Back to the Past: Retro Car Ads Inspiration

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A collection of nostalgic and inspirational retro car ads!

Recently there has been noticed a comeback to retro style in pretty much everything - fashion, interior, industrial, graphic design, etc. Why? Maybe because we're becoming nostalgic... Or maybe because retro represents a 'generational response by the under-40 crowd against the uniformity and slickness of much of today’s mass marketing, and to some extent suggests a backlash to a culture of disposability and fakery.' Whatever the true reason is, the fact is that retro is on the rise.

Retro car advertising is of a special ineterest. Retro car ads offer a fascinating glimpse of history of our consumer driven society where the cars has always played great part as indicators of class, wealth and status. Th bold colors, original patterns and typography are amazing and still inspirational today! Color printing which full potential was realized in the 30s and 40s boosted the automobile industry that boomed in the 30s. 

No more talk - you've got to see that! Below is the collection of retro cars ads, both nostalgic and inspirational.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Helen Walker

JackOctober 23, 2008
nice work Helen! well done
1Jack
Harry RobertsOctober 23, 2008
Wow, some really great ads! Must've taken ages to collect them all...
2Harry Roberts
Martin SarsiniOctober 23, 2008
Awesome post, beautiful adverts! I can't stop being amazed everytime I see how in the past designers were so much genius. I fell in love of the red Cadillac
3Martin Sarsini
QuoteshallOctober 24, 2008
very nice posters collection! : )
4Quoteshall
Bunny got BogOctober 27, 2008
Love the old"s
5Bunny got Bog
AddyOctober 27, 2008
Where's the barracuda? :(
6Addy
ArCarNovember 20, 2008
Beautiful, All time!
7ArCar
Vince AccursoApril 16, 2009
Great Ads
8Vince Accurso
Kevin ChapinMarch 18, 2010
I'm a car nut. Love the old pics! You should check out single finger and get with them. They do a lot of this stuff
9Kevin Chapin
davidMay 19, 2010
great ads...I lfully agree with the header.shame the author is gay. i hate to spread gossip and all but the whole public toilet incident is just a little too full on for my liking. not saying being gay is a problem...its just when it spills over into lunch room displays. im trying to eat my lunch you know, i could do with less man on man on other man to contend with
10david
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read "feminine, weak." And this is unfair. I like pink. I like pink in clothes, interior, furniture, cosmetics, etc. It do
11wholesale laptop battery
fiweddingJuly 30, 2010
These are absolutely fantastic, wish I had the patience and time to create something as wonderful. Thanks for sharing!
12fiwedding
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bag manufacturerAugust 27, 2010
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16bag manufacturer
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love retro cars. these are cool
18polar express train set
Louis VuittonSeptember 25, 2010
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coach outletSeptember 27, 2010
awesome post
20coach outlet
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awesome post
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healthboyOctober 11, 2010
Very nice i like it..
22healthboy
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very intresting posting..
24genericdrugshop
gucci handbagsOctober 12, 2010
It sure helped me a lot as well.This is not an easy topic, but you make it easy to be understood.thank you so much!
25gucci handbags
ugg bootsOctober 12, 2010
Thanks for taking the time to discuss this, I feel strongly about it and love learning more on this topic. It is extremely helpful for me.
26ugg boots
bag manufacturerOctober 20, 2010
Thanks for sharing info. good job, Keep up the good work...
28bag manufacturer
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Awesome. These are very great pictures of the past.
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It gives me immense pleasure to go through this exciting article about how comeback to retro style helps in pretty much everything - fashion, interior, industrial, graphic design, etc. Thanks.
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Greenville HondaOctober 26, 2010
As the song goes, there is all just a little bit of history repeating. There is nothing new, we just spin in circles and we are now at the point where retro cars are in fashion again. There will be a revolution in a few years and the slicker models will be trendy once again and so on...
31Greenville Honda
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