Imagine it for a moment: you’re living sometime in the 1800s, and as you tie up your horse after a long trip, you see it… those big bold letters, a snazzy font, and that almost otherworldly word, “car” now linked to an engineering marvel. While many of us probably don’t remember our first automobile advertisement, the history of the car parallels the rise of modern marketing in many ways. Today, we’re going to dive into that history a bit more and take a look at what’s gone into a car advertisement in the last decades... Advertising for the model Fiat 3 1/2 HP, 1899 Advertising for the Panhard Dyna Junior, 1953 Auburn car advertising, 1927 BMW 700 advertising, 1959 Buick advertising, 1918 Buick vintage advertising, 1946 Cadillac advertising, 1931 Cadillac advertising, 1937 Cadillac advertising, 1959 Citroën Traction Avant advertising, 1938 Advertising for Clément cars, 1905 DeSoto advertising, 1932 DeSoto advertising, 1958 DKW advertising, 1932 Duesenberg advertising, 1929 Horch advertising, August 1937 Jeep advertising, 1945 Jeep Cherokee advertising, 1963 Advertising for Jeep Gladiator, 1962 Jeepster advertising, 1948 Jeepster advertising, 1950 Lincoln advertising, 1931 Lincoln advertising, 1933 Lincoln advertising, 1935 Lincoln advertising, 1950 Lincoln Zephyr advertising from 1939 Mercedes-Benz car advertising, 1928 Messerschmitt Kabinenroller 200 advertising, 1955 Oldsmobile advertising, 1950 Oldsmobile advertising, 1955 Panhard Dyna Z advertising, 1954. Panhard Dyna Z advertising, 1954 Renault 4L advertising, 1960 Renault advertising, 1934 Simca 1000 advertising, 1961 Simca 1000 advertising, 1961 Studebaker advertising, 1906 The 10 hp Citroën advertising, 1919 Unimog advertising, 1950 Willys-Overland advertising in the 1950s 1964 Oldsmobile Vista-Cruiser advertising (Images via Philippe Freyhof)