Classic Car Commercials -- Small Cars

[@voicetube]

The AMC Pacer was and is STILL (now as a retro classic) one of my dream cars!!

[@johnhiram1207]

My Dad had one and what a junk it was. The door broke, was rusted in 2 years and even the dealer could not fix the overdrive. It got 16 MPG !! Fun car to drive though I admit.

[@717mienbao]

The Pacer, with its rear windows that provided the "sun through a magnifying glass" effect. LOL

[@Alex-ml7vb]

Pacers are awesome. They ride great. But yes the glass makes it very warm on a day over 80.

[@jtbtabimono]

1:26 Loving this sense of humour and punch line!

[@AiOinc1]

Honestly I think most people would rather have a 1967 Ford Mustang, 1970 Dodge Challenger, or 1976 Cadillac Eldorado over a 2019 Honda Accord, Toyota Prius, Nissan Sentra, or Chevrolet Volt. But maybe that's just me.

[@addisonliu2279]

Lmao that's two completely different types of car that you can't really compare because their design is focused on different things.

[@bobhurley1487]

It’s just you.

[@ronmelys2854]

problem is most fell apart years ago......

[@PU8698]

@@ronmelys2854lots of people still would rather put those cars back together than drive new cars

[@unitedcity_mc4421]

@@bobhurley1487not just him.

[@Vincek88]

For the record, my Toyota truck is doing fine after 20 years and 250,000 miles, and the 10-year old Honda I recently bought is doing fine at 150+K.

[@sunsetlights100]

wondering what country ur in ...

[@Vincek88]

***** That would be the USA, in the South, where a car won't rust to an early grave like in my old home the Midwest.

[@sunsetlights100]

thats good value yes the salt plays havock with rust on the cars in the uk too ...here in new zealand we have some high milage cars too but we import many 2nd hand cars from japan as they take them off the road after 6 years by law

[@OKFrax-ys2op]

I wish we could import 6 year old cars here in the U.S.A.

[@christophersifers7479]

Vincent Macek my Bronco is still going strong after 500,000 miles. It’s an exception to the rust rule that ate most Ford and Toyota trucks. If they had made the bodies as good as the engines. The Toyota I had previously the bed literally fell off of it from the rust, but the engine was still strong.i know this is an old post, but WTH.

[@ramblergarage]

@datsunmadman the first ad is for the 1966 AMC Rambler. The first sucessful small car on the american market 1950 to 1969

[@wsc800]

The house that the Sandwich maker ends up at ( AMC Pacer Ad ) is in Glendale California ( West 700 block of Kenneth Road ).

[@nlpnt]

The blacked-out headlights on the cartoon cars pouring across the ocean are sinister but accurate; there are plenty of pics of new import cars at dockside with their headlight holes covered in kraft paper, sometimes black. In the days of mandatory sealed-beam headlights in the US but after they were obsolete elsewhere, they'd be installed dockside or by the dealer.

[@thebestisyettocome4114]

In 1980 I bought new a Honda Accord four door 5 Speed. $ 10,000 . I couldn't believe that anyone would pay this amount for any car!! They did and so did I. Been in Honda Accord ever since. Thank you

[@KingRoseArchives]

I bought a Honda Civic when I worked at GM. Didn't make me very popular but was tired of driving cars that didn't work.

[@DTD110865]

Eight years ago, I sat in the drivers' sear of a 1966-67 MG Midget at a car show. Since then I've had water in my knee. There's no way I'd even try a Honda Civic, or a Nissan Versa. Actually, I found more room in the Versa and even that was too small for me.

[@jeff1586er]

We had that Honda 600 sedan. It would only go 77 on the level but with 10 inch tires you didn't have to slow down for the turns. We got stoned and put 6 of us in it and went 60 miles or so to see an Irish band. When went to go home we'd sobered up, could hardly figure out how to fit in and turned the wrong way for miles. We had trouble with high school kids picking it up and putting it on the sidewalk. Our first child was conceived in it at the Drive In. I could just reach out with my right hand to crank up the passenger window. It cost $1545 brand new. When I had to special order the small tires I had to change them myself like bike tires in the driveway. I was proud to get a ticket for going 93 down a mountain on the PA Turnpike. A month later a piston broke and I had to order parts from Japan and put them in myself, I'm not a mechanic. When I got it fixed the clutch wore out so I sold it to a guy at work with only 39000 miles on it. Thirty years later I found out my new foreman at work was the son of the guy I sold it to that had never fixed it and he'd cleaned out the garage when his parents were out of town and it'd been in the junk yard for decades till they scrapped it out. That little piece of crap car was the coolest ride I've ever had.

[@KingRoseArchives]

Thanks for sharing the memories.

[@4406bbldb]

I had the AZ 600 sport. It feel apart more then any car I owned but no matter how I drove it 50 MPG was the out come. Oh the speed limit was 55mph and that's about all this could do.

[@passqualecaiazza7728]

I know their are a lot of good Toyotas now. However, the family first Toyota was junk. It was a 76 Carolla station wagon. At 50,000 miles water pump. They made several, but ours far away. We ended up bringing the 1954 Chevy Bel Aire out of retirement. Then the starter and other stuff. Rebuilt the engine at 100,000 miles. At a 150,000 carbon monoxide got into the interior. No one could find it. My guess the light weight body letting it in. Finally sold it to someone that wanted the engine. My Dads 1968 Ford F100 is still on the road

[@ramblergarage]

@Ryoku75 I have to agree they are some of the most bizzare looking things on the road. And some people thought the Pacer was ulgy.

[@knightflyte]

@eskimochild87 That's Lee Iacocca, the president/chairman of Chrysler Plymouth, who I believe took a bail out in the late 80s.

[@BluescreenX64]

0:55 "Isuzu" - "Gesundheit!"

[@KingRoseArchives]

I'm one of the few that liked the Aztek. I admit it, I'm like the canary in the coal mines when it comes to cars. If I like it -- it's probably a goner.

[@DTD110865]

Given the choice between an Aztek and the bug-faced Hyundai Sonata made between 2002 and 2005, I would've taken the Aztek. So you're not as alone as you think.

[@ramblergarage]

@Ryoku75 the pacer had an inline 6 not a v6.

[@Mcbeth2pl]

wow a brand new amc pacer.....yahooo!

[@vintagecarnews5899]

indeed

[@masterlee123]

in the summer of 1985 i got me a sun burn in the back seat of a Pacer going to the beach.

[@Ricky40369]

Got to love Jack Riley.

[@Jgeneraledger23]

0:36 a young Steve Martin.

[@pierrepinson2906]

🇯🇵Japenese cars are the best in the world. The old cars from 70 ies, are still on the road. Their are reliable, beautiful, indestructible, save fuel.

[@ciphercode2298]

Depends on where you live I guess. I had a 75 datsun pickup that ran decent, but was a rusted out shell and the seat was nothing but a pile of springs covered in duct tape. My brother had a chevy luv that was just as rusty,but wasnt that reliable. It left him walking a few times. His frame rusted through and you couldn't haul anything in the bed for the holes. Theres alot more American cars from that era that survived than Japanese cars. I dont have anything against them. They were cheap disposable rides that were good for 5 or 6 years. The roadsalt around here killed them pretty quick though.

[@boofdfast]

Makes an even BETTER fishbowl. LOL

[@camman6912]

yea but the apple is at over 500 dollars a share!

[@montesa35]

Any link for classic Isuzu commercial?

[@canadiancatgreen]

anyone know where to find the Subaru commercial? I would be intereted to see the whole video

[@digitalbots]

i like the classic subaru ad's ;)

[@tomloft2000]

Susan Ford is the daughter of former President Gerald Ford.

[@CarverSTi]

Subaru! 1:25 reminds me of Tommy boy. And at 1:43 it reminds me of Fresh Prince when he gets out of the car.

[@robwatts4623]

just a comment I have a Honda civic with 500000 kms a Saturn L series with 500000 kms volvo 740 with 250000 kms..whenever I buy a Chrysler it its hard pressed to get 200000 kms consistantly..ps Im a auto mechanic and drive long distances..

[@vintagecarnews5899]

i love it

[@AgentJayZ]

The AMC Pacer... Ugliest car in history? But it makes a mean sandwich!

[@DTD110865]

I'll bet the Pacer was still bigger than most of the cars shown in this montage.

[@MrBackslider1]

Nawww the Prius got them all beat. The most ugliest in order Toyota Prius, Nissan Cube, Kia Sol and Fiat 500. All worthless drivers.

[@DTD110865]

@@MrBackslider1 Sorry, but when it comes to ugly, the early 2000s Hyundai Sonata and Kia Optima have them all beat hands down!

[@jessiewyatt526]

Naw b the AMC Gremlin was the ugliest car ever produced

[@Nick-yx8ef]

Does anyone know what first commercial was from? I'd like to watch the rest of it lol

[@toyotahater5203]

thanks ito!

[@KingRoseArchives]

If they gave away a sandwich with every car would have sold a million of them. OK, maybe not. But that back compartment would have made a great aquarium.

[@ciphercode2298]

I had a 75 pacer for a little while. It ran good,but man I got picked on. Nobody would ride with me to the mall.

[@datsunmadman]

Were is the first ad from?

[@Tyrone181]

0:23 - What year was this ad from?

[@adape0884frank]

I would only buy a Honda or a Toyota in that time to get my money's worth.

[@bliglum]

Well, at least they made the recalls.. The big three would rather just let it's customers crash and burn!! LOL

[@boofdfast]

Lee Iacocca was a JOKE at Chryser in the 80's. My dad traded our RELIABLE 71 Dodge Dart Swinger on one of the supposed NEW Chrysler products... a stupid FWD 79 Dodge 024 and then traded that in on an 85 Plymouth Horizon. Thanks, Lee... for memories of being woken up EARLY in the morning everytime Dad was getting ready to go to work... by the WHINY, loud POS starters in those FWD Chryslers. Who needed an alarm clock back then? LMAO

[@ciphercode2298]

Lol,yeah I had a dodge omni and my buddy had an aries. I remember those grmbly starters well,lol. The aries seemed like an ok little car,but my omni always had wiring issues. I was constantly tracing wires and fixing little piddly stuff.

[@vintagecarnews5899]

love it

[@ramblergarage]

@Ryoku75 would have been great to have a rotary in it, but they were going to buy them from GM, how good could it have been. They never did perfect them until Mazda did.

[@1979lincolncoupe]

they do have massive windows

[@guineapiglady2841]

I like classic VW Buggies.

[@fontheking5]

Yes i think that`s worse . But i think the Pacer is cool , quite rare in is ideas , wide track and wide doors , could have been a great car if it has been designed properly

[@Jgeneraledger23]

@1:02, excersize guru Richard Simmons!

[@boofdfast]

Wow!! A Civic that ISN'T riced out... what a shocker. LMAO

[@joethecollector]

at 0:50 Mazda rx-3.

[@MrDvsuton]

Ask toyota and Honda, who combined have recalled more cars in the last three years than all the big three put together, about quality....or lack of.

[@Spider_Rico]

Amen, but that's how they make their money.

[@Ismalith]

This car is small but it needs his 20l per 100km

[@XxOMJOHMYJADExXxX]

@mrpitv If you Mean The Pontiac Aztek-- I Love The Aztek I dont know how people dont like the aztek

[@koston240life]

No ppl will buy what ever they are maketed into buying ... no mater what the quality is.

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Honda 600 casket-car gets 30MPG

[@usnixon]

AMC Pacer wow i think thay gave them away free when you open up a new bank account back in 70's

[@carzrawesomeful]

Well, Iacocca was the guy in charge of the tupper ware interiors that Chrysler had for 5 years.

[@ramblergarage]

@helmuthoorn It didnt have to compete with them becasue they were junk and it was a great car. Funny evey car on the road today looks like it, Hmm How Odd!

[@DaBoogie049]

0:55 Gesundheit???

[@eskimochild87]

the american car companys shud have takin advice from this guy 1:22-1:33 and then they wudnt have been bailed out by the gov

[@jumpers3]

I had a Gremlin.I loved the car but what a piece of shit.

[@SubconsciousGatherer]

Although cute and funny, these really show the propaganda and mind game techniques behind the desire for advertisers to sell us anything they can, any way they can.

[@RhinoXpress]

what the fuck the first part of this video looks like japans and Germany's plan to invade the us in WWII lol

[@LearnAboutFlow]

That was the point - a lot of paranoia and 'be a patriot, buy American' propaganda. There were even bumper stickers common in the late 1970s/early 80s that said, "Hungry? Eat your Toyota".

[@MrManniG]

gesundheit...

[@dockvernct8760]

Gesundheit!

[@user-pd9vm9ts1o]

TOYOTA IS KING!!!! NO QUESTION

[@mamoruchiba3301]

*izuzu*

[@Tyrone181]

*Gesundheit*

[@warracer03]

true aztech was shit! pacer is kinda nice