Archive for Autos
Makes a Busload of Sense (October, 1962)
Posted in 1960-1969, Vintage Ads with tags Autos, Schuppan's Sales and Service, Volkswagon on December 13, 2017 by WB KelsoLook Once, Look Twice, and Look Again! (October, 1951)
Posted in 1950-1959, Vintage Ads with tags Autos, Nash Airflyte, Nash Ambassador, Nash Rambler, Nash Statesman, Rambler Country Club, Whetstone Motors on June 17, 2017 by WB KelsoWhy Hate Yourself? (April, 1961)
Posted in 1960-1969, Vintage Ads with tags Autos, Studebaker, The Lark on March 30, 2017 by WB KelsoYou Can Pay More But You Can’t Buy Better! (October, 1951)
Posted in 1950-1959, Vintage Ads with tags Autos, Diers Motor Company, Ford, Ford Victoria on November 4, 2015 by WB KelsoBrilliantly New in Beauty and Performance! (November, 1956)
Posted in 1950-1959, Vintage Ads with tags Autos, Cadillac, Cadillac El Dorado, Central Chevrolet Co. on July 12, 2015 by WB KelsoFierce and Ferocious (February, 1965)
Posted in 1960-1969, Vintage Ads with tags Autos, Graf Motors Inc., GTO, Le Mans, Pontiac on July 20, 2014 by WB KelsoTake a Look, that’s All We Ask (October, 1938)
Posted in 1930-1939, Vintage Ads with tags Autos, Dodge, Luxury Liner on July 2, 2014 by WB KelsoDo It Today, Not ‘Someday.’ (May, 1970)
Posted in 1970-1979, Vintage Ads with tags Autos, Cadillac, Cadillac DeVille, General Motors on June 3, 2014 by WB KelsoThere’s a Surprise in Every Box (November, 1968)
Posted in 1960-1969, Vintage Ads with tags Autos, Schuppan's Sales and Service, Volkswagon, VW Microbus on March 18, 2014 by WB KelsoThere Has Never Been a Car Like This! (September, 1957)
Posted in 1950-1959, Vintage Ads with tags Arrow Motors, Autos, Ford Motors, The Edsel on March 5, 2014 by WB Kelso
From Wikipedia: Historians have advanced several theories in an effort to explain the Edsel’s failure. Popular culture often faults the car’s styling. Consumer Reports has alleged that poor workmanship was the Edsel’s chief problem. Marketing experts hold the Edsel up as a supreme example of the corporate culture’s failure to understand American consumers. Business analysts cite the weak internal support for the product inside Ford’s executive offices. According to author and Edsel scholar Jan Deutsch, the Edsel was “the wrong car at the wrong time.”… The Edsel is most notorious for being a marketing disaster. Indeed, the name “Edsel” became synonymous with the “real-life” commercial failure of the predicted “perfect” product or product idea. Similar ill-fated products have often been colloquially referred to as “Edsels” … And since the Edsel program was such a debacle, it gave marketers a vivid illustration of how not to market a product.