fudony cars: advertising

Friday, October 21, 2011

Good advertising phrase Cadillac is now using

It's one thing to hug corners, It's another to leave them weak in the knees

Found in the Nov 2011 Automobile magazine.

Slogans of Cadillac advertisements

"You Can Kill a Horse but not a Cadillac (1905)"
"Every Cadillac is a Dewar Trophy" (1911)
"Cadillac Shows the World ...how truly magnificent a motor car can be!" (1937)
"It's a "Who's Who" of the Highway!" (1952)
"More Eloquent Than Words!" (1952)
"Those who want the finest want - the Standard of the World!" (1953)
"Cadillac car is one of the soundest investments in the automotive world!" (1953)
"They'll Take The Cadillac Tonight!" (1955)
"It Gives a Man a New Outlook... Cadillac" (1957)
"Finest Expression of Motordom's Highest Ideal!" (1957)
"Magnificent Beyond All Expectations! - Cadillac" (1957)
"A New Realm of Motoring Majesty! - The 1959 Cadillac"
"Cadillac - a new measure of automotive supremacy." (1959)
"Cadillac ... the new measurement of greatness" (1959)
"Cadillac ... universal symbol of excellence" (1959)
"Cadillac ...World's Best Synonym for Quality!" (1959)
found on http://www.car-nection.com/ccof/caddy5.htm

Evolution of the Chevy bowtie logo

found in the Nov 2011 Automobile magazine

Monday, August 22, 2011

cool images from pour15minutesdamour.blogspot

I did not photo shop this, I think it's an original print

Wow, Kevin Bacon before stardom was a model for roller skates... who woulda guessed?

Huh, the famous car record player, but in a right hand drive car, first time I've seen that!

The Pan Am Strato Clipper

Not the Messerschmitt, it's the Heinkel Kabine

paintings by Samuel Michlap

all from the wide variety of intesting things found on http://pour15minutesdamour.blogspot.com/

Friday, August 19, 2011

Art of the automobile (not car) examples of the race cars and advertising of the first 1/4 of the 20th century from OldMotor.com

This was a jab at the outspoken nut reactionists who didn't want the automobiles to be legal and on the same roads as the horse and carriages. Auto's were loud, fast, and unknown. Sorta the same reaction that Rock and Roll of the 50's, and hot rodders of the 40's had to deal with. So when the Sportsman in the above image asked about the motorist killing anything it was indicating the conservative notion of the old folks that autos were going to wantonly kill pedestrians, horses, and whatever else was in it's way. Maybe there was a thread of truth, because no one was familiar with engines, gasoline, batteries, and powerful cars... all dangerous, explosive, and in the hands of people with zero experience with the dangers of each.

The above is the artwork of Stephan Marjoram, a fantastic photographer I've posted the work of before, I recommend you follow this link to the 2nd page, and see the awesome photos Stephan posted http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search?q=marjoram&updated-max=2010-02-28T22%3A44%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=20. I didn't know he was such a really damn good artist, but he is. http://stefanmarjoram.com/art.htm