I'm not near old enough to remember them, but I've seen and know them all, some real classics out there.. which is your guys favorite?
Talk about an amazing success story, those ads were. I believe it was 1958? they hired Carl Hahn, and he hooked up with DDB ad made the ads.. simple as can be - too simple for ad critics, they didn't like them because they were simple and pointless, they said.. there was too much blank space - well, that's what the Beetle was all about! Heck, look in the engine compartment - lots of blank space! lol
I see the billboards nowadays of the GTI and such, and I remember the old ads..
"After a few years, it starts to look beautiful"
"What's a nice car like you doing in a Volkswagen Ad?" (Fastback ad)
"Will it spoil the Volkswagen image?" (Another Fastback ad)
I love the lines in the old ads.. nothing has yet to compare! As it was put so perfectly in an old ad: "Ugly as ever. Beautiful. Just beautiful."
What's your fav? New or old