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Are you as much a Toyota fanatic as we are? Would you like a vintage Toyota ad? Or an ad that depicts a car like yours? We have a large supply of advertisements and will provide a high quality copy from our stock.

AVALON

1995 - "Makes A Winding Road Soft Enough to Wear Like A Scarf"
1996 - "Takes the Stress Out of Management"
1998 - "Because Peace And Quiet Aren't Going To Come Looking for You"
1998 - "Peace And Quiet In A Car Is Not Rocket Science. It's Tougher"
1999 - "Confine The Body And You Shrink The Spirit"

CAMRY

1992 - "The All New 1992 Camry"
1992 - "The All New 1992 Camry SE. Naturally It's Been A Shock To The Family"
1992 - "What Others Call A Commute, You'll Consider A Joyride"
1993 - "We Buy The Best Parts In The World, No Matter Which State They're From"
1994 - "The New Camry Coupe. Judging From the Reviews, Less Can Be More"
1995 - "Admit It. You Have To Be Pretty Well Built To Carry 2 Million People"
1996 - "Life In The Fast Lane Just Got A Little Smoother and Quieter"
1996 - "It Is Said, Life Gets Better One Moment At A Time. Start Counting" (2 page ad)
1997 - "If Life Came With A Report Card You'd Be Bringing Home Straight A's"
1997 - "The Real Challenge Was Finding Something That Actually Could Be Improved"
1997 - "The Things You've Come To Rely On The Most Are The Things You Think About The Least"
1998 - "Good Guys Have Always Ridden With A Trusty Companion"
1997 - "The Best Car Built In America Just Got Better ... A Lot Better"
1998 - "With Features Like These, You'll Enjoy Being The Designated Driver"
1998 - "Majority Rules"

CARINA

"Introducing the Toyota Carina. It Might Be New To You But We've Been Living With It A Long Time"

CELICA

1971 - "Introducing the Toyota Celica ST. (Some Economy Car.)"
1971 - "You Can't Buy This Toyota. But You Can Buy What Racing Taught Us."
1977 - "Grand Prixformance. Toyota Celica GT Liftback - Official Pace Car of the Toyota Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, NY, October 2, 1977."
1978 - "The Prix Race Favorite. Long Beach Grand Prix Official Pace Car"
1982 - "LOOKER! Celica Turns Heads As Easily As It Turns Corners"
1984 - "TEST! Dan Gurney Talks About Toyota's IMSA Racing Program And How It Improves The Breed" (2 page ad)
1987 - "Toyota Celica GT-S. One Beautiful Performer"
1987 - "Toyota Celica. A New Force To Be Reckoned With" (Picture is Celica GTO race car)
1988 - "Presenting Celica All-Trac Turbo. All-Wheel Excitement".
1988 - "Toyota Celica All-Trac Turbo. More Power To the Pavement"
1989 - "Toyota Celica All-Trac Turbo. Celica Has Established Quite A Following" Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach Pace Car
1990 - "Hello...Sports fans" Celica GT-S
1990 - "Introducing the 1990 Toyota Celica. The Revolution Of The Species. The All-New Toyota Celica All-Trac Turbo."
1990 - "Celica. Toyota's Version Of The Bullet Train. Turbo Power and All-Wheel Drive"
1991 - "On April 14th, We're Going Streaking In Front Of the Queen" 17th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Pace Car
1991 - "Celica. The Surgeon General Never Said Anything About Smoking The Competition" (All-Trac Turbo)
1992 - "Celica. Class Action"
1992 - "Mind If We Lead?" ( IMSA Camel GT Series Eagle MKIIIs)
1992 - "Unlike That Other Long Beach Landmark, This One Really Flies" 18th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Pace Car
1995 - "Most Rides This Fun Make You Stand In Line For An Hour"
1996 - "It Has Been Said That Beauty Is In The Eye Of the Beholder. Behold"
1997 - "It's The 4th Of July. But It's No Picnic." Rod Millen's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Celica
1999 - "Introducing the Next Celica. The New Celica GT-S Has A 6-Speed Gearbox Firing 180 Horsepower Into the Pavement. Please Enjoy Your Flight"
1999 - "Introducing the Next Celica. The New Celica GT-S Has A 6-Speed Gearbox Firing 180 Horsepower Into the Pavement. Please Enjoy Your Flight" (2 page ad)
2000 - "What Fighter Pilots Dream About When Thye're Not Dreaming About Being Fighter Pilots"
2000 - "The New Celica Action Package. Looks Fast"
2000 - "Drive Fast. Save Girl. Live Happily Ever After"
November 2000 cover of Car and Driver - "Toyota Thunder Rod Millen's 500 hp AWD Celica"

COROLLA

1971 - "The Corolla Fastback. It May Make Our Story Harder To Believe"
1971 - "Most Cars Under $1800 Are For People Under Six Feet"
1971 - "This Car is Loaded With Reasons Why It Shouldn't Be Under $1800"
1972 - "Toyota Beats Datsun 240Z, Ford, Fiat, Capri, Jeep, Opel, Volvo and Colt" (Corolla 1600)
1978 - "The Basic Bargain. You Got It"
1985 - "Heavy Breather! 1985 Corolla GT-S. The First Toyota Powered by the Exciting TC-16" (2 page ad)
1985 - "A Year Ago You'd Find This Type Of Engine Only In The LIkes Of A Ferrari Or Lotus"
1988 - "Toyota Motorsports - Gone With The Wind At Atlanta" Craig Carter's Corolla GT-S in GT3 Class National Championship at Road Atlanta
1988 - "New 1988 Corolla For $9,987" Corolla FX ad featuring "Betty Goodeal"
1991 - "Corolla. Over 15 Million Happy Memories, And Still Counting"
1992 - "Discover Corolla. Again"
1996 - "It Should Look Beautiful. Our Engineers Have Spent The Last 28 Years Polishing It"
1997 - "We Don't Have To Sell It's Phenomenal Reliability. After 29 Years It's A Given"
1997 - "Not Since You Lived With Mom And Dad Have You Gotten So Much For So Little"
1997 - "No Helmet, No Gloves, No Jumpsuit. But You Can Dream, Man, You Can Dream"
1998 - "My, My, How Things Have Changed" (2 page ad comparing 1968 and 1998 Corolla)
1999 - "If Your Friends Aren't Impressed By the Extra Features, Get New Friends"

CORONA

1966 - "You'd Think A Car That Went 234,000 Miles In 4 1/2 Years Would Be Ready To Call It Quits"
1967 - " Toyota Corona. 4-Door Sports Sedan" (2 page ad)
1968 - "One More Thing Toyota Gives You Is A Fully-Automatic Automatic"
1970 - "The Toyota Water Test. It's Not Exactly The Tunnel Of Love"
1971 - "Presenting The New Mark II. The Most Toyota"
1971 - "First You Couldn't Find The Lighter. Now You Can't Even Hear The Engine" (Mark II)
1971 - "Toyota Introduces A Hardtop. For Times When You Wish You Had A Station Wagon." (Corona Hardtop)
1976 - "The Wagon That Thinks It's A Sedan"

CRESSIDA

1978 - "The Expensive Toyota"

CROWN

1966 - "The Toyota Crown Feels Brand New For The First 15,000 Miles"
1966 - "Is It Any Wonder That The Toyota Crown Team Won The Quebec Car Rally?"
1966 - "Toyota Crown - An International Reputation For Excellence Earned On The Roads Of The World"

HIGHLANDER

2001 - "The Armadillo Principle: Hard On The Outside, Soft On The Inside" (2 page ad)

LANDCRUISER

"Beware! We've Got Your Plug." (Champion Spark Plug Ad)
1992 - "We'd Like To Offer You Some Extra Horses For Your Next Expedition"
1993 - "When You've Got A 42-Year Head Start, There's No Telling How Far You Can Go"
1996 - "In Primitive Times, It Would've Been A God"
1998 - "The True Measure Of A Sport Utility Vehicle Is Not Where It Can Go. But Rather, Where It has Been" (2 page and 1 page version)

MR2

1985 - "MR2 Dominates!" (IMSA sanctioned Firehawk Edurance Series)
1987 - "MR2 Supercharged. Give It The Gun And It Do Run-Run"
1988 - "MR2 Supercharged. 0-60 Seconds. It's Enough To Make A Grown Man Fly"
1991 - "MR2 Turbo. The Passion Is Back"
1991 - "There Were A Couple Of Poles We Didn't Capture This Year" (The North & The South Pole - Toyota Firehawk Team)
1993 - "The 1993 Toyota MR2 Turbo Can Go Zero To Sixty In 6.1 Seconds. See For Yourself At The Above Locations." (National Road Signs)
1993 - "By The Time You Can Afford The Mid-Engine European Exotic Sports Car You've Always Wanted, You May Be Too Old To Read This Ad"
1993 - "The 1993 Toyota MR2. If It Were Any Slower It Would Be A Ferrari" (2 page ad)
2000 - "Introducing the New MR2 Spyder"

PASEO

1992 - "Toyota Paseo - Tech Info"
1993 - "Hip. Cool. Rad. Awesome. Def. Fresh. Best Model In Initial Quality In Its Price Class. Hot. Fly.
1994 - "It Will Still Be 'Cool' Long After The Expression Isn't"
1995 - Toyota Paseo On Cereal Box

PREVIA

1994 - "Oh, The Sacrifices We Make For Our Children"
1995 - "We Know You Shouldn't Spoil Children. But Nobody Said Anything About Spoiling Parents"

PRIUS

1998 - "When You Mix Gas And Electricity Something Is Bound To Ignite"
2000 - "A Car That Sometimes Runs On Gas Power And Sometimes Runs On Electric Power From A Company That Always Runs On Brain Power"
2000 - "Eat My Voltage"

RAV4

1996 - "This Is Pol Turgeon's RAV4 Dream. What Will Yours Be?"
1996 - "This Is Jeremy Wolff's RAV4 Dream. What Will Yours Be?"
1996 - "The Dream Begins As Soon As You Open The Door"
2000 - "It's One Thing To Climb A Mountain. It's Quite Another To Look Good Doing It" (1 page and 2 page version)

SEQUOIA

2000 - "It's Taken Us Years To Engineer And Build It. Now You Know Why"
2000 - "Power Tools For Weekend Projects" (2 page ad of Sequoia pulling a Toyota ski boat)

SIENNA

1997 - "You've Covered The Outlets, The Cabinets Are Latched And Nothing Exists Less Than 3 Feed Above The Floor"
1997 - Your Life Will Never Be The Same" (2 page and 1 page version)

SOLARA

1998 - "There Are Times When Life Is Full Of Responsibilities. When Deferred Gratification Becomes Your Only Hobby. There Are Vehicles For Those Times. This Is Not One Of Those Vehicles" (2 page ad)
1999 - "2 Doors. No Guilt"
1999 - "Escape In A 200-Horsepower Camry Solara. But Do It Soon. Unused Vacation Days Cannot Be Carried Over Into Your Next Lifetime"
2000 - "The New 2000 Solara Convertible. The Wind In Your Hair. The Sun On Your Face. The Bugs In Your Teeth" (2 page ad)
2000 - "The 2000 Solara Convertible. Now Even Your Super-Hold Hair Gels Don't Have A Prayer"

STARLET

1980 - "Maybe, The First Small Wonder Of The World"

SUPRA

1979 - "Celica Supra. Official Pace Car Toyota Grand Prix Of The U.S."
1979 - "Introducing The New Fuel-Injected, Six Cylinder, Plush, Lush, Celica Supra. The Powerful Pleasure"
"1986 1/2 Supra - The Dynasty Begins" (Black/White; Front/Back - Back is Toyota Product Knowledge Quiz)
1988 - "Toyota Supra. It Draws A Crowd, And Leaves It Behind"
1991 - "Supra Turbo. Great White Sharks Now Also Come In Blue, Gray, Red, And Black" (Landscape picture)
1991 - " Supra Turbo. For Those Who Love Life In The Fast Lane"
1994 - "Because The Toyota Supra Turbo Can Go From 0 To 60 In 4.6 Seconds, We Make Spark Plugs That Can Keep Up" (NGK Spark Plug Ad)
1994 - "These Are The Reviews. Imagine The Performance"
1994 - "This Is A Line. To Some, It Is Seen As A Constraint. A Limitation. A Barrier. The New Toyota Supra. It's Taken Everything Sports Cars Were Before and Crossed The Line" (2 page ad)
1996 - "We Help Guarantee This Is The Only View Of The Supra Turbo Most People Will Ever Get." (NGK Spark Plug ad)
1996 - "For A Preview Of Race Day, Turn Your Head Quickly From Right To Left" (official pace car of 1996 PPG IndyCar World Series)
1996 - "I Said. GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY!!...." "...Mom always did know best." (HKS ad)
1996 - "Please Remain Seated While The Vehicle Is In Motion..." (HKS ad)
1996 - Kosei JP USA ad
1996 - "We're Proud To Say The Last 15 Years Have Been A Blur"
1996 - "Recommended For Kids Age 35 And Up"
1996 - "New!!! Toyota Turbo Garden Weasel. Garden Too Rocky To Grow Your Gardenias? Try Toyota's New Turbo Garden Weasel! Clears Rocks, Weeds, Sand And Gravel With One Quick Swipe! Eliminates Gopher Burrows With One Easy Burnout!"
1999 - TRD ad

TERCEL

1996 - "We All Know Someone Who Likes To Remind Us That You Can't Have Everything. Drive It To Their House First"

4RUNNER

1989 - "It's Part Mountain Goat and Part Mountain Condo"
1990 - "No Other 4-Wheel Drive Opens Up So Many Avenues"
1990 - "It's Given Me A Bigger Backyard To Play In"
1990 - "Where You Go Is Your Concern. Getting You Back Is Ours"
1992 - "Get Serious"
1994 - "All The Forces Of Nature Without The Element Of Surprise"
1996 - "My. My. What Big Teeth You Have"
1996 - "Sophisticated. Refined. Fearless"
1997 - "The Call Of The Wild Whispers Your Name, And Asks If You Can Come Out And Play"
1997 - "The Answering Machine For The Call Of The Wild"
1997 - "A Form Of Medieval Torture"
1998 - "The Sky Keeps Its True Color A Secret, And Only Shares It With Those Who Climb The Mountain"
1998 - "Your Light-Headed Feeling Can Be Explained. A: You Are Giddy With Freedom. B: You Are Covered With Mosquitoes"

TRUCKS

1967 - "Toyota Stout 1/2 Ton Pickup" Specifications on back
1971 - "Most People Buy Small Trucks For The Same Reasons They Buy Small Cars"
1974 - "The Biggest Haul Of All"
1974 - "Toyota's Long Bed 2000. The More You Have To Start With...The Further You Can Go"
1976 - "New Toyota 5-Speed Sport Truck. And New Is A Word We Don't Use Lightly"
1976 - "Drowned Toyota. Because Just Good Gas Mileage And A Low Price Aren't Enough Anymore"
1976 - "Five Little Pickups. What Makes One Different?" (compares to Mazda, Datsun, Chevrolet Luv, Ford Courier)
1976 - "Better Bedders"
1978 - "'Pickup' More Now"
1979 - "The Toyota 4-Wheel Drive Truck. It's Leading Everyone Off The Road"
1979 - "The SR-5 Sport Truck. The Sports Car Of Trucks"
1980 - "Toyota's 4-Wheel Drive Truck. Don't Get Stuck With Something Less"
1980 - "Toyota's Two-Seat Sports Machine"
1981 - "The Toyota 4-Wheel-Drive Truck. The Class Act In Rugged 4x4's"
1981 - "When You've Got The Biggest Engine In Your Class, It's Easy To Get To The Top"
1981 - "Introducing The Toyota Of Diesels"
1982 - "The Low-Priced Truck That Meets High Expectations"
1982 - "The SR5 Sport Truck. It's A Sports Car Cleverly Disguised"
1982 - "Other Trucks Don't Meet Our Standard"
1982 - "A Two Seat Sports Car With A 7-Foot Trunk"
November 1983 Cover of Four Wheeler Magazine "Toyota Mini-New From The Ground Up"
1985 - See through drawing of Toyota race truck (landscape picture)
1985 - "Coors/Toyota Off Road Racing Driver, Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart"
1985 - "Coors Off Road Racing - Oh What A Feeling, Coors Is The One!"
1986 - "Toyota Runs Away With Fourth Straight Manufacturers' Cup"
1986 - "Team Toyota Relied On The Performance Of Nippondenso To Propel Them To A Record Setting 9th Mickey Thompson Grand Prix Championship" Nippondenso ad
1987 - "The Gold Standard"
1987 - "Meet The Dominator" (also pictures Steve Millen, Evan Stewart, and Frank Arciero, Jr)
1988 - "New V6 Wins Powerful Praise From Pros"
1988 - "Two Championships In One Season. A Racing First" (shows truck and GTO Celica)
1988 - "It Takes Guts To Win A Championship. It Takes Toyota To Win Six."
1988 - "Meet Your Next Truck" (2 page ad)
1989 - "Pickup A Winner. Motor Trend Magazine Truck Of the Year"
1989 - KC Hilites ad "Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart Rocked And Rolled Through The Mint 400"
1989 - "It Doesn't Take A Mountain Of Money To Get To Be King Of The Hill"
1989 - "4x4 Of The Year. Landslide Victory!"
1989 - "You'll Never Catch Me In Any Other Truck"
1990 - "It's Even More Truck Than I Bargained For"
1990 - "Ivan Stewart. "You Can't Get By On Looks Alone"
1991 - "ExtraCab SR5 V6. Flat Out, No Other Truck Can Touch It"
1991 - "To The Track, It Looks Like A Performance Car"
1991 - "It's Like A 2.4 Liter, 5-Speed Backpack"
1991 - "It's The Best Truck For The Money...My Money"
1991 - "Yeah, But You Should See The Other Guys" (shows Ivan Stewart in muddy truck after Baja 500)
1992 - "There Seems To Be A Pattern Here. We Seem To Get A Lot Of Mileage Out Of Our Ads" (compilation of pictures of high mileage customers)
1992 - "You Didn't Get Up This Early To Play Tug-Of-War"
1993 - "the Perfect Defense. Toyota Vies To Retain Stadium And Desert Championships"
1994 - "The Closest Thing To Owning The Mountain"
1994 - "4x4x14"
1995 - " Winning Is The Only Part We Don't Constantly Change" (disassembled race truck)
1995 - "To Taste Victory, You Have To Digest The Whole Truck After Every Race" (pictures race truck)

TACOMA

1995 - "Tread Lightly On Public Lands. But Stomp All Over The Competition"
1996 - "We Won Four Events. You Get To Park The Trophy In Your Driveway"
1996 - "Why Choose Vanilla When You Can Have Rocky Road?"
1996 - "The Truck A True Craftsman Would Build"
1997 - "Dirt Makes Excellent Toothpaste"
1998 - "Goats Understand Your Need To Climb Mountains. At Least, Male Goats Do"
1998 - "As Always, Winning Involved A Little Mud Slinging"
1998 - "Trustworthy. Dependable. Faithful. And No In-Laws"
1998 - "Never Send A Car To Do A Truck's Job" (Pike's Peak Tacoma)
1998 - "It Will Take Millions Of Years For The Elements To Wear Away The Mountains. When They Are Gone, I Will Drive My Truck On The Flatlands" (1 page and 2 page version)
1998 - "5,000 Hours To Build. Ten Minutes To Immortalize" (Pikes Peak Tacoma)
1999 - "It Was After His Second Championship That We Asked Ourselves, Who's Endorsing Whom Here? (featuring Johnny Greaves)
1999 - "Your Adrenal Gland Is 3 Inches From Your Kidney. With An Available 190-HP Engine And The Highest Ground Clearance In Its Class, The Tacoma Will Remind You Of It Every Time You Take On A Mountain"
2000 - "To Everyone Who Raced Against Johnny Greaves The Past 3 Years, Your Luck Is About To Change"
2000 - "The New Tacoma Double Cab. With Room For Five Guys And A Bed That Stretches Over Five Feet, It's Powerful Enough To Move Pianos"
2000 - "You Can't Beat Time. But For Six Years Rod Millen Certainly Has Intimidated It"
2000 - "Hey, How Big Is The Trophy For Fourth Place? Oh, That's Right, There Isn't One. Toyota Sweeps The CORR Pro-Lite Championship 1-2-3."
2000 - "Introducing The Redesigned Tacoma. With An Available 190-Horsepower Engine And The Highest Ground Clearance In Its Class. Hang On"
2001 - "Taken To The Desert. Tortured For Days. Then Named Pickup Of The Year. Sometimes Love Hurts"

T100

1993 - "For Those Who've Already Set Themselves Apart from The Crowd"
1994 - "Grand"
1996 - "Tell Your Buddies You Just Got A 4,100-Lb. Power Tool"
1996 - "It Fits Your Personality Like A Favorite Pair Of Jeans. And Since It's A Full-Size, You Get A Little More Room In The Seat"
1996 - "We're Not Just Here To Chase Checkered Flags" (shows Official truck of Indy Car)
1996 - "We're Not Saying They Know Something You Don't. But Hey. They Did Figure Out How To Fish For A Living"
1997 - "Think Of It As Car Number 9-1-1" (official truck of CART)

TUNDRA

1997 - "36 Desert Victories. 9 Baja 500s. 4 SCORE World Championships. 3 Gold Coast 300s. Now Ivan's Got 2 More Cylinders. And 1 More Notch On His Kidney Belt"
1997 - "You Are Not Here. Be Grateful" (picture of truck in middle of desert race)
1998 - "If You Want Tough Tires, Just Look At Our SCORE Card" (BF Goodrich 2 page ad)
1998 - "Ivan Received A Severe Beating At This Year's Baja 1000. Imagine How The Losers Felt"
1998 - BF Goodrich ad (orange truck - 1 page and 2 page version)
1999 - "Introducing A Truck So Advanced, It's Already Best In Its Class" (2 page and 1 page version)
1999 - BF Goodrich ad. "Four SCORE And Three To Go"
1999 - "Normally, A Truck Would Be Tested Before It's Raced. But What Fun Is That?" (Rod Millen CORR truck)
2000 - "How Can A Truck Loaded Down With So Much Technology Outrun Everything In Its Class?" (2 page and 1 page version)
2000 - "The Toyota Tundra. Now Fortified With An Additional 6 Pounds Of Steel" (1 page and 1 page version)
2000 - "Trust Me, Fellas. Your View Is Better Than Mine"

MOTORSPORTS ADS

1989 - "Gentlemen, Start Engines" (engines with names of Toyota Atlantic Championship drivers)
1993 - "Finally, A Sequel That's Even Better Than The Original. Toyota Wins 2nd Straight GTP Manufacturer's Championship"
1993 - "After Nine Straight Wins, something Had To Give. Toyota Breaks The All-Time Record For Consecutive GTP Victories"
1996 - "Jeff Krosnoff 1964-1996. You'll Always Hold A Special Place In Our Hearts"
1997 - MCI Cart Car. "It's A Hell Of A Rush. Just Ask King Kong"
1997 - Castrol Cart Car. "Mama Always Wished You'd Joined The Bomb Squad Instead"
1997 - MCI Cart Car. "There's No "I" In Team. But There Is In Winner"
Pioneer ad. If It Doesn't Make Your Pulse Quicken, We Don't Put Our Name On It.
1997 - Castrol Cart car. "In Most Sports Athletes Hurl A Projectile At Incredible Speeds. In Indy Car Racing, You Are The Projectile"
1997 - "Team Gordon - No Fear. Face Your Fears. Live Your Dreams"
1998 - "I Am No Longer Able To Give My Whole Being To This Sport That I Love. 99% Is Not Enough. I Shall Stop. -Juan Fangio II, November 17, 1997"
1998 - MCI Cart car. "Sometimes Success Travels At Speeds Below 240 MPH."
1998 - Castrol Cart car. "Almost Everyone Behind Us Has Been Willing To Stay There."
1998 - Ivan Stewart. "Slow Down, Old Man, Says His Body. Ignore That Damn Fool, Says His Heart."
1998 - Ivan Stewart. "He'd Rather Win In Hell Than Place In Heaven."
1998 - Max Papis. "You've Got To Love It Like A Boy And Drive It Like A Man."
1998 - Robby Gordon. "Racing Is A Contest Of Speed, Not Popularity."
1998 - PJ Jones. "It Appears That Some Traits Are Purely Hereditary."
1998 - Kool/Toyota Atlantic Championship. "A Purely Unforgiving Place Where All Things Are Equal And Only The Best Win."
1998 - Dan Gurney. "One Man Taught The World How To Finish A Race."
1998 - Alex Barron. "Can This Rookie Conquer The Toughest Curve In Racing?"
1999 - "Listen Carefully And You Can Hear The Sound Of Our Engineers Commanding Your Respect."
1999 - Christiano da Matta. MCI - "Talent Is Potential. Victory Is Proof."
1999 - Dan Gurney. "To Know A Man's Past Is To Know His Future." (2 page ad)
2000 - "In a Race, We Like To Position Ourselves Behind The Leader." (pictures Juan Montoya, Jimmy Vasser, Rod Millen, Ivan Stewart - 2 different ad styles)
2000 - "Apparently, The Drivers In The Atlantics Are Too Young To Appreciate The Concept Of The Caution Flag."
2000 - Christiano da Matta. Pioneer - "The Most Important Thing In Driving Is A Strong Sense Of Direction."
2000 - Christiano da Matta. "da Winner" - 2000 Target Grand Prix of Chicago
2000 - Oriol Servia. "Have You Ever Spent Ten Hours Trying To Do Your Job One Second Faster?"
2000 - Fed Ex ad. Target Cart car rolling off a Fed Ex plane.
2000 - Juan Montoya. "Juan's So Serious About His Championship, He Defends It Thirty Miles From The Nearest Track."
December 2000 cover of Champ Car Magazine. "Little Big Man - Christiano da Matta Is On His Way Up-Fast"
2000 - Christiano da Matta. Pioneer - "It's A Jungle Out There"
2000 Mechanix Wear ad. Target car. "The Real Stuff."
2001 TRD ad. Target car. "What's On Your Mind At 211 MPH. Besides 212 MPH."

LEXUS

1990 - "If You're Looking For A Second Opinion On Lexus, Here Are 26 Of Them" (2 page ad)
1991 - "Tomorrow Morning It Will Happen Again. He'll Come Up Behind You. He'll Glide To The Left. Then He'll Pass. Aren't You Getting Just A Little Tire Of Him? The New Lexus Coupe. Coming June1" (2 page ad)
1991 - "You've Been Driving For About Two Decades. You've Had Your License Renewed A Number Of Times. Isn't It Time You Had Your Spirit Renewed As Well? The New Lexus Coupe. Coming June 1" (2 page ad)
1992 - LS400. "It Doesn't Exactly Ride On Air. Would You Believe Nitrogen Gas? (2 page ad)
1992 - ES300. "A Car Of Such Diplomacy Even The Engine And Transmission Have An Ongoing Dialogue" (2 page ad)
1992 - ES300. "The Cradle Of Civilization" (2 page ad)
1993 - LS400. "Presenting The 1993 Lexus LS400. Re-engineered With Over 50 Refinements. Of Course, That Was At Last Count" (2 page ad)
1994 - LS400. Rejected During Inspection No. 1031 At 3:02:56 PM On March 17. (.003 too heavy)" (2 page ad shows pistons)
1994 - ES. "Every Spark Plug Has Its Own Servant. (Perhaps We Are Taking This Luxury Thing A Bit Too Far.)" (2 page ad)
1994 - All models. "For Information On All The New 1994 Lexus Models, Contact The Lexus Dealer Nearest You..."
1995 - Coupe. "Motor Trend Magazine Called The Lexus Coupe Close To Perfect. We've Addressed Their Concerns" (2 page ad)
1995 - LS400. "The Possession Of Wealth Does Not Exclude The Possession Of A Conscience" (2 page ad)
1995 - SC400. "According To Motor Trend magazine, The Lexus SC400 'Serves As An Icon That Stirs The Emotions.' We Doubt Freud Could Have Said It Better Himself" (2 page ad)
1995 - LS400. "Inertia. Gravity. Centrifugal Force. These Things Mean Nothing To Our Engineers" (2 page ad)
1996 - LX450. "Climb - Corporate Ladder, or Mountain" (2 page ad)
1996 - ES300. "You Hit A Pothole And The Impact Is Diffused By The Suspension And The Subframe And The Body Insulation And When It Gets To You There's Not Much Left" (2 page ad)
1996 - LX450. "In The Forest There Are No Reserved Parking Spaces, No Board Of Directors, No Executive Dining Rooms, No Expense Accounts. But There Is The Equivalent Of A Corner Office" (2 page ad)
1996 - SC400. "Eagle Putt, 18th Hole, Pebble Beach Still Doesn't Compare To the Sheer, Unbridled Thrill Of Picking Up Your Dry Cleaning" (2 page ad)
1996 - LX450. "Trees Do Not Fret Over Presentations Or Meetings Or Sales Forecasts Or Shareholders. And Who Among Us Couldn't Stand To Learn Something From A Tree?" (2 page ad)
1996 - LS400. "33% Of All Car Accidents Are Side-Impact Collisions. Good Thing You Ran Into This Ad First" (2 page ad)
1996 - All models. "Sure, They've Been Around The Block. But Consider The Neighborhood"
1996 - LS400. "Introducing Side-Impact Airbags. The Latest Development In Our Customer Retention Program"
1996 - All models. "What To Do At The Auto Show" (2 page ad)
1997 - All models. "1997 Lexus Technical Specifications" (2 page ad)
1997 - ES300. "It Gives Asphalt a raison d'etre." (2 page ad)
1997 - LS400. "Can An Engine Pump The Valves In Your Heart?" (2 page ad)
1997 - SC400. "Because You Can't Skydive To Work" (2 page ad)
1997 - SC400. "Unlike Some Companies, We Admit To Increasing The Level Of Stimulant In Our Product" (2 page ad)
1997 - ES300. "And Now For Its Next Trick: turning pavement into silk" (2 page ad)
1997 - GS400. "Something Wicked This Way Comes" (several versions-multi pages)
1997 - LS400. "This Is An X-Ray Of The LS400's Safety Systems. [Better It Than You.]" (2 page ad)
1997 - LS400. "Now You Can Order A Coach Bag Fully Loaded" (2 page ad)
1997 - ES300. "Who Knows What You'll Run Into Today?" (2 page ad)
1997 - "What A Certified Pre-Owned Lexus Looks Like Broken Down"
1997 - ES300. "As If The Sound Of 200 Thundering Horses Weren't Enough"
1997 - LS400. "When Was The Last Time You Felt This Connected To A Car?" (2 page ad)
1998 - ES300. "'I Yam What I Yam' Said The Es300's New, More Powerful VVT-i Engine. (2 page ad - pistons are 8 cans of Spinach)
1998 - Coupe. "The last Thing It Will Remind You Of Is Another Car" (2 page ad with fold marks to make paper airplane)
1998 - ES300. "Trees Have Tree-Huggers. Hips Have Hip-Huggers. Curves Have the ES300's New Vehicle Skid Control" (2 page ad)
1998 - LX470. "Introducing The V8 LX470. Let Nature Worry About You For A Change" (2 page ad)
1998 - RX300. "The RX300. Motor Trend SUV Of The Year. As Rugged As Any Other SUV On The Block. It Just Rides A Whole Lot Smoother" (2 page ad)
1998 - GS400. "Wide-Eyed Exhilaration Is A Trademark Of The 300-HP Lexus GS400" (2 page ad)
1998 - GS. "A Vanity Plate Dilemma: Option A: #1MPORT or Option B: TOP10CR" (2 page ad)
1999 - "The 1999 RX300: (2 page ad - interior)
1999 - "The 1999 RX300: (2 page ad - exterior)
1999 - "The RX300. 1999 Motor Trend Sport/Utility Of The Year"
1999 - LS400. "Can A Car Actually Take Years Off Your Life?" (2 page ad)
1999 - LS400. "You're Either Driving It. Or Wishing You Were"
1999 - ES300. "The Unbridled Performance Of the 210-HP ES300" (2 page ad)
1999 - RX300. "Manhatten Road Construction, As Felt By The RX300" (2 page ad)
1999 - Coupe. "Nothing Supplements Today's Active Lifestyle Like A Daily Dose Of The 290-Horsepower Lexus Coupe" (2 page ad)
1999 - "The 300-Horsepower GS400. It's Fast" (2 page ad- men at hot dog stand)
1999 - "The Unfaltering Safety Of the ES300, Now With Available Brake Assist"
1999 - The 300-Horsepower GS400. It's Fast" (men on harleys)
June 2000 - IS300. Cover of Automobile magazine "Lexus Builds A BMW"
2000 - IS300. "Further Proof That Being Fast Will Get You A Reputation"
2000 - IS300. "There's Bizarre Edgy - And Then There's Just Edgy" (2 page ad)
2000 - LS430. "The New LS430. The Most Inspiring Automotive Experience In The World"
2000 - LS430. "Words On Paper Barely Do It Justice"
2000 - GS430. "180 degrees. For The Less Bold, There's Always Teh Thrill Of Cable Stitch"
2000 - RX300. "180 degrees. Which Carries Everything But The Kitchen Sink"
2001 - RX300. "180 degrees. Few Experiences In Life Are As Stress-Free As Driving The Newly Styled 2001 RX300" (2 page ad)
2001 - ES300. "180 degrees. The Less Discerning Can Settle For the Generic Equivalent"
February 2001 - Cover of Car and Driver magazine. "Sexy Lexy - Lexus SC430)
2001 - "Lexus - Introducing The SC430" (4 page ad)
2001 - "You'll Never See One Of Those 'I'd Rather Be...' Stickers On It" (2 page ad)
2001 - RX300. "NAV and VSC vs. Search And Rescue"
2001 - SC430. "Introducing The SC430" (2 page ad)

MULTI-CAR ADS

1966 - "The Year Of The Toyota" (shows Crown 4-door sedan, Crown custom station wagon, Landcruiser hard top, Landcruiser vinyl top, Landcruiser topless, Landcruiser pickup, Landcruiser station wagon, Stout 1/2 ton pickup)
1967 - "When Toyota Built This Record-Breaking 2000GT, They Had You In Mind." (shows 2000GT, Corolla 1100, Corona sports sedan, and Crown 2300)
1971 - "Your Solution To The Gas Shortage Doesn't Have To Be An Ugly One" (shows Celica ST, Corolla, Mark II, pickup)
1972 - "How Much Car Should You Expect For A Couple Of Thousand Bucks? See How Much Car Your Money Can Buy" (shows Toyota line-up - 2 page ad)
1973 - "Each One Offers Styling, Economy and Something The Other Three Can't" (shows Corolla fastback, Corona hardtop, Mark II hardtop, Celica ST)
1988 - "The Art And Soul Of Performance" (shows MR2 supercharged, Supra Turbo, and Celica All-Trac)
2000 - "Like Your Parents Always Said, Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover" (TRD ad, shows rear view of Celica, and front view of MR Spyder)
2001 - "Today, Tomorrow, Toyota" (shows all models on a crowded freeway)
2001 - "To See What This Land Cruiser Looks Like Today, Turn The Page" (3 page ad shows 4Runner, Landcruiser, Sequoia, Highlander, and RAV4 models)

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