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.

You laugh... but the '70s were a golden era for car design. Scratch that—bold car design. Everything felt heavier back then. The features were outrageously clunky ...

Whether or not you're excited by automobiles themselves, the best car ads offer a fascinating glimpse into advertising history. The earliest examples, around the late 19th century, focused on the ...