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Thursday, January 25, 2007

Girls & Cars (European Vintage Ads)


"QUANTUM SHOT" #94
Link - by A. Abrams



Ladies and Cars: Quite an Eye-pleasing Combination!

In fact, simply unbeatable combination for advertising: this is why pretty girls were photographed next to good-looking cars since cars were invented. This first issue of vintage ads focuses on European car makes, the next issues will highlight American ads, and you'll be able to compare these two distinct approaches.


























































Main image sources: Old Iron Online, A-C-D.dk, some credits unknown.

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American vintage car ads (featuring American ladies)

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COMMENTS:

8 Comments:

Anonymous Eddie Sholl said...

VW ad: If only the world did look like this :)

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

It contains an ad for the first car I every owned:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/150/329572088_27d0b0015f.jpg

Interestingly enough, they're advertising that car by:

1- Putting the car as far away as possible
2- On a mud track,
3- Put a pretty girl as close as possible (in the mud too.)

LOL!

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Does anyone know what kind of car is the one in the italian-looking courtyard with the greco-roman statues, about halfway down the page?

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Anonymous Murcielago_LP640 said...

Is it just me or does the girl in the Citroen look really pretty. And she looks like she is dresed in the modern day! Strange...

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Anonymous Bill said...

The Volkswagen ad is brilliant.

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Blogger Mos said...

can't view the fotos on flickr. they've been set as private :(

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Blogger Jeff said...

"joshua" above is spam.

Anyways, I would have expected some of the European car ads show exposed breasts.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Murcielago_LP640 - I'm pretty sure that's Jane Birkin in the back of the Citroen.

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