Feb
14
Red Hot! Five Very Red Car Ads
1960 Willys Jeep brochure
Folks don’t buy a lot of red cars, but they do like to look at them. According to automotive paint supplier DuPont, red was only the fifth most popular new-car color in 2012. The most popular? Plain vanilla while. Snooze.
You can read more about the DuPont list of the ten most-popular new-car colors here.
Presented here are five very, very red car ads. Seems carmakers have known for a long time, red sells, even if we’re more apt to buy white…or silver, or gray.
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1955 DeSoto ad
1955 Imperial ad
Cyan Madness! Ten Classic Car Ads Featuring Blue Cars
1960 Plymouth brochure
1968 Dodge Charger ad
Local Color: Unusual Paint Hues at the 2017 Chicago Auto Show
