Tag: throwback thursday

This 1987 Pontiac Firebird commercial is a perfect fit for the 80s, with no real message – but it is still an interesting spot. Most car commercials focus on the vehicle in question, but plenty of automakers try unique angles with their advertising campaigns. This week’s Throwback Thursday video is a fine example of that, […] More »

This supercharged 1995 Chevrolet Impala SS is one of the baddest sedans on the street, even by today’s standards. This week’s Throwback Thursday video features a look at a 1995 Chevrolet Impala SS in a feature posted to YouTube back in 2012. The 1994-1996 Impala SS has a lasting legacy of being a wicked high […] More »

The Celebrity Eurosport was Chevy’s sporty small sedan back in the 1980s and it was marketed like a proper sports car. Back in the 1980s, there was a sharp trend in the American auto industry which sent buyers hunting for small, fuel efficient vehicles. After the fuel crisis of the 1970s, rising prices of gasoline […] More »

While the shortened version has been featured in the past, this is the full 1953 Corvette commercial as Chevrolet intended it. Today’s Throwback Thursday video features the first commercial for the Chevrolet Corvette, which would have played on television way back in 1953. We have watched the most common version of this 1953 Corvette commercial […] More »

The Chevy Monza doesn’t get much respect today, but back in 1977, it was marketed as a great little road-handler. This week’s Throwback Thursday video features a commercial for the 1977 Chevrolet Monza. In this day and age, the Monza doesn’t get much respect, as it was perpetually overshadowed by the Camaro, but back in […] More »

Because when you think “Best NBA Player Ever,” you definitely think 1988 Chevy Celebrity wagon. This week’s Throwback Thursday video takes us back to the late 1980s, where Chevrolet was featuring Chicago Bulls point guard Michael Jordan in a new commercial. If you are somehow unfamiliar with Michael Jordan, he was (at the time) regarded […] More »

The old “priceless” MasterCard ads have led to a great privately-made spoof featuring a worked 4th gen Firebird. This week’s Throwback Thursday video features a spoof on the old MasterCard “priceless” ads, with the focus of the spot being a modified 2000 Pontiac Firebird Formula WS6. In stock form, the WS6 Firebird was a wicked […] More »