Mother Warned Me
Proving once again that copywriters in the 1960s couldn't separate being sexy from being sexist,
this woman doesn't love you because of your "long, low, tough machine"
but rather because "you have a very intelligent face."
Year: 1968
Brand: Dodge
Model: Magnum
Dodge The Eternal Triangle
This ad suggests that you're basically a sister-wife to the Charger R/T,
and not the sister-wife your man really loves.
Year: 1969
Brand: Dodge
Model: Challenger R/T
Mustang Sally, Is That You?
This print ad gets straight to the point... look where it's pointing.
Year: 1960's
Brand: Ford
Model: Mustang
Hot Women, Small Cars
This totally makes us hot for... Hot Wheels. Who is this ad for?
Oh, German kids. Now it makes sense.
Year: 2009
Brand: Hot Wheels
Model:N/A
Jaguar In The Mud
If you didn't get the message the last time: GIRLS WHO DRIVE E-TYPES ARE DIRTY!
Year: 1960's
Brand: Jaguar
Model: E-Type
Honda Masseur
The translation is awful, but the picture tells the tale: buy a Honda motorcycle
and the mechanic will have his way with your wife.
Year: 2009
Brand: Honda
Model: Motorcycles
A Woman Yearns To Be Tamed
With lines like "Surround yourself with the lushness of her interior appointments" and "she costs so little to keep happy"
this Subaru ad manages to be both suggestive and hilariously paternalistic.
Year: 1973
Brand: Subaru
Model: GL Coupe
Oh Those European Girls
Though these girls seem to be avoiding this European man in his European car, the subtext is there:
eventually all three of them will be frolicking through the woods together.
Year: 1960's
Brand: Opel
Model: Kadett
Jaguar E-Type: Flat Tire
Only an E-Type could make the prospect of a flat tire seem so exciting.
Year: 1960's
Brand: Jaguar
Model: E-Type
You Know You're Not The First
Yeah, you know you like it. You know she likes it. You don't care.
Just make sure to get a test first. CARFAX it.
Year: 2008
Brand: BMW
Model: Pre-Owned