1980s Cars And Trucks TV Commercials Compilation Vol. 1

1980s Cars And Trucks TV Commercials Compilation Volume 1
Shown In This Video Are Car And Truck Commercials From The Late 1980s, Roughly 1987 & 1988 Models.
1. 1988 Hyundai Excel Featuring A Maserati
2. 1988 GM Experts Choice Parts
3. 1987 No Charge Days GM
4. 1988 Chevrolet Sprint 48 Horsepower
5. 1988 Chrysler K-Cars
6. 1988 Nissan Pulsar NX
7. 1988 Honda Prelude SI
8. 1988 Jeep Chrysler & Eagle Premier Introduction
9. 1988 Toyota Camry
10. 1988 Chevrolet Cavalier Z24
11. 1988 Chrysler Shadow & Sundance
12. 1988 Dodge Dakota 4x4
13. 1987 Toyota Camry
14. 1988 Toyota 4 Runner.
15. 1987 Toyota Dealers.
For more information on the vehicles shown in the above video be sure to check out their respective websites!
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www.chevrolet.com/
www.chrysler.com/
www.nissanusa.com/
www.honda.com/
www.jeep.com/
www.toyota.com/
www.dodge.com/
Originally converted from a VHS tape in our possession
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[@RetroRabbitEars]

If you enjoyed this video I have uploaded a second compilation of car and truck commercials from the 1980's including a number of Mustang commercials. It's available here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZLConqaaa1-e5Y

[@helpu2health]

Chevy sprint??? I seriously thought that was gonna be a mustang commercial....hahaha

[@savageboi_500memes7]

Ikr

[@andrewmattera6205]

well in the 80s, emissions choked down mustang hp to about the same

[@supermodelcars5279]

It's a contradiction for an econobox to dod a wheelie

[@therealjayseh]

70s pinto commercials were similar

[@cars4920]

The Toyota Camry corporate chime at 6:47 is the most heart-warming thing I've ever heard.

[@luisinhoens90]

Lee Iacocca, what a legend in the car industry.

[@michaelcosgrove4027]

Yes! He was the man!

[@Darkseidx]

Imagine what he'd think about the Dodge Demon now.

[@ButchNackley]

Cars from the 80's to mid 90's were really great. Light weight, good handling, reliable, decent gas mileage. Simple to work on (OBD1). Power was pretty fair in many models too. I've got five Chevrolets. Two 1988's, a 92, 93 and 94. All of them are v6 powered.

[@showbizcec4985]

Maybe it's just me, but what happened to ads like these?! Today they just say an inspiration quote about a car, that barley even relates, over some orchestra music that doesn't explain anything new or cool about the car at all. Also, four wheel steering needs to happen.

[@travel7489]

different generation of people who make the advertisements... ads used to be simple and explained what the product did.. in a simple, mature way.. today it's either overly dramatic and over the top or it's treated as a comedy skit that's completely random and makes no sense, absurd and meant to make you laugh...

[@skys9085]

Not all of them, try look up the kia Vs Lamborghini ads

[@Kyle-jb3hr]

4 wheel steering is expensive and basically more things to break

[@kidzbopkaren8342]

4 wheel starring happened on some more cars besides Honda even Ford had it for some time but it was just a money pit

[@jimmartin7881]

@PHOENIX RISING Audi and BMW too.

[@michaelatoz580]

I wish they still made cars like in the 80's. Good quality and simple to work on. Today cars piss me off door lock door unlock,k security system lockout and all the computer junk they put on them . Keep it simple.

[@kiwifrog8878]

God i love everything old! These were the best of the best

[@robertd9850]

No they weren't, especially the Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep vehicles. They were junk and probably still are.

[@KamiX91]

Good lord the cars were affordable back then, 7k 10k brand new and good. Now for 20k you only get a shell with looooots f plastics

[@carboy3482]

3:26 that turn was clean

[@guildrich]

Ah...back when car ads were about...well, the cars. Most modern car ads only advertise the _infotainment systems,_ since that's what most people only care about now. The car itself could just be a white, bland cardboard box; as long as it has a 60+ inch screen in the middle of the dashboard, they're completely OK with it. lol

[@tobyjones5430]

That Toyota commercial at 7:23 was way ahead of its time. With the white walls and stuff. Looks like a modern chevy commercial.

[@circleinforthecube5170]

ugh, the white gray interior design is awful these days, houses buisness, everywhere is uglified

[@alexmaldonado1706]

The days when it was a huge selling point to provide an automatic transmission...

[@fosterfuchs]

I came to the United States in 1986, initially as an exchange student. The entire year I rode in only 1 car that had a manual transmission. Everyone else drove automatic. I got my driver's license over here, but I had to go back to Germany over the following summer to learn to drive stick, in my dad's Peugeot 405.

[@firingallcylinders2949]

I feel like car companies have given up on ingenuity and coolness, cars used to have style and personality. Pretty much all sedans, trucks and suvs all look the same and noone even really cares what they drive anymore.

[@Jake.03-g3k]

Well it's good not many people care about the style the design so the world has changed people change

[@bobsteb61]

Who else misses that '80s music??? ~ 4:40

[@kiwifrog8878]

Me!

[@jeffwain]

I miss all of the 80's. The best decade.

[@okjeffy6581]

If only I knew what it was called

[@user-sj10hjkbbvcd]

Me!

[@campbell0162]

When they talk about quality, they weren't kidding. In the 80s, vehicles were built better, and lasted longer. Today, cars are made with plastic and cheap foreighn parts that brake easiely. Today, vehicles have way to many recalls unlike back in the 80s, that would be very seldom to hear of any vehicle recalls. The 80s were the good ol' days

[@casualsuede]

TheRam are you kidding? most 80's cars were mostly pieces of shit and were designed to last 5 years. this is coming from a guy who got his licence in 1988. the only reliable cars back then were honda's and which are still reliable and can go 2 decades, as do buicks, subarus, mazdas, nissans and many other car companies.

[@boostedscooby1]

I love the hyundai commercial.

[@TheCaitlinMarie]

That's when Nissan cars were great, now they suck.

[@لبيبالمعمري-ز8ب]

Even the commercials are beautiful in the past

[@MillerMeteor74]

I remember that Hyundai commercial very well. My grandmother bought an `87 Dodge Aeries K car, brand new when she was in her early 80s. She didn't drive that much, but later it got used and abused by other family members. I don't know whatever happened to it.

[@1vw4me]

I NEED that Prelude and 4Runner!!!

[@davidschafer544]

Looks like u just need a 1 vw for u lmfao

[@alexc1538]

I JUST LOVE THE CHEESINESS OF THESE ! Oh how I'd love to see the same level in today's cars' ads.

[@michaeldickens7493]

Out of all these cars Camry is still the best

[@welcomeanimations]

Nice upload I love the 80's

[@iSpyCars]

No charge ac lol

[@AdrianJayeOnline]

@4:01 "Eagle, European styling " WTF, looks like a yank tank to me

[@alexmaldonado1706]

Dude when he said that I laughed, that thing looked like someone sculpted a turd

[@saidufofanah2210]

First car I owned was a 91 eagle vision, piece of shit

[@tst1497]

Its actually a reworked Renault. It was designed by AMC and Renault. AMC went bankrupt and was bought out by Chrysler before it made it to production.

[@mydsmber05]

It’s a Renault designed by Giugaro

[@thejay8963]

Dash Riprock Ignore the Renault 5 Turbo, of course.

[@shawnz241]

I had a Z24 in the same burgundy-silver combination - still brings a smile when I think back to those days.

[@daniellaubach7544]

I loved my '87 Z24 cpe. Wish i had it now. Great car to take 2 cruiseins/shows.

[@jonathanmayor4798]

I'm working on restoring my 1990 Z24 right now! I love that car!

[@kippaseo8027]

I wonder how many of those Toyotas in the commercials are still running today? We had a 1989 Camry for over 300K miles and the Lil Mexican I sold it to still drives it around. I saw her the other day in a Sears parking lot

[@4door2seater99]

Really it's not uncommon for that my aunt had 92 Camry that was sold in 99 still on the road.

[@dantebrytant5285]

I believe it thats a Toyota

[@1p4142136]

@6:45 the dog 🐕 in the commercial already passed away long time ago and this is why Im sad now.

[@carlm8821]

1p4142136 OMG, and I thought I was the only one that thought about the dogs from decades-old car and truck ads that have long since passed away.

[@metallifan9first]

Anybody else watching this in 2020, sitting in the tub in their underwear and a football helmet, eating cheetos?

[@enginecalibrationcode8779]

I used to have an 88 Nissan pulsar NX. I finally had to give her up at 225k miles. Poor thing rusted pretty bad by then. I loved that car.

[@michaelatoz580]

My brother had one and let me use it for a 3 day weekend and I put over 1000 miles on it in a snow storm. He was pissed.... lol

[@virgillakevlogs7643]

When u feel broke because of ur car just make ur self feel like it's the 1980s and watch the commercial

[@cyberswiper6317]

Wish I was around to see the 80s it looked like an awesome decade

[@carlm8821]

Cyber Swiper Was there and trust me, they were a mixed bag of fun and everything else! Totally loved the ‘80’s, but wouldn’t want to do it over again!

[@gilmilan7190]

We had pretty cool times and cars during the 80s. Times of the greatest movies and music. If you notice most music and movies are remakes of the 80s. We also had Reagan as President! 👍

[@vernonfindlay1314]

As a Canadian and early twenties,it was the music and too much noise. I thank the Lord above I met my wife in/88. Great kids now in their twenties. Also miss the /90's country music then and my kids growing up. God bless you.

[@marksreviewsandrants8554]

I miss the 80's it was better without the cell phones like today.I still have a bunch of cassette tapes from the 80's.

[@jonlanier_]

The 70's was way better. Better music and better cars (until the late 70's on the cars)

[@RoadCone411]

Whatever happened to four-wheel steering? It makes sense, why didn't it work? Was it unreliable? Expensive?

[@RetroRabbitEars]

I believe it is still in use in some vehicles that Nissan produces like the Skyline. It is known as HICAS though.

[@bradkay4794]

BloomingOnion The perceived benefit was less than the additional cost

[@carlm8821]

BloomingOnion The beauty of Honda’s system was that it was ‘true’ active 4WS that you could actually see as well as experience

[@Sweetgums69]

You could get 4 wheel steering in full sized Chevy and gmc trucks/SUV’sback in the mid 2000’s. The system reliable but cost made it unpopular.

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

BloomingOnion my 91 Mitsubishi had it as well as active Aero and dual mode electronic exhaust and 4wd.

[@ronliebermann]

I had a Cavalier Z24. It was my favorite car of all time.

[@darioguillermoantoniocasan2794]

No hagas cosas buenas q parezcan malas, ni malas q parezcan buenas. En Pro de Los Derechos Humanos: tomar en cuenta y respetar Derechos Humanos; asi como Creencias Religiosas. Saludos. Dios los bendiga. Los Derechos Humanos, se defienden; no se negocían. Favor de compartir. Gracias. No al Bulling, ni al castre. Favor de compartir. Gracias.

[@san379]

sad to say.. all these cars are in junkyards and crushed by now... sad... sniff::::

[@RoadCone411]

Many of the cars used in commercials are preproduction or modified examples that rarely ever make it on the road or to an owner's driveway. But yes, most cars from the 1980s are long gone by now - those few that you do see are true survivors.

[@carlm8821]

san379 Agreed, my favorite 80’s cars were the ‘80-‘83 Civic 4dr, ‘79-‘83 Colt, Fire Arrow, Plymouth Sapporo Technica, ‘82-‘83 200-SX coupe, ‘83 RX-7 X(10th anniv) edition/‘84-‘85 GSL-SE, ‘81 Celica GTA 10th anniv Special Edition coupe, ‘85 Accord SE-i, and a few others! And for team America, nothing says 80’s like GM’s A and G body cars, which were and are a true testament to time and still quite plentiful today!

[@noahbones1221]

san379 except jeeps. sought after wonderful jeeps. before fiat... i have 4 jeeps made on or before 2005

[@person_1525]

Except Toyota’s

[@mauer594]

except for the preludes and such

[@Steveman27]

Why were so many cars unattractive and boxy in the 1980s, and why do so many people in the comments act like they were the best thing since sliced bread? Admit it, cars started looking better in the late 1990s and so forth. One of the only good-looking cars from the 1980s was a Camaro IROC Z.

[@willsco76]

Fred Gwynn was the voice of the first commercial

[@tankmchavocproductions6907]

So cars used to have actual advertisements?

[@paulc180]

I am not 64 and live in the UK and have in the past owned many 60s and 70s American cars, many of the muscle cars, mustangs, camaros, Cougars but then came the 80s models and they all went bad

[@jasonroman8031]

1:55 My god Chevy lol

[@simonpylant8232]

Never knew that's how you pronounce Nissan...LMFAO!!

[@doug9066]

Those were the days. I had a 1989 Chevrolet Cavalier & I liked the looks of the Toyota Camry at that time. Now days can't even get a good deal on new cars that were left over from previous year with the current year cars on lot. I tried to buy a new Lincoln Continental from 2018 a few months ago & the dealer wouldn't even budge on it to sell the last one from 2018 model year plus the so called incentives suck than used to or least where I live. I have a 2006 Lincoln Town Car for 4 years & the dealer didn't have a loyalty program for trading one Lincoln for another but least my car is paid for finally. Love the video.

[@paulbroderick8438]

Car designs should have been suspended in time during this period. Downhill from there!!

[@sritanaiballem6886]

Back when cars were good. and not the horrible crap they make today.

[@dantebrytant5285]

It depends on that make dodge yea Toyota or Honda run for ever

[@supertrucker12916]

I had a cavalier Z28 5 speed it was a fun little car it's too bad GM didnt keep them in production

[@dustindowns2358]

Johnny G i had one too and loved it. They made them like 12 years or so & they eventually evolved into the Cobalt SS basically

[@nonic4vic600]

I wish manufacturers would bring back this eras car design as well as the 50s

[@theroyalcrownedtiger2946]

Gotta like the Z24 commercial. My gosh they are so nice to drive.

[@usafyuros6126]

when cars were cars, suvs were suvs, and trucks were fucking trucks

[@WQIOPA]

Car ads today are just lazy attempts at inspiration. I wish ads now were how they were in the 80s

[@chynnas1185]

sad the 1985 chevy astro commercial isn’t in this

[@SH00T_TH3PUMP]

I like turbocharged K cars!

[@landshass2849]

Some ads were aired on Canadian TVs with some marketing gimmicks that wouldn't be allowed in the US based on FCC rules.

[@scdu]

What kind of gimmicks? I'm curious

[@JohnSmith-4U]

The 80s and 90’s were awesome

[@SuperFrankieOSX]

3:50 RIP Lee Iacocca

[@withonelook1985]

Eagle was not a new car company. Its what Chrysler changed the name of AMC to when they bought it.

[@brendanbeast123]

Built for the most important race, THE HUMAN RACE. Lmao what an ad

[@thetruth6665]

0:16 why is there a stop light in the middle of the freakin desert?

[@avdcrx5441]

because commercial.

[@DavidAndre657]

1980s Cars And Trucks TV Commercials Compliation Volume 1 Shown In This Video Are Car And Truck Commercials From The Late 1980s, Roughly 1987 & 1988 Models. 1. 1988 Hyundai Excel Featuring A Maserati 2. 1988 GM Experts Choice Parts 3. 1987 No Charge Days GM 4. 1988 Chevrolet Sprint 48 Horsepower 5. 1988 Chrysler K-Cars 6. 1988 Nissan Pulsar NX 7. 1988 Honda Prelude SI 8. 1988 Jeep Cherokee & Eagle Premier Introduction 9. 1988 Toyota Camry 10. 1988 Chevrolet Cavalier Z24 11. 1988 Chrysler Shadow & Sundance 12. 1988 Dodge Dakota 4x4 13. 1987 Toyota Camry 14. 1988 Toyota 4 Runner. 15. 1987 Toyota Dealers.

[@natanmelo8587]

Incrível que os modelos de comercial da Chevrolet no Brasil, Opel na Alemanha e Vauxhall na Inglaterra eram parecidos. 0:51 a 1:51 GM Parts

[@mega-hb4re]

I miss all these cars.

[@Beanz730Tifa]

"Nisss-ann...."😒

[@Ac22768]

Why are all of these Canadian?

[@ChrisSmith-st8of]

Brings back memories! Thanks for posting

[@pokerfiend360]

All a bunch of shit boxes

[@ianmccullough3302]

Dude I like the 80s cars 🚗 and I have one

[@brooksadamson1993]

@ 3:41...One thing we know for sure...we filmed this on the Death Star

[@canon-de-75]

It would be funny if Han Solo ran into him and knocked him over during that scene where they are running down a corridor from stormtroopers

[@billwynne6147]

BOY THAT BRINGS MANY MEMORIES BACK!! DEW SUM VW COMMERCIALS!!

[@PhantomCarGuy]

4runner!! ✌

[@danc1197]

80's was the worst decade ever for the auto industry. Remember those deisel cars from GM and chrysler., complete failure, among many other failed ideas. Even some of the quickest cars around barely cleared 200hp.

[@ianmccullough3302]

I have a 1980 Toyota Camry

[@redline9579]

Cars sucks then

[@mrms4387]

hm where is Yugo

[@joshgellis3292]

That Hyundai Excel commercial has a LOT of truth to it. lol.

[@zero2sixty244]

Simpler times

[@MrDvsuton]

I'm thinking every one of those toyotas lasted about 3 years before they rusted into a pile of oily dust.

[@BronxBomber-mf9hl]

Actually Toyota in the 80's were some of the most reliable cars they came out my parents had a Toyota tercel and that's what I grew up with until the Chevy blazer came out and they bought that. The tercel never gave them problems

[@jessvolina6007]

What a time to be a kid. Sometimes I think we had all the tech we needed and it would’ve stopped at the 80’s it would be fine. There are a lot of really great things about modern technology, I mean I’m watching 40 someodd year old commercials on my phone! Def made some friends in online groups, paying bills and banking, stock market…but AI? Cars being more computer than actual car, social media which has probably done more damage to society than good, people with their heads in their phone all damn day…go outside! Lol. Even the video games with the kids, the games I had were based on timing, hand eye coordination, figuring out patterns. Now you have kids running around killing each other with violence that looks so real, idk, it’s a bit much. It wouldn’t be the end of the world for me if I had to use a pay phone to call a cab, didn’t have 7 million channels and I could go back to tuning up my own car.

[@kiwifrog8878]

I grew up with hondas. Back then they used to look better than the new ones!

[@billyidolrockstar522]

80s 90s 00

[@CobraComputerSystems]

The Prelude si was truly a car ahead of it's time. It was the the NSX before the NSX.

[@chip599XX_VGRLeader]

3:05 Bald Egg Guy’s Car

[@wildbill9919]

Where's the Datsun commercials???

[@deltaboy767]

The man I fell in love with and am still married to him to this day, had a Toyota 4 runner when we first met, his was black and it had the sport package, we would take that think off the road in the hills of Tennessee and that thing never once left us stuck, of course Dylan knew how to drive off road but his 4runner never once got stuck.

[@CarlSwanson-e7f]

The eagle talon tsi was a rebadged Mitsubishi eclipse turbo. Most dealerships i worked in were never that spotless in the service department. Just marketing.

[@okjeffy6581]

We will always be here for you. !

[@twixxtro]

this is insane... they used to have jdms in commercials

[@AllenFreemanMediaGuru]

“MAZARAZZI” he says at end of first commercial.

[@daniellueke4717]

1:27 I know that was the year back then, but god damn I can't help but to immediately think he's talking about the past.

[@RaychelD2400]

Damn...cars were so ugly back then. We have come so far!

[@milfordcivic6755]

Back when you could buy a stripped down beater for cheap!

[@Spheredalai]

when AM FM Cassette is like Car play Android Auto today

[@everything4304]

Love the music. It's so cozy.

[@alxcon6414]

Man these car look thin, they look like they couldn't take an impact, death traps lols but i like them.

[@kolbeowen3052]

3:05 so satisfying lol

[@doctorfeinstone6524]

First commercial sounds like Fred Gwynne

[@mr.rebellion8143]

Never knew that eagle existed.

[@Bitlox]

In the Hyundai commercial, is that even a Maserati? It looks like a Ferrari, makes me wonder why they would do that? Or did they just hand the video to some guy saying, "Write some copy for this" Or maybe they wrote "Maserati" in the script but couldn't find one?

[@lshxggyl]

It’s a Maserati.

[@stephgallows6788]

Bro what about the “F##k you Baltimore!”

[@robertd9850]

If it weren't for the '70's, these would be the dullest designed cars ever.