Motoring for Ad's Sake
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I’ve been collecting a few bits and pieces recently from old motoring magazines and vintage car ephemera. Here’s some snaps and scans. There’s a mixture of old ads and design work across all kinds of European and Australian motoring.
One of my favourite discoveries in 2025 was the Auto Catalog Archive, and I’ve really been enjoying some of the beautiful copy, art direction and design that used to be such a massive part of the car world.
I think I could do an entire post just on the Honda NSX 1991 brochure.
But until then, here’s some other motoring stuff that’s really caught my eye recently:
Vrooooom.
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Jonathan ✌️
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