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newVideoPlayer("/88_Renault5_Spain_494.flv", 506, 423,""); British car buyers felt alive in a Renault 5 , the Germans rocked out in their 5s , but only the Spanish could drive a 5 right into a world of hieroglyphs and ancient Egyptian cassette decks. ¡Comprate un oasis!
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newVideoPlayer("/87_Subaru_South_476.flv", 506, 423,""); With today's Subaru ads- and, for that matter, Subarus themselves- being so slick these days, it's enjoyable to watch a low-production-value ad from 20 years ago. That's right, forget about that big ol' Chevy pickup you thought you wanted- you'll be kickin' up that Tennessee dust with your new XT!
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newVideoPlayer("/87_Subaru_South_476.flv", 506, 423,""); With today's Subaru ads- and, for that matter, Subarus themselves- being so slick these days, it's enjoyable to watch a low-production-value ad from 20 years ago. That's right, forget about that big ol' Chevy pickup you thought you wanted- you'll be kickin' up that Tennessee dust with your new XT!
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newVideoPlayer("/88_Subarus_476.flv", 506, 423,""); A low-budget ad like this one- which seems to have been filmed on a budget that even Cal Worthington would have found unacceptably restrictive- makes the '88 Subarus seem somehow endearing , especially when compared to the super-slick Subaru ads we get nowadays. Of course, it's hard to beat the "Cheap Ugly Su-BAR-u" ads of '69 in the cheapness department, but you need to step up the production values when your engines go from two strokes to four.
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newVideoPlayer("/88_Zastava_Florida_476.flv", 506, 423,""); Zastava Florida The Zastava Koral, better known in North America as the Yugo, has been the butt of jokes for 20 years (even in turbocharged form ), but Zastava also made cars that weren't Fiat 127/128 clones. For example, the Florida, which boasts Giugiaro design and Peugeot running gear. Note the leading-edge use of timing lights, welding equipment, and garage doors in the Zastava factory.
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newVideoPlayer("/88_Yugo_476.flv", 506, 423,""); After seeing Evil Clint's numbers-matching Yugo yesterday, we have no choice but to watch a Yugo commercial today. Remember when you could get a brand-new Yugo for $4,525 or aHyundai Excel for $4,999? Remember, the Yugo's price was well under 9 grand in inflation-adjusted 2008 dollars, and you got a full one-year/12,000-mile warranty! Were cheapskate car buyers willing to pay a premium to avoid a Balkan-built Fiat?
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newVideoPlayer("/88_929_James_Garner_476.flv", 506, 423,""); Remember the late-80s Mazda 929? It was supposed to be big, fast, and capable of blowing away Infiniti, Acura, and Lexus on the showroom floors; Mazda managed to meet the first two goals, but the last proved elusive. What to do? Bring in James Garner!
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newVideoPlayer("/88_BMW_5Series_476.flv", 506, 423,""); Acura: 1986. Lexus: 1989. Infiniti: 1989. Could any car from those distant islands possibly challenge the dominance of the BMW 5 Series? Not a chance! No substance to 'em at all!
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newVideoPlayer("/87_CRX_JDM_476.flv", 506, 423,""); While the American version of the Honda CRX could circle the globe in five seconds flat , late-80s robots were tearing up their prefectures in the Cyber Sports CR-X. Featuring a "1500 Hyper 16 Valve" engine and "Extra Window," the Cyber-Sports CR-X presented a terrifyingly accurate vision of the future. Looks like Jeff Beck cashed in with Honda, since there's at least one other CRX ad using his song.
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newVideoPlayer("88_Grand_Am_476.flv", 463, 387,""); So The General makes this seriously 80s-looking ad for the '88 Grand Am, so much of its time that a fine sheen of chlamydia-scented cocaine crystals will form on your TV screen just watching it. But wait! The General notes that nobody is actually buying Grand Ams, so he orders his admeisters to splice in some stuff about desperate-smelling discounts in between the shots of the undernourished-looking Grand Am-lovin' 80s babe. Hmm... you don't see many of these cars around any more...
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