45 SPOTS1980s–2004
| Year | Spot | Len |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | Ford - 'Quality Is Job One' - Sleek Shape Needs Only 11 HP - Vintage 1983 TV CommercialFord says the sleek shape makes its car handle like a dream and needs only 11 horsepower to hold 50 miles per hour. 'At Ford Motor Company, we've made quality job one.' | :30 |
| 1980s | Ford Escort '85 - $5,620 - Metro Detroit Ford Dealers - Vintage 1984 TV CommercialMetro Detroit Ford dealers offer the '85 Ford Escort, priced at $5,620, "America's best-selling small car," with a nod to the Detroit Tigers, ending with a tag for Ray Whitfield Ford of Taylor. Ford not on YouTube yet | :30 |
| 1980s | Ford Thunderbird - 'The Way It Looks Improves the Way It Drives' - Vintage 1983 TV CommercialFord explains how the Thunderbird's shape helps the driver feel the road, quiets the air around doors and mirrors, and presses the tires to the pavement. 'Have you driven a Ford lately?' | :30 |
| 1990 | Ford Probe - 'Powerful Way to Express Yourself' - 2.9% APR or $1,500 - Vintage 1990 TV CommercialA spot built on playing an instrument: 'It's a very powerful way to express yourself. And once you've started playing, you may never want to stop.' Ford offers 2.9% financing for up to 48 months or a $1,500 cash bonus on Probe, with an end card reading 'Winning the world over' and retail delivery by May 31. Aired in May 1990 on WPWR-TV 50 (Chicago) during Star Trek: The Next Generation and on ABC during Twin Peaks, recovered from a donated VHS recording. | :30 |
| 1993 | Ford - 'Ask Anyone Who's Driven a Ford Lately' - Taurus, F-Series, Escort - 1993 TV CommercialFord invites you to ask anyone who's driven a Ford lately, showing the Taurus, F-Series and Escort. | :30 |
| 1993 | Ford Citibank Visa - 5% Back Toward a New Ford - Vintage 1993 TV CommercialThe Ford Citibank Visa card earns 5% toward a new Ford. Call 1-800-374-7777. | :30 |
| 1993 | Ford Crown Victoria - 'Quiet as a Rolls-Royce' - Vintage 1993 TV CommercialAs quiet as a Rolls-Royce - the Ford Crown Victoria. Have you driven a Ford lately? | :30 |
| 1993 | Ford Explorer - 'The World's Just Too Big to Be Left Unexplored' - Vintage 1993 TV CommercialA couple's day out - the world's just too big to be left unexplored. Ford Explorer. | :30 |
| 1993 | Ford F-Series - 'Built Ford Tough' - Airbag and Console Seat - Vintage 1993 TV CommercialA standard airbag and a convertible console seat - Ford F-Series, built Ford tough. | :30 |
| 1994 | Ford 'Truck Authority' Summer Sale - Bronco, F-150, Aerostar, Explorer (Partial) (1994)Ford's 'Truck Authority' summer sale on the Bronco, F-150, Aerostar and Explorer. The first six seconds are missing from the tape. | :24 |
| 1994 | Ford Windstar - 'The Winds of Change Are Blowing' - The All-New Minivan - Vintage 1994 TV Commercial'The winds of change are blowing... bringing the all-new Ford Windstar.' A totally new front-wheel drive minivan with a stretched wheelbase for 'the most passenger and cargo room of all leading minivans' and a quieter interior. 'The future of minivans begins today.' | :30 |
| 1997 | Ford Contour - Dogs Chasing Cars - 'More Moves Than a Cat' - Vintage 1997 TV CommercialDogs chase cars, but this one has more moves than a cat - the Ford Contour. | :30 |
| 1997 | Ford Windstar - 'Your All-Stars' - Five-Star Crash Rating - Vintage 1997 TV CommercialProtect your all-stars - the Ford Windstar minivan and its five-star crash test rating. | :30 |
| 1998 | Ford Store - 'Ford 4-Doors' - Windstar, Ranger, F-Series SuperCab - Vintage 1998 TV Commercial'When you open the door to your Ford store, you find what's new and improved': the '99 Windstar, Ranger and F-Series, redesigned with dramatic new looks, more power and more safety features, and now the Ford 4-Doors, available on Windstar and Ranger and standard on every F-Series SuperCab. 'More doors than any other manufacturer. Open one up today. Better yet, open all four.' Financing at 1.9% or $1,000 cash back on Ranger. | :30 |
| 1998 | Ford Windstar 'Buckle Up!' with Big Bird - Vintage 1998 Chicago TV CommercialSecond-generation air bags and five stars in government crash tests, then Big Bird closes it: 'Remember, kids in the back seat. And buckle up!' | :30 |
| 1998 | Ford ZX2 - 'Because I Know What I Want' - 0.9% Financing or $1,000 Cash - Vintage 1998 TV Commercial'Because I can drive over 400 miles between fill-ups. Because I like the way it drives.' The '99 Ford ZX2 has more standard equipment than the '98, and you save $1,000 over Cavalier. Now 0.9% financing for up to 48 months or $1,000 cash. Because I know what I want. | :30 |
| 1999 | Ford Escort & ZX2 'You Get Both' - Super Bowl XXXIII Commercial (1999)0.9% financing plus $750 cash back on every Escort and ZX2. | :31 |
| 1999 | Ford Explorer Sport 'Mark's Favorite Hat' - Cut to the Chase - Vintage 1999 TV CommercialMark's favorite hat - the Ford Explorer Sport: cut to the chase. Built Ford Tough. | :30 |
| 1999 | Ford and Lincoln Mercury Quality Care Motorcraft Shocks $69 - Vintage 1999 TV CommercialFord and Lincoln Mercury Quality Care: Motorcraft shocks for $69 on cars, $99 on light trucks. | :30 |
| 2000 | Chicagoland Ford Dealers 'Great Rate Returns' - Taurus, Mustang, ZX2 - Vintage 2000 TV CommercialChicagoland Ford dealers' Great Rate Returns: 0.9% and 2.9% financing on Taurus, Mustang and ZX2, through May 31. | :30 |
| 2000 | Chicagoland Ford Dealers - 2.9% for 60 Months on Explorer, Expedition, Excursion (2000)2.9% financing for 60 months on Explorer, Expedition and Excursion - No Boundaries, from your Chicagoland Ford Dealers. | :30 |
| 2000 | Ford F-150 SuperCrew Volunteer Firefighters - Vintage 2000 TV CommercialVolunteer firefighters and the new Ford F-150 SuperCrew - four full-size doors. Built Ford Tough. | :30 |
| 2000 | Ford Focus 'Detroit Techno' - focus247.com - Vintage 2000 TV CommercialStrobe-cut Detroit techno for the Ford Focus - focus247.com. | :31 |
| 2000 | Ford Focus - 'Fun. Space. 'Nuff Said.' - Cars Flirt at Night - Vintage 2000 TV CommercialRed and black Ford Focus cars flirt in a night-time alley with subtitled pickup lines - 'Cute body.' 'Nice back.' - ending 'Fun. Space. 'Nuff said.' focus247.com. | :30 |
| 2000 | Ford Outfitters 'No Boundaries' - 'You'll Put an Eye Out… Don't Run With Scissors' (2000)Every warning mom ever gave you - 'you'll put an eye out,' 'don't run with scissors' - ignored with the Ford Outfitters: Explorer Sport, Explorer Sport Trac and Escape. No boundaries. | :30 |
| 2000 | Ford Outfitters 'No Boundaries' SUV Brand Spot - Vintage 2000 TV CommercialFord's SUV umbrella campaign — 'out here, the stories unfold like a map... Ford is your outfitter.' No Boundaries. | :34 |
| 2000 | Ford Ranger 4x4 SuperCab - 'Julie… How About a Test Drive?' - $175 a Month - 2000 TV CommercialThe Ford Ranger 4x4 SuperCab - $175 a month from your Chicago-area Ford dealers. A Chicago-area commercial. | :30 |
| 2000 | Introducing the All-New Ford Escape - Ford Outfitters, No Boundaries - Vintage 2000 TV CommercialIntroducing the all-new Ford Escape - Ford Outfitters. No boundaries. | :30 |
| 2000 | Lynch Ford Chicago '2000 Explorer $17,599' - Vintage 2000 TV Commercial'Hey, Chicago!' Lynch Ford on Irving Park Road discounts every new Ford — Explorer $17,599, Taurus $15,999 — 'and let Lynch SHOW YOU... the money!' The Irving Park Road lot is now Marino Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram. | :31 |
| 2002 | 2003 Ford Expedition 'No Boundaries' - Kelp Forest and Sharks - Vintage 2002 TV CommercialThe totally new 2003 Ford Expedition goes underwater through kelp and sharks - No Boundaries. | :30 |
| 2002 | 2003 Ford Expedition PowerFold Third-Row Seats - 'No Boundaries' - Vintage 2002 TV CommercialPower-folding third-row seats that drop within seconds - the totally new 2003 Ford Expedition. No Boundaries. | :30 |
| 2002 | Chicagoland Ford Dealers '5 of 10 Best-Sellers' - Super Bowl XXXVI Commercial (2002)'Ford's here with five of the top ten best sellers in America.' The local dealers offer $1000-$2500 cash back or 0% APR financing on the Ranger, F-150, Super Duty and SuperCrew, 'only at your local Ford store.' | :30 |
| 2002 | Chicagoland Ford Dealers '5 of 10 Best-Sellers' - Super Bowl XXXVI Postgame Commercial (2002)'Ford's here with five of the top ten best-sellers in America': ZX2, Taurus, Windstar and Focus tiles give way to 'Takin' it to the Streets' and '$1000 to $2500 CASH BACK or 0% APR FINANCING' boards. It closes on the Ford oval and 'Right. Now. Quality People. Quality Products.' Aired right after Fox's broadcast of Super Bowl XXXVI, in the Pontiac Excitement Postgame Show (Patriots 20, Rams 17, New Orleans), Sunday, February 3, 2002, via WFLD Fox Chicago, recovered from a donated VHS recording. | :30 |
| 2002 | Chicagoland Ford Dealers 'Right. Now.' SUV Cash Back - Vintage 2002 TV Commercial'Ford's here. With five of the top ten best-selling dealers in America.' Chicagoland Ford stores offer $2,000 to $2,500 cash back or 0% financing on the Explorer, Expedition, Explorer Sport and Sport Trac, over speed-tunnel graphics. | :30 |
| 2002 | Chicagoland Ford Dealers - 'Sports Sell-Offs Update' - 0% Financing on New Fords (2002)A sports-desk spoof for the Chicagoland Ford Dealers: "Sell-offs update in the house. With 0% financing on new 2001 and 2002 Fords, your Ford store is bringing some game." The "five-star play of the day" involves a Windstar and a Taurus, with 0% APR by January 14 and www.ChicagolandFordDealers.com. | :30 |
| 2002 | Chicagoland Ford Dealers - Sports Sell-Offs - 0% Financing - Vintage 2002 TV CommercialChicagoland Ford Dealers offer zero percent financing on new 2001 and 2002 Fords, from the Ranger to the F-150 and Super Duty, in a football-themed 'Sports Sell-Offs' spot with the line 'Before you get shut out.' Ford not on YouTube yet | :30 |
| 2002 | Ford 0% for 60 Extended - $6,323 Savings on a 2002 Windstar - Vintage 2002 TV CommercialZero percent for 60 months extended, $1,500 to $3,500 cash back - $6,323 in savings on a 2002 Ford Windstar. | :30 |
| 2002 | Ford Authorized Clearance - 0% for 60 Months or Up to $3,000 Cash Back - Vintage 2002 TV CommercialFord Authorized Clearance: 0% for 60 months or $1,500 to $3,000 cash back on Focus, Taurus, Windstar, Explorer and F-Series. Quality people, quality products. | :30 |
| 2002 | Ford Explorer - Third-Row Seat & Independent Rear Suspension - No Boundaries - 2002 TV CommercialFord shows off the 2002 Explorer's third-row seat and independent rear suspension under the 'No Boundaries' theme. Ford not on YouTube yet | :30 |
| 2002 | Ford Focus 'Watson, Get This to Fargo ASAP' - Born to Be Wild - Vintage 2002 TV Commercial'Watson, get this to Fargo ASAP' - a courier takes the Focus to Fargo, then Vegas, to Born to Be Wild. The only small car on Car and Driver's 10Best three years running. | :30 |
| 2002 | Ford Focus - Head-to-Head - $1500 Cash Back or 0.9% APR - Vintage 2002 TV CommercialFord puts the Focus head to head with the competition, offering $1500 cash back or 0.9% APR through July 1. Ford not on YouTube yet | :30 |
| 2002 | Ford Super Duty Power Stroke Diesel - The Icebreaker - 'Needs a Seventh Diesel' - 2002 TV CommercialAn icebreaker that needs a seventh diesel - the Ford Super Duty with the Power Stroke. | :30 |
| 2002 | Ford Trucks - Bill Ford: 'Built Ford Tough Isn't Just a Slogan' - Vintage 2002 TV CommercialBill Ford, Chairman and CEO: Built Ford Tough isn't just a slogan. Ford trucks. | :30 |
| 2004 | Ford Freestar Side-Curtain Airbags with Automotive Journalist Rick Titus - 2004 TV CommercialAutomotive journalist Rick Titus on the Ford Freestar minivan's side-curtain airbags. | :30 |
| 2004 | Ford Freestar Storage Well 'Can of Cream Corn' with Rick Titus - Vintage 2004 TV CommercialAutomotive journalist Rick Titus tests the Ford Freestar's storage well - the can of cream corn's still going at 45. | :30 |