A little televisual nostalgia.

[Derventio]

I wasn't sure where to put this so I thought I'd stick here, where folk are most likely to remember these adverts. Times have certainly changed.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iM1aBlaxhT8

[SpudLink]

Thanks for that. I can’t believe they are all more than 3 decades old.
I’m a bit disappointed they didn’t include my favourite Audi Quattro advert. “Roger, it’s your mother on the phone.”

[Dapster]

SpudLink said:

I’m a bit disappointed they didn’t include my favourite Audi Quattro advert. “Roger, it’s your mother on the phone.”

That Audi Quattro advert was an absolute belter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upVQ1gEyT9Y Geoffrey Palmer perfect voice over. Apparently the Quattro was driven by Malcolm Wilson in a blond wig!

[V12 Migaloo]

Nicole!!!!

[Johnspex]

Dapster said:

SpudLink said:

I’m a bit disappointed they didn’t include my favourite Audi Quattro advert. “Roger, it’s your mother on the phone.”

That Audi Quattro advert was an absolute belter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upVQ1gEyT9Y Geoffrey Palmer perfect voice over. Apparently the Quattro was driven by Malcolm Wilson in a blond wig!

He had a cracking pair of legs.

[finlo]

Does anyone remember the Allegro advert when they were first launched, where they had red white and blue ones jumping through hoops of fire in a football stadium?
I'm interested because I ended up with one of those cars after it had also (allegedly)been a BL works rally car.

[Derventio]

Am I odd because I really want that Cavalier LX, in that colour? In all honesty, I think the SRi version of that car and the 24 valve Senators were the last Vauxhalls I ever really lusted after.

[Turbobanana]

Derventio said:

Am I odd because I really want that Cavalier LX, in that colour? In all honesty, I think the SRi version of that car and the 24 valve Senators were the last Vauxhalls I ever really lusted after.

Vauxhall actually got the 1980s right. Consider what they ended the 1970s with:

Chevette
Cavalier Mk1
Viva
Carlton
Senator / Royale
etc

By the end of the 1980s they had:

Nova
Astra Mk1 & Mk2
Mk2 & Mk3 Cavalier
Mk2 Senator
Calibra
...all of which were well up to the standards of the time, and ahead in some cases (Cavalier vs Sierra?).

[lowdrag]

The tele is a 1974 Bush 21"; I know, I was just earning enough to buy my first colour set! And has anyone noticed that the screen shows 88 mph in the top right corner? And of all my cars of that era can someone bring me a Cavalier SRi please?

[anonymous-user]

how can you seriously not include this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57OO9EGgdtg

[SpudLink]

lowdrag said:

The tele is a 1974 Bush 21"; I know, I was just earning enough to buy my first colour set! And has anyone noticed that the screen shows 88 mph in the top right corner? And of all my cars of that era can someone bring me a Cavalier SRi please?

I did, yes.

Although I didn’t recognise the TV. My parents bought our first colour tele in ‘73, but buggered if I can remember what it was.

[DodgyGeezer]

what a great thread! There are some properly interesting adverts there to be honest: £1,000 minimum px; 0% finance? There aren't that many places today offering 0% and £1k then would be about £2,400 today

[Stuart70]

cpl593h said:

how can you seriously not include this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57OO9EGgdtg

That is mental, brilliant and mental. A car and singer in perfect harmony.

[Ardennes92]

SpudLink said:

lowdrag said:

The tele is a 1974 Bush 21"; I know, I was just earning enough to buy my first colour set! And has anyone noticed that the screen shows 88 mph in the top right corner? And of all my cars of that era can someone bring me a Cavalier SRi please?

I did, yes.

Although I didn’t recognise the TV. My parents bought our first colour tele in ‘73, but buggered if I can remember what it was.

Our first colour tv was a GEC Sobell and I had a mini, not sure it would do 88 unless going down hill

[Old Merc]

Peugeot had some very good TV adverts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8GHiY6jmR8

[andyalan10]

Daddy, daddy. What is that lever the drivers keep moving? And why are there 3 pedals?

[Dapster]

This ad is more 80’s than Princess Diana doing lines off of a Filofax!

https://youtu.be/FUpS1W2BIz4

[DodgyGeezer]

this was (IMO) just perfect

[Derventio]

Is it possible to rename the thread to something like "Vintage/Retro automotive TV adverts" or something so more folk can post what they have found? I find these fascinating.

[dandarez]

Dapster said:

This ad is more 80’s than Princess Diana doing lines off of a Filofax!

https://youtu.be/FUpS1W2BIz4

That's Ros Landor I think as Di lookalike. Gotta be in her 60s now.