The Most Outrageous Car Advertisements

[@Fevebblefester]

Although it is not a commercial I remember riding in the front seat with my Dad of his 1940 Plymouth. As we turned the corner to the left the right door swung open. My Dad grabbed me and pulled me to him. As he stopped the door swung shut. After making sure it was closed, off we went. Me still sitting in the passenger seat. This must have been around 1956 or so.

[@someonecalledeulogio2280]

I remember 5 mexican cars commercials: Nissan versa: a guy transforming into a hippie while driving and singing "its magic" Vw jetta: a car jumping through roofs while being chased by helicopters, ending with a pontiac transam closing the pop ups (like having a nightmare) Nissan gsr2000: a tsuru chasing a plane Ford focus: the most epic mexican car commercial Nissan sentra: the guy being calm while everyone is escaping an apocalypsis (Japan) a toyota chr driving through different art styles while queen is playing

[@brylcreemy]

I sat on the fold-down armrest up front as a little kid. We called the baby seat. It raised me high enough for a good view. Good thing my mother was never in an accident with kids in the car!

[@LearnAboutFlow]

The Infiniti rollout, done by a Boston ad agency, was a complete flop. Not only did they drag out the nature theme, but by the time people saw what the cars looked like there was mass disappointment since they weren't unique (looking). What people pictured in their heads was not what they were being sold. Meanwhile, at the same time, Lexus was telling consumers why a $35K Japanese luxury car was better than a $70K German one . . . and the rest is history.

[@benjaminrobinson3842]

7:18 - I remember when those Infiniti ads first appeared. It was a campaign born of necessity; the car was not ready for sale, but Nissan didn't want to concede the emerging Japanese import luxury market to Lexus. To work around this limitation, their ad agency conceived of a car ad without any cars, designed to build a somewhat vague image of luxury, craftmanship, and other good qualities that Nissan hoped would transfer to their new car line. To be honest, it wasn't a *bad* idea, but the timing was way off. The campaign started months before we got to see any cars, people pretty sick of them by the time the proper introduction date rolled around. So much for image building!

[@kerrypierre9494]

Fun vid, Joe is a beast for riding on the dashboard, I only got the rear window shelf. Keep the vids coming bro, and you have to show us the tattoo when you get it.😁👌😎👍🔥🔥

[@unhandleme]

Yeah, we had big Chryslers and there was plenty of room on the back shelf! Agreed, a fun video, and we need to see the tattoo!

[@thryzen970]

Please continue this series i love seeing unique old car ads

[@GreenHawkDrive]

We shall see!

[@moonbeamskies3346]

The Corsica ad fails. You never, ever show the car failing for ANY reason.

[@Rocky91DTA]

Times don't change people do....

[@allenwayne2033]

Dude, I'm thinking maybe you've seen too many horror movies! You seem to be creeped-out by too many innocuous things!😄Enjoyed the video!

[@GreenHawkDrive]

Like what? Clowns are creepy man

[@allenwayne2033]

@@GreenHawkDrive Ha!

[@Mistahhuntah]

Seeing new cars advertised at $9k is both hilarious and sad.

[@landonbenford8369]

Do you remember when the K cars first came out a Really Nicely loaded two door was like $8,000.00 US Dollars or less??!?

[@Maximus20778]

@@landonbenford8369 back then money was more worth so it was cheaper

[@josephgaviota]

I bought a '77 Mustang for $3,195. V8, Automatic Trans., Power Steering (No A/C) My monthly payment was something like $124 p/m.

[@carsxreverb]

The Lunny tunes mascot costumes photo looks horrifying due to the soulless looks in the eyes of the characters and the lifeless background

[@alexander1485]

Looney Tunes.... and I was 15 at the time.

[@landonbenford8369]

I miss the Good Old Days when you could custom order your car and the factory would have it ready and shipped in like 2-8 weeks. My Saturn Ion 3 took like 2 weeks. And the Corsica commercial; a REALLY NICE car, btw; reminds me of "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)" when Richard Dreyfuss was "scanned" in his work truck. DUDE, That SsangYong truck pulling an atm is Happening FOR REAL but with stolen Grand Cherokees like Several Times a Night in Chicago so much it's the New Pandemic!! I'm not a fan of foreign cars but the Infiniti commercial's Kinda cool like it's saying "Come take this Magic Carpet Ride" which is EXACTLY what late 20th century luxury cars were!! My buddy Frankie "Sidestreets" had a Nice Infiniti. The Honda commercial is rated PG if you behave like a Gentleman on the first date.👩‍❤‍👨That thing driving the LeSabre looks like the thing in "Videodrome (1983)". Now the Plymouth Sundance and Sundance Duster commercial???...Hysterical!!!😁🤣Jesus, Mr. GHD! Haven't you Generation Y & Z'ers taken your date to the neighborhood "makeout spot" in a car back in high school or early college??!? In most places it was nicknamed "Promontory Point". In my 'hood it was the parking lot at McKinley Park.😈😈Now That was rated.....NeverMind!😎😎 I REALLY Miss those "Plymouth, An Intelligent Machine" commercials from the 90's. Plymouth Laser with A.W.D. standard. Colt Vista wagon........... And Remember!!: DON'T drive your Grand Cherokee thru CHICAGO!!!!!😎

[@josephgaviota]

FWIW, I was thinking of "Close Encounters" too.

[@josephgaviota]

9:15 Those '70s Chrysler products were GREAT cars. 383 was a great engine, 440 was a great engine, TorqueFlight transmission was a great transmission; Chrysler was FIRST with alternators, had GREAT A/C compressors. Fast, reliable cars all around. (yes, that was then, this is now)

[@NEEDbacon]

1:48 Man, showing your car breaking down in your ad. It's amazing the Corsica wasn't an absolute sales success. (Actually bothering to look into it, it was. Good on Chevy then) But you are correct about the production being on point. Also while I don't have a fear of clowns, do gotta give you it in those pic. The first looks like he's giving wrong directions on Purpose, you can't convince me the second one isn't Pennywise, and forth is just a little too John Wayne Gacey feeling.

[@GreenHawkDrive]

Exactly!

[@jons.6216]

On the Buick LeSabre ad they also have one of my most hated, unoriginal costume sets - Raggedy Ann and Andy! I think it's the eyebrows on the Tweety that are disturbing! Looks like they're suggesting going to a Six Flags theme park! Haha!

[@GreenHawkDrive]

I’m not following with the Six Flags reference

[@jons.6216]

​@@GreenHawkDriveseveral theme parks around the country eventually choose some popular cartoons to use as mascots. Where I grew up, the former Marriott's Great America in Santa Clara had Warner Bros characters walking around the park!

[@landonbenford8369]

@@GreenHawkDrive ajons Just stole my thunder. What you know as Six Flags Great America Amusement Park in Gurnee, ILL was originally Marriott's (yes, the hotel chain) Great America in the 70's and 80's.

[@raymond_sycamore]

We all have an unnamed folder for "research" on our computer. No shame, just don't upload the wrong one to KZbin ;-)

[@GreenHawkDrive]

😂

[@Oddballtech]

John 3 16-21! 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

[@raymond_sycamore]

@@Oddballtech lol

[@NIGUAVIUS950]

And then you accidentally upload genshin impact porn

[@bc5441]

1:15 an additional weird thing about the guy peering in through the Thunderbird’s sunroof is that he has no body. I’ve never understood ink, and it’s up to you, but remember that it’s permanent!😂😂

[@josephgaviota]

4:20 Those car seats, with the two "U" brackets over the seat, and a kid sitting there with a little tray for some cheerios or cookies, and a "play" steering wheel ... those were VERY popular when I was young. And our two-door '54 Ford Station wagon had a bench seat (of course) with the seat-backs "split," allowing them to move forward to allow access to the back seat ... so the kid seat would simply lean forward with the seatback ... and my little sister's forehead would touch the metal dash. Yes, that's ALL true.

[@josephgaviota]

1:15 FWIW, those '70s T-Birds were very nice, very plush, very luxurious. My friend's mom had one, and I rode in it a couple times, and dang, nice car. Also, the "all the way across" rear tail lights ... VERY cool.

[@josephgaviota]

5:40 You forget how popular Bozo the Clown was in the '60s. I think _John Wayne Gacy_ ruined the reputation of clowns.

[@petestaint8312]

Awesome video! Your commentary killed me. 😅

[@GreenHawkDrive]

@@petestaint8312 I appreciate it!

[@62Madison]

Weirdest, but wonderful ad of all time - Grace Jones for the 1985 Citroen CX2.

[@flaminghedghog7681]

The right audio channel is dead.

[@GreenHawkDrive]

My apologies, I just upgraded my audio equipment and working out the details!

[@Mark_317]

The ad for the Honda Odyssey was showcasing that it had a sliding door on the left side something that was very uncommon for minivans when that model was introduced.

[@GreenHawkDrive]

I believe that left sliding doors came out before this?

[@landonbenford8369]

​​​​​​@@GreenHawkDriveYes but back then you could count on one hand how many manufacturers were offering driver's side sliding doors. Nissan on its 1985 Stanza wagon/van. If I recall correctly Chrysler's door at first was an extra cost option. It wouldn't become standard equipment until like '95 or the Third Generation '96's. GM and Ford weren't doing it until the 20th century was almost over. And GM and Ford took a LOT Of HEAT for being late to THAT Party!!!😢😢 Chrysler had so much of the Minivan Market they were Laughing OUT LOUD at the competition!!! Even Honda and Toyota were playing catch-up from WAYYYY BEhind!!!!!😂😂

[@Mark_317]

@@GreenHawkDrive the caravan made it an option in 1996, it didn't become standard across the minivan market until 2002.

[@sjwatzek1]

My mom had a 63 Chevrolet Impala 2door Coupe, and while she drove, I would play with my matchbox cars on the package shelf while standing on the back seat.

[@benoitberthou9546]

Great content ! Thanks

[@GreenHawkDrive]

Glad you liked it!

[@josephgaviota]

4:32 "Joe rode on the dash," I don't know about Joe, but kids _did_ ride on the "package shelf," behind the rear seat. VERY common. My parents didn't allow this, but it happened, A LOT.

[@jckitkat6800]

How about another version of this video, but with the coolest car ads?

[@GreenHawkDrive]

Possibly, thank you!

[@marcelgaud]

Heck yeah, back in the 60's and early 70's, my brothers and sister and I would sometimes take turns , laying down on the back package tray in the back by the back windshield.

[@landonbenford8369]

@@marcelgaud What's a package tray??

[@larrymacfarlane1799]

I enjoyed this one. Clowns are creepy. My little brother had unsettling clown wall paper in his room when he was small. He mostly slept In my room. Nice to see you’re getting some ad revenue. A nice little departure from your regular videos.

[@BMoney8600]

I never would’ve guessed that clowns were used in car advertisements of all things. Who thought of that?!

[@sf-dn8rh]

Look up 1st gen Lumina commercial with Disney tie in, 1970 Camaro ad that got used in the wonder years, the beat goes on ad with Petola clark as they use the car as a instrument, and the 1977 to 79 Chevrolet Caprice classic ads for Mexico. Honda ads 2k to 2020 are strange as well.

[@GreenHawkDrive]

Very interesting. I’m saving your comment for a possible future part 2, thank you!

[@FWDSUXARSE]

That Looney tunes van commercial. I was a teenager when it came out I remember it! 😂

[@Akasnacker]

Do you ever think by watching all those horror movies that some things are strange but aren't? It's a known fact horror movies make you start thinking everything else is strange!

[@GreenHawkDrive]

It’s definitely possible😂

[@FWDSUXARSE]

Those clowns are creepy, you are not alone.

[@ella71971]

wow. these are actually crazy

[@mirisch64]

My left ear enjoyed the audio...

[@GreenHawkDrive]

Still working out the new audio system

[@landonbenford8369]

@@mirisch64 🤣😆

[@nvragn]

Nice work young fella. Had a handful of corsicas. I'm not into tats but hey if that's your drive hammer down. Missed you last week. It's all good everyone needs a break 👍🇨🇦🔧

[@GreenHawkDrive]

I appreciate it man. College started up again and that’s the reason for my absence. Thank you.

[@nvragn]

@@GreenHawkDrive Buddy you never need to applogize. Life always comes first. Any true followers know that and will wait for as long as we have to. You are a young guy who has so much potential and I'm happy to have found your channel and be along for the ride type of thing. You got this. I notice you seem to get flustered (I don't know if that's the right word) with the haters. "F" em is all I can say. You do you and the sky is the limit. Easy on the tats. Let's make a deal no face tats. Wait for a second what do you get out of this said deal??? It's just my scarcasm my friend 👍 🇨🇦 🔧

[@landonbenford8369]

@@nvragn Dude?? I've got a 1987-89 Corsica 2.8v6 Or Any year Corsica LTZ on my bucket list! How'd you like the 2.8?? I've heard nothing but good things about it!😎😊

[@keith_5584]

2:34 The kids are gone! In the wide shot, they arent there!

[@dmandman9]

Don’t feel bad. My sister is almost 68. She’s still creeped out by clowns 😅

[@Joe-g4c]

It’s not called burgundy . It’s called “ menstral maroon “

[@GreenHawkDrive]

Oh man

[@AledPritchard]

😂😂 that Duster ad again 👌🏻

[@OLDS98]

You really work and getting the footage. It is clear you do not like clowns. That is something that changed with time. Clowns did not have the image back then they have now. It has changed so much that Mc Donald's does not use Ronald McDonald any longer. It does not help the horror film series IT has that clown Pennywise. That Infiniti marketing campaign did flop and it did hurt the brand when they should have shown the car. Marketing cars is a tricky art indeed. Oldsmobile had the loaded Silhouette Premiere with the dvd player and more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZXKgJ5oZ8qemtU You have gained a lot of subscribers too. You will reach your goal. Thank you for this effort in this video.

[@NEEDbacon]

To be fair, Ronald was swept away due to laws coming in about targeting children in advertising. Not because he was found to be creepy. But yeah, certainly a lot more "Negative" clowns around these days then positive.

[@averyparticularsetofskills]

HAWK That was fun to watch ... part2?? Tattoo is a nice reward to yourself, if I could subscribe 10k more times I most definitely would but you no doubt will surpass 50k very soon bro. Keep em coming rollin ✌🏽

[@GreenHawkDrive]

I appreciate that man, thank you for your continued support! New video will be out Sunday too

[@xaenon]

I rode on the package shelf. You know, that horizontal space behinc the back seat, under the rear window? I was also often in the third row rear-facing seat in dad's old Falcon wagon. Seat belts? Nah, we didn't need no steenkin seat belts.... When the old man sold his 1968 Bonneville in the mid-1970s, the shoulder belts still had the factory protective plastic on them....lol Car seats? As soon as I could sit upright on my own, there was no car seat. My job was to keep the groceries from tipping over... Yeah baby. Boomers and GenXers grew up different.

[@youtubecarspottersguide1]

@2:06 allen hasa. Impala emblem neckless , 4:29 some kids layed -rode on the rear package self

[@marcelgaud]

Or, in the 60's and 70's, and before, kids would stand up in middle of the front bench seat infront, between mom and dad, or Grandma/Grandpa

[@louyork8379]

Wow, 3 days since I’ve been on KZbin. Glad to see a GreenHawk video. Something uplifting after burying my dad. 😢

[@GreenHawkDrive]

Man, I am so sorry for your loss, I hope you are doing okay:(

[@louyork8379]

@@GreenHawkDrive thanks man. I appreciate that. Bummed out, but I did enjoy the video tho. And the sound quality, was in fact better.

[@clean-cleetus8703]

While listening with my headphones I could only hear your microphone though my left ear, I could hear the rest of the audio fine thorough both ears tho.

[@GreenHawkDrive]

Yeah, I’ve gotten a few comments about this. I just upgraded my audio equipment and still working out the details!

[@Mr.CellophaneHart]

7:00 LOL you youngins just don't understand how quickly cars wore out just 30-40 years ago. A Toyota from the 80's with 100k on it is like a Toyota from today with 350k. Remember that kid's! Those cars will wear out just sitting. The first car I ever bought for myself was a 1985 Mercury Capri with the 5.0 Ho and some fun bits and I had fun in that car but I treated it like the beautiful woman made of crystal. You can get rough with her, you just got to know what you're doing so as to not break her. Well one night I hopped in the car to head home from the bar and when I gingerly pulled on the headlight switch, the whole thing just fell apart in my hand. I could hardly believe it. Pretty much all the cars from the early 90's back are like that. Until you get to the years where they don't use much or any plastic but then they have their own issues.

[@Maximus20778]

Gm cars were total rubbish in the 80s unlike a toyota

[@HerrBrutal-bl2fk]

Volvos are very different when it comes to longevity. But on the other hand, Volvo builds tanks not cars.

[@Mr.CellophaneHart]

@@HerrBrutal-bl2fk Yeah, I think I agree that Volvo's were ahead of the pack, even the Japanese. As soon as that iconic body style went away though, so did the reliability and build quality. American car companies had so much money that they had their hands in and thereby ruined a number of car brands through mismanagement and apathy towards countrymen not their own over the years. Volvo might still be a decent car company if profits and money weren't GOD to motivated people like those who run these companies.

[@Mr.CellophaneHart]

@@Maximus20778 Which is why, back then, a car hitting 100k was the miracle mile. The odometer's didn't even show 6 digits because cars weren't built to or, expected to run long enough to get to the "Miracle Mile"

[@landonbenford8369]

@@Mr.CellophaneHart Again, I'm not a fan of foreign cars but I LOVED the look of the old boxy 80's and early 90's Volvos.😍

[@AledPritchard]

I was going to ask how the tattoo went. But I see you’re still short, unjustifiably, from your 50,000 subscribers. Should be more obviously. The ad with aliens made me laugh. All that technology to get to earth and the ET’s take some 80’s GM’s with them 😂

[@TheGuyMullins]

You complain about the safety of children nearly 70 years back but announce you are getting a tattoo?

[@GreenHawkDrive]

What’s wrong with tattoos?

[@landonbenford8369]

​@@GreenHawkDriveWell, I don't like needles. And what if 5 years from now you get tired of said tattoo? Just my opinion.

[@BrokebackBob]

Strongly suggest that you do some research on the interaction between tattoos and the human immune system. It's not pretty and it's permanent unless you have the tattoo removed and even then there after effects.

[@GreenHawkDrive]

I appreciate your concern

[@ls400s]

Ink looks good on degrees and certificates. How about when you get to 50k, you donate to a worthy cause or start a college fund for your future children

[@rctopfueler2841]

The 4th generation thunderbird had a armrest in between rear seats ,i rode it like a rodeo star while my mother did 110 mph across kansas prairie ..(dad was sleeping) but said that was best gas mileage that 64 bird ever got 19 mpg with the 335 hp fe 390 not bad right? Lol

[@diamondwhite233]

I think Joe was talking about the back window

[@fhwolthuis]

Great video, although the sound is a bit weird, balanced to the left 🤔

[@GreenHawkDrive]

Yeah, I’m still adjusting some settings with the new audio equipment!

[@landonbenford8369]

Yeah, Mr. GHD. In my wireless headsets you're Very balanced to the left.😮 You Did gimme the opportunity to clean my headsets, though.😊

[@99Hudson]

I agree that clowns are creepy!

[@eromitlabhitw]

Yeah, clowns are hella creepy. Oddly enough, I loved watching the Bozo Show on WGN as a kid.

[@paulie-Gualtieri.]

At 5:33 The John Wayne Gacy like clown, is very disturbing.

[@GreenHawkDrive]

Very

[@unhandleme]

I am NOT down to clown.

[@TS1964]

How soft has our society become when clowns and Looney Tunes characters frighten you

[@GreenHawkDrive]

A lot of people don’t like clowns, my father included.

[@tristjohnson9943]

why is the sound all on the left

[@GreenHawkDrive]

Sorry about that, I’m still adjusting some settings with the new audio equipment!

[@landonbenford8369]

I thought my right ear was clogged.😊

[@kclefthanded427]

Are these gerbils still employed by Kia?

[@PigglyWigglyDeluxe]

Show us that tattoo!

[@horaciovaldovinos8597]

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[@GreenHawkDrive]

Interesting, thanks man!

[@MoeLarrycurly1]

Dang 😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@josephgaviota]

9:30 "the people buying these were wealthy middle aged individuals" THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING A WEALTHY MIDDLE AGED INDIVIDUAL. We worked hard for 20 years to get there. Don't knock it.

[@GreenHawkDrive]

I’m not

[@josephgaviota]

@@GreenHawkDrive My comment seems too harsh. I apologize for that.

[@GreenHawkDrive]

@@josephgaviota Not at all man! New video is out also if you haven’t watched it already😎

[@horaciovaldovinos8597]

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[@alexander1485]

dont get a tattoo please

[@GreenHawkDrive]

I’m getting it regardless, but what don’t you think I should?