RE: Ford in 1991: PH Ad Break

RE: Ford in 1991: PH Ad Break

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Wattsie

1,161 posts

202 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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s m said:
GravelMachineGun said:
Do you think in 10-15 years time we'll all be posting Audi adverts on here?
Nah, it's not really my style, know what I mean............


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJa3d17Ktko


wink
I love how, whether a good or bad thing, that's exactly who Audi aim their brand at today biggrin

J4CKO

41,708 posts

201 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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Ford were pretty lame at that point,

Mark V Escort was panned, even as someone who can see good in most cars I have driven a few and they were without much to recommend, I took a 1.3 bog spec one as a part ex and it shocked me how poor it was, anyone who hates the Rover 214 or thinks it was a bad car needed to drive one back to back with a 1.3 Escort, it was a marvel in comparison as was a MK2 Golf, anyone remember the Escort with the hillarious CVT gearbox ?

Sierra and Scorpio were ancient and well past their sell by date, even if both were half decent, the Escort was so bad, to make a half decent version they had to substitute a Sierra floorpan in.

The Fiesta was a rusty, rattly thing

They didnt have a Sports Coupe, Capri was long gone and a few years later they produced the Probe, the last time a sequel was that dissapointing it was the new Doctor Who after Tom Baker turned up and it was the bloke out of all creatures great and small dressed like a camp cricket umpire.


mickolds455

1 posts

136 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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That has warmed my cold Friday afternoon no end! Not sure if it is the ridiculous "of the time" nature of it all or how damn uplifting it is!!

nbetts

1,455 posts

230 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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Enough of the old Ford love - here is an advert I remember from that era...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be-U86y1LMo

Leins

9,495 posts

149 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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Ah, from a time when you could advertise the performance of a performance car!

Saying that, my favourite motoring advert from back then was for tyres. Inspired use of a BMW E31, and a bit of Lou Reed thrown in for good measure too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLWWtgqDG2M

Kipplemaster

69 posts

208 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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J4CKO said:
the last time a sequel was that dissapointing it was the new Doctor Who after Tom Baker turned up and it was the bloke out of all creatures great and small dressed like a camp cricket umpire.
That made me laugh!

Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

187 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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I was ~20 at the time - I remember Ford adverts looked dated at the time.

blartbox

48 posts

145 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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I recall a brilliant send-up of the early noughties renault adverts.
Black screen. Sound of heavy panting & rhythmic bedspring squeaking. Voiceover; Nicole? Papa??

Dave80s

348 posts

209 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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They used to run this ad over and over in the factory on 'Ford TV'.

They had big TVs in the canteen areas, bringing the 'good news' to the workers.

PascalBuyens

2,868 posts

283 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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Not 90's related, but love this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnCXTz2tVCc

carlosbutler

150 posts

165 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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Did they not have a good budget for the advert?

Gixer_fan

290 posts

199 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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Here's a nostalgia trip, in more ways than one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R595gy45Q7I
'It'll do over 100mph' - there must have been carnage on the roads!
It was a simpler time back then.

jerrytlr

418 posts

214 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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Drive Blind said:
said:
CVH-powered
I amazes me how Ford managed to sell so many vehicles with such a crap engine.

My Dad had 3 CVH engined Escorts and even as a youngster in the back I would be thinking why is the engine so noisy and course?

I remember my first journey in the back of a friends vauxhall and his dad wound the vauxhall lump round to about 5000rpm and I was shocked at the lack of assault on my ears. I didn't realise engines could be that smooth and quiet!

I'm guessing Ford didn't change it because folk kept blindly buying them?
+1. Truly awful engines.

23

49 posts

229 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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Steamer said:
He kicked the bucket in 1991 (nov IIRC) so it would have been one of the very last things he did - I thought it was all Brian's doing, but I don't mind being corrected if not.
You're right

Brian May from the album 'Back to the Light' with different non Ford lyrics.

chris333

1,034 posts

240 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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Gixer_fan said:
Here's a nostalgia trip, in more ways than one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R595gy45Q7I
'It'll do over 100mph' - there must have been carnage on the roads!
It was a simpler time back then.
there was...I rolled my Dad's 1986 Sierra.

JaguarsportXJR

235 posts

144 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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Love it.

Escort Si-130

3,278 posts

181 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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I remember the ad back then liked it, although I dont remember it being that long though. Manufactures barely show off most of their car range in their adverts anymore, what a shame.

Rawwr said:
I loved that advert! Still do actually boxedin

Escort Si-130

3,278 posts

181 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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cuny holes

Munter said:
Sorry but you'd fall foul of rule 20.3 here: http://www.cap.org.uk/Advertising-Codes/~/media/Fi...

20.3 Motoring advertisements must not demonstrate power, acceleration or handling
characteristics except in a clear context of safety. Reference to those characteristics must
not suggest excitement, aggression or competitiveness.

Plenty of demonstrating power and handling there.

s m

23,296 posts

204 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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Gixer_fan said:
Here's a nostalgia trip, in more ways than one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R595gy45Q7I
'It'll do over 100mph' - there must have been carnage on the roads!
It was a simpler time back then.
I think I'd rather have had this one though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiXNGz7Akbg

Escort Si-130

3,278 posts

181 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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Blame idiots like brake, the green party and the pathetic excuse for a motoring organisation, the AA.

Twincam16 said:
God that's depressing.

Who decided on all this? Really? Which Orwellian tosspot decided that we'd better not see a fast car going quickly otherwise we'll all go out and crash. It must be the only policy I can think of that's based on a total lack of evidence, otherwise there would be huge motorway pileups every time the BTCC was on telly.