Great 480 Advert

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jamescarruthers
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Great 480 Advert

Post by jamescarruthers » Sat Oct 24, 2020 10:05 am

1987 Volvo 480 ES, 507274, 217 - Red (Ness)
2006 Citroen C6 Exclusive 3.0 petrol/LPG
2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)

Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
E981 KHM -- ES (509849)

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Re: Great 480 Advert

Post by MisterH » Sat Oct 24, 2020 11:16 am

Bloody brilliant! I do love it when they have a sense of humour. Any idea what year? Looks early to me
Current Jobs to do (23/1/22):
Fix Central Locking
Fix drivers side speaker
Annoying Scratching Squeak
Water leaks
Complete Front O/S rebuild

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Re: Great 480 Advert

Post by jifflemon » Sat Oct 24, 2020 11:27 am

Great adverts - wonder if Volvo themselves have copies of them rather than paying £20 for a poorly scanned version?

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Re: Great 480 Advert

Post by jamescarruthers » Sat Oct 24, 2020 12:30 pm

MisterH wrote:
Sat Oct 24, 2020 11:16 am
Bloody brilliant! I do love it when they have a sense of humour. Any idea what year? Looks early to me
The text refers to the "new" 480 Turbo so I'd guess it would be 88 or 89. It looks exactly like my old red Turbo.
1987 Volvo 480 ES, 507274, 217 - Red (Ness)
2006 Citroen C6 Exclusive 3.0 petrol/LPG
2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)

Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
E981 KHM -- ES (509849)

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Re: Great 480 Advert

Post by jamescarruthers » Sat Oct 24, 2020 12:31 pm

I have another one from Vogue magazine which shows a RHD car next to the beach, presumably in the UK which I think must be one of the D*** CPV cars. I will scan it it in some day and post here
1987 Volvo 480 ES, 507274, 217 - Red (Ness)
2006 Citroen C6 Exclusive 3.0 petrol/LPG
2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)

Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
E981 KHM -- ES (509849)

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Re: Great 480 Advert

Post by dragonflyjewels » Sat Oct 24, 2020 1:30 pm

Sylvia

Snazzy - 1993 Paris Blue ES red dipstick 2.0i bought 2001
Lethal Lily - 1991 White Turbo
Paris the Unicorn - 1991 Paris Edition
hubby has
Sven - 1994 Racing Green GT
Evil Eva - 1992 Paris Blue Turbo

no previous 480s - can't bear to sell any

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Re: Great 480 Advert

Post by Van » Sat Oct 24, 2020 5:56 pm

Good ad indeed, particularly the 2nd pages do it.
after over 10 years parted with the 1995 Volvo 480 ES 2.0

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Re: Great 480 Advert

Post by jamescarruthers » Sun Oct 25, 2020 4:28 pm

More under the skin goodness!

https://flic.kr/p/o5ffkR
1987 Volvo 480 ES, 507274, 217 - Red (Ness)
2006 Citroen C6 Exclusive 3.0 petrol/LPG
2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)

Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
E981 KHM -- ES (509849)

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Re: Great 480 Advert

Post by MisterH » Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:18 pm

jamescarruthers wrote:
Sun Oct 25, 2020 4:28 pm
More under the skin goodness!

https://flic.kr/p/o5ffkR
And I was worried about my arches rotting away...
:rofl:
Current Jobs to do (23/1/22):
Fix Central Locking
Fix drivers side speaker
Annoying Scratching Squeak
Water leaks
Complete Front O/S rebuild

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Re: Great 480 Advert

Post by dragonflyjewels » Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:22 pm

I've done a lot of digging for this advert, and not had much luck. Volvo don't have it in their online Press Release archive so I am waiting to hear back from the archive that posted it to Alamy. Apparently they have it filed under 1990s so unless that's a mistake it's a bit later than we thought.
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Sylvia

Snazzy - 1993 Paris Blue ES red dipstick 2.0i bought 2001
Lethal Lily - 1991 White Turbo
Paris the Unicorn - 1991 Paris Edition
hubby has
Sven - 1994 Racing Green GT
Evil Eva - 1992 Paris Blue Turbo

no previous 480s - can't bear to sell any

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Re: Great 480 Advert

Post by dragonflyjewels » Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:49 pm

Sylvia

Snazzy - 1993 Paris Blue ES red dipstick 2.0i bought 2001
Lethal Lily - 1991 White Turbo
Paris the Unicorn - 1991 Paris Edition
hubby has
Sven - 1994 Racing Green GT
Evil Eva - 1992 Paris Blue Turbo

no previous 480s - can't bear to sell any

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Re: Great 480 Advert

Post by dragonflyjewels » Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:58 pm

Sylvia

Snazzy - 1993 Paris Blue ES red dipstick 2.0i bought 2001
Lethal Lily - 1991 White Turbo
Paris the Unicorn - 1991 Paris Edition
hubby has
Sven - 1994 Racing Green GT
Evil Eva - 1992 Paris Blue Turbo

no previous 480s - can't bear to sell any

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Re: Great 480 Advert

Post by jifflemon » Mon Nov 09, 2020 12:02 pm

dragonflyjewels wrote:
Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:58 pm
Anyone else remember this one ?

http://www.justcreativeads.com/tv-film/ ... its-stunt/
And of course, the chuck norris christmas response to it! :rofl:

this one is one I always remember (mainly for the "I'm a control freak!" line!)

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