Wed 16 April 2008 - Before it was a bomb
My old car wasn’t always a 15-year-old bomb. Once upon a time it was the latest in finest automotive excellence.
Even the colour in the ad matches mine!
(Thanks to Tim C for posting this and other fascinating old Aussie commercials onto YouTube)
April 16th, 2008 at 10:41am
Oh this truly has me laughing out loud. I still remember when dad’s company car (a Datsun Skyline) was a luxury car!
April 16th, 2008 at 7:17pm
Oh?
Car ads were always wanky???
April 16th, 2008 at 8:08pm
First I’ve ever heard Mitsubishi and excellence used in the same sentence!
And as of the other week…. CLOSED
April 17th, 2008 at 9:02am
I loved the bit in those ads where they put a vernier caliper around an interior dome light, as if to tell us their quality control extended to making sure their plastic mouldings all came out the same size.
April 17th, 2008 at 6:24pm
Thats AWESOME!!! LMAO!
April 17th, 2008 at 7:56pm
II always liked that “Please consider” catchphrase. I always interpreted it as “We know it’s a crap car, but have a look before you buy something else.
April 18th, 2008 at 7:58pm
Have the same kind of car, same colour, same trim level. Brilliant car, no revheads dream by a long shot, that aside though, the engine pulls well, interior and exterior is advanced for its era… As with any car 20 years of beating takes it toll though. (in process of rebuilding and restoring it now, heres to another 20 years hopefully)
April 22nd, 2008 at 7:03pm
The classical music from the original launch ad back in ‘91 still sticks in my head - IIRC it had some stuff about how the design of the car was inspired by nature and the shape of the dashboard was compared to a gently rolling hill or some such. I’ll have to see if YouTube has it.