h-h! those '56 OLDSMOBILES! with new Jetaway HYDRA-MATIC"

1955 Oldsmobile 1956 Ninety-Eight Deluxe Holiday Sedan and Super 88 Holiday Coupe Ad - "Oh-h-h! Those '56 Oldsmobiles!"

1955 Ford 1956 Fairlane/Station Wagon Ad - "You get them only in the NEW '56 FORD..."

1955 Imperial for 1956 Ad - "Announcing the new look of leadership"

1955 Shell Research Solvent for S.C. Johnson Jubilee Cleaner Ad - "Clean as a...."

1955 Continental Mark II Ad - "Turbo-Action Champions"

1956 Flying A Ethyl Gasoline Ad - "Under the wings of the Flying A"

1956 DuPont Nylon Cord Tires Ad - "Only nylon cord tires can give you utmost safety—surest protection against tire trouble"

1956 Goodyear Tires Sweepstakes Ad - "Goodyear's $150,000 3T Safety Sweepstakes"

1956 Cadillac Cars Ad - "Why not make it today?"

1956 Mobiloil Special Ad - "Here's the difference between new-car performance...and old-"

1956 Chevrolet V8 Ad - "You get the winning V8 in Chevrolet!"

1956 Sinclair Extra Duty Triple X Motor Oil Ad - "13,000 American Horses Protected by Sinclair Oil"

1957 Atlas Plycron Cushionaires Tires Ad - "Favorite Mileage Merchant"

1957 Pure Gasoline Ad - "Gasoline talk is greek to him, but he's buying PURE Gasoline because he knows he can BE SURE WITH PURE"

1957 Mobiloil Special Ad - "No dangerous 'thinning' at turnpike speeds..."

1957 U.S. Royal Master Tire Ad - "Out of the Jet Age"

1957 Firestone Nylon '500' Tire Ad - "At 261 M.P.H. only Firestones are good enough!"

1957 Esso Research Oil for Glass Manufacturing Ad - "Adding the gleam to glass"

1957 Ford Family of Fine Cars (Ford, Thunderbird, Mercury, Lincoln, Continental Mark II) Ad - "Safe drivers get extra safeguards in the Ford Family of Fine Cars"

1957 Texaco Sky Chief Su-preme with Petrox Ad - "TOWER OF POWER IS EVERYWHERE"

1957 General Dual 90 Tire Ad - "Built to last longer than you'll keep your car"

1957 Ethyl gasoline additive Ad - "With thanks to the service station men who make driving such a pleasure!"

1957 Armstrong Safety Disc Tires Ad - ""Ounce of Prevention" Grip can save your life"

1957 Gulfpride Motor Oil Ad - "Gulfpride—the clean-working oil."

1958 MG MGA Ad - "no wonder it holds the road!"

1958 Mercury Station Wagons Ad - "First Station Wagons to Combine Spirited Performance with Beauty and Size"

1958 Avisco Super Rayon Cord Ad - "The new Super Rayon cord inside your tires gives far superior RIDE, SAFETY, WEAR"

1959 Magna-Power Crankcase Drain Plug Ad - "WANT TO SAVE MONEY OPERATING YOUR CAR?"

1959 Mercedes-Benz Automobiles Ad - "Sublime Star - Where did it come from?"

1959 JC Whitney & Co. Auto Parts and Accessories Ad - "Save More Than Ever Before on Auto Parts, Accessories at JC Whitney & Co."

1959 The Complete Book of Hot Rodding Ad - "OVER 200 PAGES OF THE MOST EXCITING HOT RODDING MATERIAL EVER COMPILED IN ONE VOLUME!"

1959 ABCO Dual Voltage Battery Ad - "At last! A Battery that will provide 12 volts for starting iron equipment, and still give regular 6 volt operation for all other electrical equipment."

1959 Pure Gasoline Ad - "PURE sets 71 new records at Daytona!"

1959 Fenton Hush-Tone Muffler Ad - "There's only 1 kind of muffler you need for every car..."

1959 Best Car Buys Wholesale Car Buying Service Ad - "BUY YOUR NEXT CAR WHOLESALE"

1959 Super G Muffler Ad - "Want to unlock the reserve power in your car?"

1959 Paser Mileage Minder Model 300 Ad - "Another Good Reason why... Mileage Minder Belongs on Your Car!"

1959 Studebaker Lark Ad - "PACE-SETTING DESIGN..."

1959 Citroën DS19 Ad - "CITROËN FIRST AT MONTE CARLO RALLYE!"

1959 Fiat 1800/2100 Sedan Ad - "Smooth and Lively"

1959 NSU Prinz Ad - "Great genius is behind the Prinz"

1959 Chevrolet Biscayne two-door Ad - ""I 'built' my Chevy for top economy—and extra easy running at 300 miles a day""

1959 Flying A Gasoline Ad - "A man with drive gets Flying A"

1959 Pontiac 1959 Ad - "See, I told you Pontiac was the CAR OF THE YEAR!"

1960s Car Ads

1960 Chevrolet Corvair Ad - "Small wonder - with a wonderful ride!"

1960 DKW Ad - "DKW does it!"

1960 1960 Chrysler Ad - "The car of your life for the time of your life!"

1960 Goodyear Tires Ad - "Goodyear tires sweep another big race event = The Daytona 500!"

1960 Mercury Country Cruiser Ad - "New station wagon value in the popular price range"

1960 Pennzoil Motor Oil Ad - "Richest most complete motor oil in the world!"

1960 Volkswagen Beetle Ad - "Why are so many people looking into the Volkswagen?"

1960 Chrysler Unibody Construction Ad - "Where did the squeaks and rattles go?"

1960 GMC Trucks Ad - "GMC's Big Breakthrough"

1961 1961 Buick Ad - "Waiting for someone important"

1961 Champion spark plugs Ad - "Champion-sparked cars sweep every late-model stock car race at Daytona!"

1961 Cadillac Sixty-Two Convertible Ad - "The Cadillac car is so soundly designed and so carefully crafted that its very name has become a synonym for quality."

1961 Chrysler Alternator (1961 Chrysler Cars) Ad - "Detroit to Chicago without a battery"

1961 Goodyear Turnpike-Proved Tires Ad - "TURNPIKE-PROVED: for extra safety in all your driving"

1961 Mercury Monterey Ad - "The beauty about a Mercury..."

1961 Body by Fisher (1961 Pontiac Bonneville Vista) Ad - "makes it a better buy!"

1961 B.F. Goodrich Passenger Car Tires Ad - "3 kinds of tire shoppers show how buying the right tire is as easy as B-F-G!"

1961 Chrysler Newport Ad - "spread the news!"

1961 Chevrolet OK Used Cars Ad - "The OK sign means Used Car variety and value"

1961 Oldsmobile F-85 Ad - "Drive the F-85 ...feel the difference a full eight cylinders make!"

1961 International Harvester Scout Ad - "This one takes the roof off!"

1961 1961 Ford Ad - "Here's how the '61 Ford helps pay for itself"

1962 B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Big Edge Tires Ad - "Big Edge Tires with extra rubber where the wear is!"

1962 Ford Fairlane Ad - "It's got high price written all over it—except on the price tag!"

1963 Shell Research Ad - "He gave to man the energy secret of the stars"

1963 1964 Lincoln Continental Ad - "There's more life built into cars by Ford Motor Company"

1963 Champion Spark Plugs Ad - "Why settle for less in your car?"

1963 GMC Trucks V-6 Engine Ad - "V-6....only GMC Trucks have it!"

1963 Pontiac Grand Prix Ad - "Your pulse rate goes up whenever you see one of these? Relax—you're perfectly normal."

1963 Chevrolet Chevelle Ad - "CHEVELLE! by CHEVROLET"

1963 Studebaker Daytona Hardtop and Studebaker Avanti Ad - "Handsome? Just look! Performance? Just drive!"

1963 Body by Fisher car bodies Ad - "You're fresher with Fisher"

1964 Rambler Classic 770 Station Wagon (1965) Ad - "'65 Rambler Classic—all aglow with new beauty, new size, new power!"

1964 Ford Galaxie 500 LTD 4-Door Hardtop Ad - "Joseph, Chester and Sol now admit that Ford rides quieter than Rolls-Royce!"

1964 GMAC Plan Ad - "When you’ve picked the right car, pick the right financing"

1965 Champion Spark Plugs Ad - "Champions use Champions!"

1965 Buick Special V-6 (1965) Ad - "1965 Buick Special V-6. Proud car, modest price."

1965 GM Guardian Maintenance Ad - "the training start they get here... pays off in stopping power here!"

1965 Mercury (Lincoln Continental tradition) Ad - "This is the year's most successful car"

1965 Ford Fairlane 500 Sports Coupe (1965) Ad - "What’s so hot about the ’65 Fairlane?"

1965 Rambler Classic Ad - "Five powerful reasons for the new excitement in the Rambler Classic"

1965 Volvo compact cars Ad - "Would you sell your present car to a friend?"

1965 Oldsmobile 442 Ad - "New package of instant action: Olds 442"

1968 Cadillac 1969 Ad - "A masterpiece from the master craftsmen"

1968 Chrysler 300 2-Door Hardtop (1969) Ad - "Announcing your next car: It can surround you with a fuselage. A sweeping new design where body and frame are one."

1968 Shell Noodle 25 Ad - "Last year we saved a lot of fish from drowning. And made a lot of kids happy."

1968 Jet-Fire Fuel Igniters Ad - "NOW! Run Your Car Without Spark Plugs"

1968 American Motors Ambassador Ad - "The closest $3,165 ever came to a limousine."

1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass S Ad - "A wild-blue-yonder kind of excitement: Olds Cutlass S."

1968 Dodge Tradesman Van Ad - "Today Dodge Tradesman puts your business on wheels."

1968 Plymouth Fury 1969 Ad - "Look what Plymouth's up to now: A completely new Fury for 1969."

1968 Cadillac Eldorado 1969 Ad - "A Cadillac Classic, third edition"

1970s Car Ads

1972 LEE MaxiFilter Ad - "two-stage protection at no extra cost"

1972 Shell Superlife Battery Ad - "If this battery ever fails in your car Shell will replace it free."

1972 Fiat 128 Ad - "All small cars solve the problems inherent in the big car. Our small car solves the problems inherent in the small car."

1972 Saab 99LE Ad - "In a world of recalled cars, air pollution, high insurance rates and big repair bills, we offer engineering, safety, and a little common sense."

1972 Toyota Mark II Ad - "Presenting the new Mark II. The most Toyota."

1972 Volkswagen Super Beetle Ad - "Think Big."

1972 Plymouth Satellite Sebring-Plus Ad - "Built to be seen. Not heard."

1972 Uniroyal Steel-Belted Radials Ad - "America's most experienced world-wide maker of steel-belted radials"

1972 Ford Mustang Ad - "The way it looks, handles, and makes you feel."

1972 Levi's Gremlin Ad - "Levi’s Gremlin. The economy car that wears the pants."

1972 Triumph Spitfire Ad - "Our little inexpensive economy car can beat your little inexpensive economy car."

1976 Cadillac Seville and Cadillac Coupe deVille Ad - "Two kinds of luxury. One great name."

1976 Datsun B-210 Ad - "BUILT TO KEEP ITS FIGURE. (41 MPG highway, 29 city*)"

1976 Plymouth Volaré Ad - "The accent is on comfort."

1976 BMW 530i Ad - "An engineer’s conception of a luxury car, not an interior decorator’s."

1976 Chevrolet Concours 4-Door Sedan Ad - "A rare opportunity to move down in size without compromising your taste."

1978 Valvoline Motor Oil Ad - "This could be your ticket to Super Sunday!"

1978 Subaru 4 Wheel Drive Wagon Ad - "WHEN THE U.S. SKI TEAM SAYS THEY DRIVE A SUBARU, THEY'RE NOT SNOWING YOU."

1978 Mobil 1 Motor Oil Ad - "Imagine. An oil that goes 25,000 miles without a change."

1978 Lincoln Versailles 1979 Ad - "This is the new 1979 Lincoln Versailles."

1978 Mercedes-Benz Sedan Ad - "You may never need all 120 safety features in your Mercedes-Benz. But it's comforting to know they're there."

1978 Ford Mustang '79 Ad - "THE NEW BREED"

1978 Ford Mustang '79 Ad - "Introducing the new breed"

1980s Car Ads

1981 Datsun Turbo-ZX Ad - "Own the Road"

1981 Porsche 924/924 Turbo Ad - "Nothing Even Comes Close"

1982 Lincoln-Mercury LN7 1982 Ad - "FASTER BACK"

1982 Datsun King Cab 4x4 (1982) Ad - "KING OF THE OFF ROAD"

1982 Volvo Turbo Ad - "IT CAN ACTUALLY MAKE 55 M.P.H. INTERESTING."

1982 BMW 5 Series Ad - "INTRODUCING THE FORERUNNER OF IMITATIONS TO COME."

1982 Volkswagen Scirocco 1982 Ad - "Introducing the 1982 Scirocco: Shaped for the wind."

1986 Subaru 3 Door Ad - "GET AWAY FROM IT ALL. GET AWAY WITH IT ALL."

1986 Toyota MR2 (1986) Ad - "Who could ask for anything more!"

1986 Volkswagen Jetta GLI (1986) Ad - "Give in to an overwhelming drive."

1986 Nissan 300ZX Ad - "THE NEW NISSAN 300 ZX PACE CAR FOR THE PERFORMANCE GENERATION."

1986 Audi 4000 CS Quattro Ad - "Put your money in a safe place."

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