Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Levi's ad. It was a decade that saw cuts, strikes, Thatcherism, Reaganomics, Chernobyl, the AIDS epidemic and the fall of the ...

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.

The 1980s treated car commercials like mini blockbusters, with brands racing to outdo one another in spectacle, attitude, and sheer weirdness. Looking back, some of the decade’s boldest spots feel ...