The 1980s brought us some brilliant car ads—and a few that were pretty awful. The 1980s may not have been the best decade for cars —not for starters, at least—but it was a great decade for car ads.

In a surprising turn of events, Tesla has decided to introduce advertisements directly on its vehicle infotainment screens.

Mini recently unveiled its next-generation F66 Cooper and though I am already a Mini fanboy, when the latest Mini ad campaign came up on my Instagram feed, it genuinely excited me. Car ads used to be ...

It’s hard to understate how much advertising has meant to automobiles. Iconic ads over the decades have propelled people-movers and workhorses like the VW Beetle, Ford F-150, and nearly every other ...

A new Smart car ad shows it carrying a Ford Exhibition. Oct. 17, 2012 — -- What do you get when you put a 7,000 pound SUV on top of the frame of a sub-2,000 pound two-person Smart car? Apparently ...

It's the start of car-buying season. But if you are buying a used car, buyer beware. Fake car ads, advertising inexpensive used cars that don't really exist, are everywhere, as one woman found out.

Every year, the Super Bowl brings an action-packed lineup of ads to our screens, many of which come from leading automakers intent on promoting the latest models. Are they speeding toward brand ...

A few years back, this column was the front-page anchor for The Herald Times' Auto section, which contained pages of ads from local car dealers. Rows of thumbprint photos of cars for sale, their ...

Car companies have been showing their vehicles doing dumb stunts in advertisements for as long as anyone alive has been driving. Public safety and environmental advocates have complained about it ...

Releasing a flashy commercial during the Super Bowl is great, but boy, howdy can things get expensive in a hurry. In order to make sure these massive investments get as many eyeballs as possible, ...

The 1980s may not have been the best decade for cars —not for starters, at least—but it was a great decade for car ads. The malaise era was drawing to a close and the economy was picking up speed.