25th September 2017
RETRO ADS – MERCEDES 230E
The W123-generation Mercedes-Benz had been around for a while by the time this particular brochure dedicated to the 230E was issued in August 1980...
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8th September 2017
RETRO ADS – FORD ANGLIA 105E
There was a trend back in the ’Fifties and ’Sixties for car brochure designers to use cut-out heads to emphasise certain attributes...
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8th September 2017
RETRO ADS – PEUGEOT 504
By the time this German-market publication promoting the Peugeot 504 Coupe and Cabriolet was published for the 1975 model...
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19th June 2017
RETRO ADS – AUSTIN MAXI
Published in September 1972, this 12-page brochure was designed to promote the latest Austin Maxi line-up, a three-car range that comprised the 1500, 1750 and 1750HL.
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6th June 2017
RETRO ADS – CLEARMIST
You’ve probably always assumed that a pair of fully-working windscreen wipers is any motorist’s main priority in poor weather. But not according to this advert for Clearmist, a hand-operated wiper easily fitted inside your car…
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16th May 2017
RETRO ADS – FORD FIESTA
Ford issued this eye-catching advert in 1978, announcing that its handsome little Fiesta (launched in the UK only the previous year) had won a Design Council Award for its ‘detailed and calculated attempt to reduce…
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10th May 2017
RETRO ADS – SKODA SUPER ESTELLE
We recently came across an old newspaper cutting from 1978, on the back of which was this advert for the new Skoda Estelle range. It’s a tatty old ad but well worth re-reading, thanks to…
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7th May 2017
RETRO ADS – PEUGEOT TALBOT
Published in time for the 1984 British Motor Show was this 16-page magazine from Peugeot Talbot, boasting about the company’s expansion throughout the year (spearheaded by the phenomenally successful new 205) and promising there was…
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18th February 2017
RETRO ADS – AUDI 100
Announcing the UK arrival of the second generation Audi 100 was this handsome brochure from 1976, designed to convince potential buyers that the Volkswagen-owned luxury brand was a serious rival to BMW, Volvo, Rover and…
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18th February 2017
RETRO ADS – DUNLOP
Back in the mid ’Sixties, Dunlop Rubber Company Ltd. published this handy little booklet in conjunction with Practical Motorist magazine. It was full of invaluable advice to car owners of the time, informing them how…
