RE: Ford in 1991: PH Ad Break

[nixon1]

The ads that overlay this advert are for "Stannah stairlifts". Google at its finest

[oilit]

amazing legs and abs - were there any cars in that ad ? !

Wonder what looks better today - the young lady or the sierra cosworth?

[twobanksoffour]

I was on the Ford On Show team around that time and remember the video (tapes!) being issued to us. At first, I loved it. Then (for the videos were set to 'continuous play') it got my nerves. Then it drove me to the edge of insanity. Then (and this was only over the course of a week) I couldn't hear it! My mind had blanked it out after several thousand back-to-back plays!

Great days. The RS2000 wasn't half bad and the Cossie......well!

[SloMoJo]

Great ad. Contrast with the BMW 3 series coupe ad from 2007. In my opinion (and I have one of these, so advertising doesnt' always work)one of the laziest and most boring ads ever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hXDyHP0r-Q

Hope you don't enjoy.

SloMo

[Kitchski]

Oh, my, god.

That's truly bad

[RESSE]

mollytherocker said:

A bit of useless trivia for you.

The RS2000 add used the famous black RUD1T car, but Ford thought it looked odd so made it RUD 111T. The owner was an accountant and it was meant to look like audit.

I used to see the car at many shows in the 90s, it was concours. He also had a mint RS1800 and Mexico.

Found out a few of my photos of RUD 1T (taken at a Ford Show in Oxford, summer of 1989):

[s m]

RESSE said:

That red RS2000 in the background is the one off the old Abbey Insurance TV ad!

[Zad]

Ah the good old days when they actually made good adverts!

Here's a live version with (of course) Brian May and Steve Vai

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuDqfeB7e1A

[quiraing]

[quote=TonyHetherington]Ok, think of some other famous car adverts?

/quote]

Capri 2.8 Injection - it goes like lightning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBwTGdu3ZmU

[X5TUU]

awesome advert and still remember it like it was yesterday, with my dad's 1990 G plate Imperial Blue Sierra Sapphire Cosworth sat on the drive ... todays bland car adverts cant shine a light to the late 80's/early 90's era adverts!

[IainW]

soad said:

This? Ford Focus advert Mcrae

In 1980 it says Jimmy was driving the Sierra, when infact it wasn't even in existence then and he was driving GM products at that time! Good McRae Jnr lookalike though!

I remember the Brian May ad well, even though I was only 10 at the time.

[MonkeySpanker]

Escort Si-130 said:

It was a good car the mk5 RS2000, but would have always been overshadowed by the RS Cosworth.

Devil2575 said:

Indeed, wasn't the MkV Escort RS2000 a bit of a dog crapping on the RS2000 name...

I had a '91 Mk5 RS2000 & it was miles better than a boggo Mk5 & it looked quite distinctive with the bonnet bulges. 150ish bhp was pretty good for those days, the 16V engine was based on the Sierra 8V Twin Cam & weighed about as much as the car. The zetec engine wasn't ready for when the car was launched & was never fitted into the Escort in 2.0 guise. They still rusted like the Titanic's anchor though, mine even started going rusty around the roof

BUT, it was a cynical marketing ploy trading on the nostalgia of the original to call it an RS, they also tried to sell a Mexico version of the Mk6