arrhhh good old Ford i am only 21 and i own a 1981 Ford Cortina and it still drives like it was new yesterday and keeps up with everyday traffic little things like heated windscreens go along away just glad mines fitted with them my dad has a ford my mum has a ford and all are great cars.
I remember this one as it was in one of the advert breaks of a James Bond film that I had taped on ITV. How times have changed though, can you imagine any company producing a 2 minute advert and running it on network TV these days? I remeber wanting my Mum to buy an XR2i.....she got a Metro.
I never drove a Cortina, but I bet it was a neat car. Ford in Dearborn needs to see this ad and start offering the items from this ad in its cars for the U.S. market, instead of worrying so much about trucks and SUVs.
Seems funny seeing this advert again after all these years... It was my brothers and I in the back seat asleep... While filming one of them done the worst smelling fart, true story.....
peteblax I was staying at Glengarry Castle Hotel when it was being filmed. Was one of the hottest weeks' on record and the rain was faked. I was in the room with the turret watching. That was June 1986. Funnily enough I am staying there now for the first time since then!
I agree, even though I work for a competitor; I still drive a Ford, and it's the best car I've ever owned! It's a shame that Ford won't bring the 4WD systems and its "insta-clear" windshields back!
I would have foregone all of the innovations in the ad for decent rustproofing. I bet every one of the cars featured were scrapped by 1995. Such a pity, as they were all really great cars.
lol beautiful - i love the way the beginoning of the advert - the future cars actually look insanely retro lol - originally the ad was designed to make the car it was advertising be appealing as a second best thing to the intro yet nowadays it looks better than the original thing! Plus its ford so its beautiful anyway - who the heck would want one of those crappy looking things on the intro of the ad!
anthony perkins today, Fords are like most other cars. Overly complex, full of sensors and computers. Too much to go wrong, and of course prices are high because of all the tech in them.
Well, here in the north of Spain we have a REALLY cold and foggy weather. When the fog it´s dense your windscreen will be always getting wet from the outside, but not enough for the wippers can clean it nice. In these cases, a heated windscreen will keep the exterior dry and help a little. The same like if you turn the heater on at max temperature. But... yeah, the fog will still there. Don´t forget that at the beginning of the 80´s that type of "extras" were not very common. CheeRS m8!
Nice one. I've owned two Fiesta XR2s, great fun and reliable but with one major problem and that's rust. I wonder if ford have changed now and sorted their rotting cars out. I changed to Vauxhalls as they were reliable and seemed to be stronger.
Cars with a future - all I know is that European Fords of 1986-1988 vintage were serious rust raisers. Did anyone spot Cassandra out of Only Fools and Horses driving the white XR3i, and the late Anthony Quayle doing the voiceover.
They may have been easy to get into without a key but the guy who pinched my radio from my fiesta broke one of the windows. Maybe out of spite. A friend of mine had the rear windscreen stolen from her fiesta!
Why couldn't we have some of these features like the 4wd and heated windshields (Insta-clear) here in the U.S.? People want that stuff here, too. Ford needs to make that stuff available here, too.
Ford had the patent/rights to it, some expensive vehicles obviously paid Ford to use it but your regular manufacturer/brand wouldn't have been able to justify the cost. At least Ford didn't restrict it to their bigger/more expensive vehicles, my Grans '00 Focus had it fitted as part of the climate pack.
Does anyone have the Ford Transit commercial from about year ago? It featured the song "Disseminated" by Soul Coughing. I just thought it was a brilliant advert. When I heard it on the telly, i'd run from the kitchen to see the people dancing in the streets. SOMEONE must have recorded it.
how does an 'electrically heated windscreen' help you when there is fog??????? so, it will clear the windscreen - but that wont make the fog disappear.....you still wont be able to see though it....
The woman that opens the door and nearly nails the cyclist is (I think) Rodney's girlfriend from Only Fools and Horses. This advert just gets better and better...
Watch again . It's a man that opens the door and nearly nails the cyclist , the woman , who yes is indeed "Cassaaaaaaawndra " , swerves and brakes to avoid him .
"They don't make 'em like they used to, and you'll be glad of that after watching this" I picked up on the sarcasm of that comment but Id totally have to disagree. Fords were and are still good cars overall and have been great pioneers in the automobile industry. The Sierra was an absolute revelation when it came out way back in 1982 It has just from another planet. So futuristic and seeing it now in 2019! It still looks very modern and fresh. It replaced the much loved more angular Cortina and by the very end the Cortina, in many ways was almost the perfect car, However the Sierra was faster. more efficient and was totally sealed from the outside environment. Even air that entered the car's cabin was filtered and purified. So if you had hay fever or some other respiratory problems/issues the Ford Sierra was good for your health!. I would sit in my Sierra and switch the engine on just to get some fresh air into the car! At the time St Thomas' Hospital and commandeered several Sierras to help patients by sitting them in these cars and having the engines switched on to purify the bad air outside entering into the cars' cabins.
Lol at the guy 7 years ago. Vauxhalls are solid and fords are cheap! Haha 7 years on and Vauxhall are struggling to keep up, they've only just started putting half decent text in them. Ford are at least 4 years ahead of Vauxhall!
***** Learn to live with it John! You have to deal mentally & financially with the punishment our government dishes out to everyone and I'm not talking about cyclists neither, so a few pesky cyclists are least of your worries.
You should edit that bit where the blonde almost hits the cyclist, with subtitles at the moment she leans over to talk to him sayin "You fuckin wanka" just for realism :P Ford, a truely british company :P lol
ive had every ford under the sun and the moon....they are cheap to fix fairly cheap to run pretty well built and drive ok too but god help you if you hit anything in one.
Fords always have been and always will be long behind all other manufacturers. It makes me laugh that people refer to the old clapped out crap like the XR3i and RS Turbo as 'classics', it really is laughable...look....I'm laughing now....lololol. Get a real car and a life!
arrhhh good old Ford i am only 21 and i own a 1981 Ford Cortina and it still drives like it was new yesterday and keeps up with everyday traffic little things like heated windscreens go along away just glad mines fitted with them my dad has a ford my mum has a ford and all are great cars.
I remember this one as it was in one of the advert breaks of a James Bond film that I had taped on ITV. How times have changed though, can you imagine any company producing a 2 minute advert and running it on network TV these days? I remeber wanting my Mum to buy an XR2i.....she got a Metro.
Wow a Metro tough break, drove a few in my younger days and they were some laugh rag dolling them about.
Wow! I so remember this from the '80s "Fog, everyone hates it!" We had a Ford Fiesta and a Ford Granada at the time.
wow... this is probably the most epic ad i have ever seen...
I never drove a Cortina, but I bet it was a neat car. Ford in Dearborn needs to see this ad and start offering the items from this ad in its cars for the U.S. market, instead of worrying so much about trucks and SUVs.
Seems funny seeing this advert again after all these years... It was my brothers and I in the back seat asleep... While filming one of them done the worst smelling fart, true story.....
peteblax I was staying at Glengarry Castle Hotel when it was being filmed. Was one of the hottest weeks' on record and the rain was faked. I was in the room with the turret watching. That was June 1986. Funnily enough I am staying there now for the first time since then!
I couldn't agree more; I own one, and it's the best car I've ever owned.
The Sierra Cosworth at the end - C357 HVW - is still on the road as of 2021!
I agree, even though I work for a competitor; I still drive a Ford, and it's the best car I've ever owned! It's a shame that Ford won't bring the 4WD systems and its "insta-clear" windshields back!
I would have foregone all of the innovations in the ad for decent rustproofing. I bet every one of the cars featured were scrapped by 1995. Such a pity, as they were all really great cars.
lol beautiful - i love the way the beginoning of the advert - the future cars actually look insanely retro lol - originally the ad was designed to make the car it was advertising be appealing as a second best thing to the intro yet nowadays it looks better than the original thing! Plus its ford so its beautiful anyway - who the heck would want one of those crappy looking things on the intro of the ad!
takes you back!!
fucing high security my arse lol ford cars were gods gift to TWOCKERS
ford are the best cars ever
The mid 80's was the best period for Ford cars, they had something for everybody, any lifestyle and any budget. Today, Fords are boring.
anthony perkins today, Fords are like most other cars. Overly complex, full of sensors and computers. Too much to go wrong, and of course prices are high because of all the tech in them.
Well, here in the north of Spain we have a REALLY cold and foggy weather. When the fog it´s dense your windscreen will be always getting wet from the outside, but not enough for the wippers can clean it nice.
In these cases, a heated windscreen will keep the exterior dry and help a little. The same like if you turn the heater on at max temperature.
But... yeah, the fog will still there. Don´t forget that at the beginning of the 80´s that type of "extras" were not very common.
CheeRS m8!
I did a screwdriver Job on a mates fiesta! Worked a treat!
Nice Sierra RS at the end :)
the 1983-1989 Ford Fiesta was assembled in
Almussafes, Spain
Dagenham, United Kingdom
Cologne, Saarlouis, Germany
Nice one. I've owned two Fiesta XR2s, great fun and reliable but with one major problem and that's rust. I wonder if ford have changed now and sorted their rotting cars out. I changed to Vauxhalls as they were reliable and seemed to be stronger.
Amazing to think when that commercial first came out we all thought those cars were the latest high tech stuff! How times have changed...
k9maxie.....They WERE the latest high tech stuff at the time, you doughnut🙄
Cars with a future - all I know is that European Fords of 1986-1988 vintage were serious rust raisers.
Did anyone spot Cassandra out of Only Fools and Horses driving the white XR3i, and the late Anthony Quayle doing the voiceover.
that's a nice add!
Fanbluddytastic
They may have been easy to get into without a key but the guy who pinched my radio from my fiesta broke one of the windows. Maybe out of spite. A friend of mine had the rear windscreen stolen from her fiesta!
Car with a future indeed
i drive ford truck and i love it :)
My dad's Cosworth at the end.
He had one in that colour.
REG D600AEW
D600AEW, MOT expired July 2018, currently SORN
Good to know that it's at least not scrapped!
Why couldn't we have some of these features like the 4wd and heated windshields (Insta-clear) here in the U.S.? People want that stuff here, too. Ford needs to make that stuff available here, too.
Hey the dude from Doctors is driving the car with the heated screen!!!!
hail foxbody fords.
Heh heh. A mechanic told me that one about 10 years back.
i feel like blowing up an xr2 in a car park somewhere, i wont have bought the car
It’s a pity that the heated windscreen didn’t become standard on all cars - a great feature!
Ford had the patent/rights to it, some expensive vehicles obviously paid Ford to use it but your regular manufacturer/brand wouldn't have been able to justify the cost. At least Ford didn't restrict it to their bigger/more expensive vehicles, my Grans '00 Focus had it fitted as part of the climate pack.
Does anyone have the Ford Transit commercial from about year ago? It featured the song "Disseminated" by Soul Coughing. I just thought it was a brilliant advert. When I heard it on the telly, i'd run from the kitchen to see the people dancing in the streets. SOMEONE must have recorded it.
ont drive a cossy on the beach , you''ll wreck it :(:(
how does an 'electrically heated windscreen' help you when there is fog??????? so, it will clear the windscreen - but that wont make the fog disappear.....you still wont be able to see though it....
FIAT. Fix it again Tony. Ferreri in affordable trim.
Still i owned a Brava, and it NEVER let me down.
The woman that opens the door and nearly nails the cyclist is (I think) Rodney's girlfriend from Only Fools and Horses. This advert just gets better and better...
Watch again . It's a man that opens the door and nearly nails the cyclist , the woman , who yes is indeed "Cassaaaaaaawndra " , swerves and brakes to avoid him .
good advert but didnt stop theives pulling the top of my door starting it with a screw driver
"High security locks" HAHA! Every one of my Escorts has a fucked drivers side lock!
Did Shaw Taylor narrate this?
"They don't make 'em like they used to, and you'll be glad of that after watching this" I picked up on the sarcasm of that comment but Id totally have to disagree. Fords were and are still good cars overall and have been great pioneers in the automobile industry. The Sierra was an absolute revelation when it came out way back in 1982 It has just from another planet. So futuristic and seeing it now in 2019! It still looks very modern and fresh. It replaced the much loved more angular Cortina and by the very end the Cortina, in many ways was almost the perfect car, However the Sierra was faster. more efficient and was totally sealed from the outside environment. Even air that entered the car's cabin was filtered and purified. So if you had hay fever or some other respiratory problems/issues the Ford Sierra was good for your health!. I would sit in my Sierra and switch the engine on just to get some fresh air into the car! At the time St Thomas' Hospital and commandeered several Sierras to help patients by sitting them in these cars and having the engines switched on to purify the bad air outside entering into the cars' cabins.
I think you mean Gwyneth Strong. It's not her.
At 1:10 she says:
You Allright?
You Sure?
and?
Lol at the guy 7 years ago. Vauxhalls are solid and fords are cheap! Haha 7 years on and Vauxhall are struggling to keep up, they've only just started putting half decent text in them. Ford are at least 4 years ahead of Vauxhall!
nice cars but their security was terrible i think thieves didnt even bother with fords because they were too easy to steal !
Women looked so good in the 1980s. Natural but sexy. Not like today where its all teeth whitening, expensive haircuts and too much make up.
I know, crap arent they! yes, you can't pick them, but nothing stops you hammering a screwdriver in!
I can just imagine today's car drivers attitude to that poor cyclist at 0:57 will be ''Get off my fucking road you tax evader''
It's true, they're a fucking nuisance.
***** Learn to live with it John! You have to deal mentally & financially with the punishment our government dishes out to everyone and I'm not talking about cyclists neither, so a few pesky cyclists are least of your worries.
FORD Fix Or Repair Daily
ford us and ford europe are completeley different and sorry mate...it wont change.
A motorist getting along with a cyclist yep they were the days when people were polite
You should edit that bit where the blonde almost hits the cyclist, with subtitles at the moment she leans over to talk to him sayin "You fuckin wanka" just for realism :P
Ford, a truely british company :P lol
Not nymore 2day they just make crap wat a shame :(
0:20 Fort Sierra Cosworth: Most Stolen Car in UK in the 80‘
ive had every ford under the sun and the moon....they are cheap to fix fairly cheap to run pretty well built and drive ok too but god help you if you hit anything in one.
I liked em, except the fiesta. a horrid, basic tin can with few redeeming features
Fords always have been and always will be long behind all other manufacturers. It makes me laugh that people refer to the old clapped out crap like the XR3i and RS Turbo as 'classics', it really is laughable...look....I'm laughing now....lololol. Get a real car and a life!
chilliman07 Look at how much RS Turbo’s are worth now then, the jokes on you lol
@@thatfocusguy and looked after sierra cossies