We recently highlighted the iconic cars of the ’70s and the magazine ads that sold them, so it only makes sense to do the same for the ’80s. The cars of the ’80s may not have had the boat-like flash ...
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I have a solid collection of automobile magazine ads from the 1950s and '60s, back when advertising was art and people like Art Fitzpatrick and Van Kaufman created dramatic car illustrations. One of ...
Nicknamed 'Golden Greek' and later (to his displeasure) an 'Original Mad Man,' Lois was among a wave of advertisers who launched the 'Creative Revolution' that jolted Madison Avenue and the world ...
NEW YORK — George Lois, the hard-selling, charismatic advertising man and designer who fashioned some of the most daring magazine images of the 1960s and popularized such catchphrases and brand names ...
The 1980s may not have been the best decade for cars —not for starters, at least—but it was a great decade for car ads. The malaise era was drawing to a close and the economy was picking up speed.
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Cool Car Ads of the 1980s

The 1980s brought us some brilliant car ads—and a few that were pretty awful. The 1980s may not have been the best decade for cars —not for starters, at least—but it was a great decade for car ads.