Mini recently unveiled its next-generation F66 Cooper and though I am already a Mini fanboy, when the latest Mini ad campaign came up on my Instagram feed, it genuinely excited me. Car ads used to be ...

It’s hard to understate how much advertising has meant to automobiles. Iconic ads over the decades have propelled people-movers and workhorses like the VW Beetle, Ford F-150, and nearly every other ...

The 1980s brought us some brilliant car ads—and a few that were pretty awful. The 1980s may not have been the best decade for cars —not for starters, at least—but it was a great decade for car ads.

You can’t watch TV or stream your favorites for very long before seeing car ads. It could be Jon Hamm using his recognizable voice to sell Mercedes-Benz or dogs driving Subarus. However, new car ads ...

Every year, the Super Bowl brings an action-packed lineup of ads to our screens, many of which come from leading automakers intent on promoting the latest models. Are they speeding toward brand ...

Car companies have been showing their vehicles doing dumb stunts in advertisements for as long as anyone alive has been driving. Public safety and environmental advocates have complained about it ...

Marketplace visited 15 car dealerships in the Greater Toronto Area with hidden cameras rolling, posing as customers to see if ...

A few years back, this column was the front-page anchor for The Herald Times' Auto section, which contained pages of ads from local car dealers. Rows of thumbprint photos of cars for sale, their ...

A new Smart car ad shows it carrying a Ford Exhibition. Oct. 17, 2012 — -- What do you get when you put a 7,000 pound SUV on top of the frame of a sub-2,000 pound two-person Smart car? Apparently ...

I'm all for innovation in the automotive sector, but there are some technologies I simply cannot abide by, and Ford's newly-patented billboard detector that can read ads and display them inside your ...

Uber riders could soon have video ads playing in their face when they’re traveling from A to B. The ridesharing giant said on Wednesday it’s trialing in-car ads played on tablets as part of broader ...

The 1980s may not have been the best decade for cars —not for starters, at least—but it was a great decade for car ads. The malaise era was drawing to a close and the economy was picking up speed.