I tried to buy an '85 Duster, but it's impossible, like the '90 Dodge Shadow, or the '73 RX3 wagon, these are cars that can't be had. Ironically, I can write a (admittedly, fat) check for an effing TUCKER right now and have it in my garage by morning. And they only made, what 45 of those? I can buy a Dusie or Moon or Davis and have it here tomorrow but I can't have an '85 Duster? Car collecting is awfully weird.
@x790z That was actually the tach. Some cars in that era showed two digit numbers instead of one, and consequently the display said "Revolutions per minute x 100" instead of "x 1000".
It's a crappy econobox. Really crappy and a disgrace to the "Duster" name. But this video actually makes it seem like a pretty cool car. This commercial is an Epic Win.
This is the best awful video EVER!!! Honestly, as ads go, it's a pretty cool idea... I find myself walking around singing "In my Duster... MY DUSTER!"
@superamerica1981 Its just that compared to any other decade the 80's ('73- the early 90's) were a bad time for cars period. While the styling is personal a judgment power was killed as cars got smaller and simpler. i think your thumbs up are more about blasting a 80's song about your 80's car. id was all about the song El Camino Man while i had my '73 Elko
I had a 88 Dodge Daytona base, whis was supposed to be much better than this Duster. The quality of Chrysler cars wasn´t the best (sorry, Iacocca, but I have to be honest). I don't really think these cars are shit, but their manual gearboxes are pieces of the same stuff (pieces of shit, that's it). After all, these Charger/Dusters came out from ugly econoboxes (Omni/Horizon).
Iacocca was GREAT in the 80s, but these cars weren't. Cross my heart!!!!
I had a 1986 Duster that I bought new in graphic red. I added shelby reverse daytona wheels, anti-sway bars, rear window luvers and a pile of engine chrome parts. It was a great car for the first few years but mechanically it did not age very well. You don't see many still on the road today.
At the time of this commercial's airing - Chrysler's 10,000 day calendar for decoding how old their 1985 models were would have started at serial # 8374 (July 1, 1984) and would run through that of serial #8738 (June 30, 1985).
Why did they have to desicrate the duster name? Anyway i like the part at .35 Where she has her friends riding on the outside of the car ,then she guns the gas. Psycho chik.
Where in the name of all that is holy and good can we find a hi-res version of this? Who wrote this song? This is 110% better than a-Ha, Duran Duran, Berlin, put together. Also this is the best video of the decade, if no the triumph of cinema. Do I have to drive to Auburn Hills and extort the original copy from Chrysler execs?!
I remember when this commercial was originally airing. My immediate thought was, "wow, hot girl...too bad about the car, though." They didn't even use an attractive, bright color for the car in the commercial. It just looks so drab and uninteresting, but then they try to dress it up with an MTV music video style commercial around it. The commercial didn't air long, I think I only saw it maybe half a dozen times before it was pulled.
What was the Dodge version of this special package?
Plymouth in 1986 was supposed to have its answer to the Shelby Charger, under the famous Barracuda name, but Carroll Shelby said no because if his Dodge model were sold as a Plymouth, being more a value brand, it would cheapen the magic.
@superamerica1981 I agree with ya not only were the 80s a great time for music, movies, TV, fashion, toys, etc. the 80s were a great time for cars. You see the 80s was the BEST DECADE EVER.
The 1980's. I had an 86 Duster Turismo about 17 years after this commercial. 2.2L non- turbo auto. It had simular looks to the fox body mustang (first thing I noticed), but with FWD and moped like horsepower. I killed mine trying to get it to spin the tires. It did after a few neutral drops. Repeated abuse spelled the end for that car. Kinda miss it now.
I wish I lived in the 80s. I missed everything. Ronald Reagan, BackTo TheFuture, Neat Cars like the Mopars and Pontiac Firebirds, good music, TV and movies, oh...
My first car was this one! Awesome! Never saw this before! It was (and still is because my late dad and my brother restored it) an awesome car! Thanks for sharing and bringing back the memories!
heh... it's amazing that no matter how flashy the commercial is, the plain look of the duster doesn't get any better. It's like putting a spinner hubcap from pepboys on a farm tractor.
GREAT commercial i haven't seen it since I was a dancer back in the 80's! It's choreographed by Arlene Phillips who did "Can't Stop The Music" and several old Dr. Pepper commercials. Many of the dancers in this commercial are from her dance/recording troupe, "Hot Gossip."
i feel like i was born in the wrong generation sometimes (93) i like 80's music and i think the decade was good. i also liked the 90's because i was just a kid and had no worries. nowadays life's been hitting me pretty hard :( i can understand if people didn't agree with you but they shouldn't thumb you down for it either
Wow... why do I suddenly want one of these cars, even today, just to have the one that was in this epic commercial? It's too bad car commercials aren't this good anymore.
i think i can honestly say that if I ever found an 85-87 Duster in good shape i would buy it and find some way to play this song on full blast as I drove down the street.
It's a Plymouth Turismo Duster, which was Plymouth's version of the Dodge Charger 2.2. It was sold in America, and was the second time Plymouth used the "Duster" name. The Sundance Duster in the '90s was the third use of the name.
alright thanks for the info I have never seen one of these but it was out before I was born.... It just looks like a Horizon tc3 or Omni 024 or Shelby Charger....
Wow, a commercial in a cocaine factory. Must be the future though, because her Polaroid spits out an instant picture of her mighty fine car. God I miss the 80s.
I was born in 83 and what I do remember about the 80's and what I see and hear now seems to me in my opinion the 80's must of sucked ass. Everything about it sucked, the music the clothing, the cars, everything.
80's commercials like this has such warmth to it that no commercial today could approach.They were cheesy yeah but marketing was everything back then and people bought into whatever junk a company was selling.If it was good or a bad product .Could you imagine if they did'nt banned cigarette commercials??? In the 80's It would have be like this plymouth commercial and we'd be all dead lung cancer now lol!!!!!! God I miss the 80's
They barely show the car in the commercial. At this point, the body design was 7 years old. Pretty long in the tooth. Clearly, they were selling image, not the car. I don't think it worked cause I don't think many of these were sold in 85.
Style was the whole point of this car, too; the 5 door Omni/Horizon was actually cheaper. '86 was the last year for the coupe, the 5 doors lasted through '90.
I think it aged well. The Omni/Horizon twins had a longer '78-'90 production run. Other cars had even longer production runs -- Volkswagen Beetle, Volvo 200 series, Renault 4. Chrysler had some of the most attractive designs in the 1980s.
I agree, it did age well. And it was one of the most practical coupes ever- but I did mean to mention that it was always more expensive than the 5 door (comparing cars with the same equipment). THAT'S what I meant by style being the whole point :)
I think this commercial was aired only one time - during the 1994 MTV VMA's, as evidenced by the clip at the beginning of the commercial. For those of you who did not grow up in the 80's like myself, you really did miss out of the fun. Commercials, culture, and cars were like this.
Correction Davismv this commercial got played ALOT usually the shortened version of it. Yes that is Finola Hughes who got her start in the film "Staying Alive" with John Travolta(sequel to Saturday Night Fever") then became asoap star on "General Hospital" That's not her singing though? Might have to look in to that.
hey i know the ones in the 60s and 70s were much better but hey these were great to i loved these but hey i know i guess its my opion that i think these looked personally myself in 1985 i would rather buy a Plymouth reliant or dodge aries k
No, it was a terrible car. Interestingly enough, all 3 had the same engine and transmission, the 2.5L 4cyl NA and 3-spd auto. The engine and trans were good in my Lebaron, but everything else was crap! Power top failed, windows fell off track, wiper arm assembly fell apart (and there is no fix!), cooling problems, faulty tach and odometer.
@SirLoinsalot82 not true. My dad had a lebaron in the early 90's. He looked more like Bob Seger from the mid-70's at the time he owned it. He now looks more like Hacksaw Jim Duggan from the late 80's, but with a grey beard.
What a coincidence. I just finished watching 'Staying Alive" on vh1, and sure enough 2 hours later I come across this forgotten gem. This commercial looks like the film as well. Wonder if Stallone directed this too lol.
I really want to know if any lady's, actually wear there high heals to drive a manual transmission car, or any car at all. Oh BTW if any thing killed Plymouth it was this Ad, combined with the shear awfulness of the 1985 Duster.
I get it. Plymouth was a great car and if Chrysler didn't hook up with Daimler, Plymouth would of still been around, and GM wouldn't of killed Oldsmobile if it wasn't for this.
My 87 Charger used to carry lots of plywood along with a 2 stage snowblower that fell out. Im surprised that it did not break the window! I remembered not to park it on an angle otherwise it would not start since the sending unit was on the side of the tank.
I had one of these. Mine was an 87 w/ the 2.2 non-turbo, black, auto. slow as heck, but kinda fun to drive. I wasted the transmission and sent to the junkyard.
I remember the day this commercial first aired on MTV. Only saw it once, but never forgot this song. I'd love to acquire a high-quality copy of this song and video! Any ideas?
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No wonder they killed the brand fuck this hideous piece of shit is an insult to the early 70s duster. This looks like a shit 70s japanese car with an even shitter ad.
Is this what happened at the cocaine plant before Robocop came busting in there?
youjustgotdaved 1 month ago
Who was singing?
TheHyperkid97 1 month ago
5 people have no taste in 80's music.
bizarrepac528 2 months ago
I tried to buy an '85 Duster, but it's impossible, like the '90 Dodge Shadow, or the '73 RX3 wagon, these are cars that can't be had. Ironically, I can write a (admittedly, fat) check for an effing TUCKER right now and have it in my garage by morning. And they only made, what 45 of those? I can buy a Dusie or Moon or Davis and have it here tomorrow but I can't have an '85 Duster? Car collecting is awfully weird.
DrEckener 2 months ago
@DrEckener Not impossible!
lylemasters 1 month ago
great vid..loved it..now i want a duster
san379 3 months ago
You are right. The 80's were the coolest decade of the 20th century. The 70's are in a second position.
MrColtSeavers 4 months ago
@MrColtSeavers yeah, and the 90's in third I think :)
FanDeAlguersuari 3 months ago
Oh man that was rad!
Two things to make it better:
1: That a higher quality version of this video is found and uploaded.
2: That there was an extended version of this song!!!!!!
deepmelody1991 4 months ago
Even in the 80's, this was an unpopular hideous machine!
TheDarkPhoenix23 4 months ago
70's dusters are 10x better
triynizzles 4 months ago 2
Why is it not so today?
DonFusselLP 5 months ago
I.. lived through this. Wow.
capitalistpigdogus 7 months ago
"It was the 80's, and everyone was doing so much cocaine." I think I agree with that.
BombayBerke 8 months ago
I wanna see a full epic rock opera dedicated to some product.
ZPRDingo 9 months ago 2
@x790z That was actually the tach. Some cars in that era showed two digit numbers instead of one, and consequently the display said "Revolutions per minute x 100" instead of "x 1000".
Tuneman1984 9 months ago
It's a crappy econobox. Really crappy and a disgrace to the "Duster" name. But this video actually makes it seem like a pretty cool car. This commercial is an Epic Win.
MrHongKongBuffet 9 months ago 3
0:44 Early Zoolander?
robivy64 9 months ago
I remember seeing this commercial on MTV.
wentsurfing 10 months ago
These cars are the grand motherload of shit.
robivy64 10 months ago
only in the 80s would you find a musical commercial for a car!!!!!! o those days need to come back!!!!
wannabeangel83 11 months ago 4
WOW!
Adrizz5447 11 months ago
:44 Don't throw cocaine in the air, it's expensive
defcon0037 11 months ago 3
Can anyone post the lyrics please?
insidethewomb 11 months ago
This is the best awful video EVER!!! Honestly, as ads go, it's a pretty cool idea... I find myself walking around singing "In my Duster... MY DUSTER!"
djepetersen 1 year ago
@superamerica1981 Its just that compared to any other decade the 80's ('73- the early 90's) were a bad time for cars period. While the styling is personal a judgment power was killed as cars got smaller and simpler. i think your thumbs up are more about blasting a 80's song about your 80's car. id was all about the song El Camino Man while i had my '73 Elko
CrazyDave650 1 year ago
I had a 88 Dodge Daytona base, whis was supposed to be much better than this Duster. The quality of Chrysler cars wasn´t the best (sorry, Iacocca, but I have to be honest). I don't really think these cars are shit, but their manual gearboxes are pieces of the same stuff (pieces of shit, that's it). After all, these Charger/Dusters came out from ugly econoboxes (Omni/Horizon).
Iacocca was GREAT in the 80s, but these cars weren't. Cross my heart!!!!
delagarza75 1 year ago
They couldn't work Iacocca into this ad somehow ?!!!
MrFerrari32 1 year ago
i cant beleive i watched 30 seconds of this....
Outlaw78a 1 year ago
Damn that '76 -> dusters are ugly, but brilliant ad
Jewe1 1 year ago
I had a 1986 Duster that I bought new in graphic red. I added shelby reverse daytona wheels, anti-sway bars, rear window luvers and a pile of engine chrome parts. It was a great car for the first few years but mechanically it did not age very well. You don't see many still on the road today.
dtshifter 1 year ago
I love this commercial. Back in the day, I had the 4 door version of this car. What a piece of...
RogerVHaney 1 year ago
80s rules
sshuicq 1 year ago
I haven't seen one of these in a long time.
Adam19822000 1 year ago
Now that's stuck in my head all day.
Adam19822000 1 year ago
At the time of this commercial's airing - Chrysler's 10,000 day calendar for decoding how old their 1985 models were would have started at serial # 8374 (July 1, 1984) and would run through that of serial #8738 (June 30, 1985).
ClassicTVMan1981X 1 year ago
"Animal"! Very "crasy"!
maurolins 1 year ago
You don't know how many times I have cracked up to this!!!!! :)
JeMappelleSteph 1 year ago
This was filmed in a cocaine factory
vinnie4g63 1 year ago 13
I woke with this in my head this morning.
JewLoco 1 year ago
Why did they have to desicrate the duster name? Anyway i like the part at .35 Where she has her friends riding on the outside of the car ,then she guns the gas. Psycho chik.
mercmarc 1 year ago 2
Back in the day, I had the 4 door version of this car. What a piece of...
Great commercial, tho.
taacscbrta 1 year ago
Hey the chic prancing around in this vid has her own page here. It's Redfistaor. She must be old now.
Kurplutzo 1 year ago
Where in the name of all that is holy and good can we find a hi-res version of this? Who wrote this song? This is 110% better than a-Ha, Duran Duran, Berlin, put together. Also this is the best video of the decade, if no the triumph of cinema. Do I have to drive to Auburn Hills and extort the original copy from Chrysler execs?!
DrEckener 1 year ago 4
Need higher Resolution. this is better than Duran Duran or A Ha any decade.
MattDeckard 1 year ago 6
Need higher Resolution. this is better than Duran Duran or A Ha any decade.
MattDeckard 1 year ago
I remember when this commercial was originally airing. My immediate thought was, "wow, hot girl...too bad about the car, though." They didn't even use an attractive, bright color for the car in the commercial. It just looks so drab and uninteresting, but then they try to dress it up with an MTV music video style commercial around it. The commercial didn't air long, I think I only saw it maybe half a dozen times before it was pulled.
bluechao 1 year ago
What was the Dodge version of this special package?
Plymouth in 1986 was supposed to have its answer to the Shelby Charger, under the famous Barracuda name, but Carroll Shelby said no because if his Dodge model were sold as a Plymouth, being more a value brand, it would cheapen the magic.
ClassicTVMan81 1 year ago
OH MY GAWD!!
What a super rad song!
LarryLawnmower 1 year ago
jesus. 1980's?
shredfortyler2 1 year ago
@superamerica1981 nah i agree with you i love 80's cars
bigenginesismythang 1 year ago
SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ndawg79 1 year ago
wow this bring back some memories
manta5x 1 year ago
1985 - when homely women were hot.
boardskins 1 year ago
This commercial proves that the 80s were better than the 2000s.
Heegoop 1 year ago 5
@Heegoop MUCH better than the 2000s
badgerbuddy 1 year ago
@superamerica1981 I agree with ya not only were the 80s a great time for music, movies, TV, fashion, toys, etc. the 80s were a great time for cars. You see the 80s was the BEST DECADE EVER.
Heegoop 1 year ago 3
Last yr of Duster was '76.
^This car is actually a Ply Horizon with specific options, then it's called a duster.
younghoss 1 year ago
The Duster died after 1975!! RIP Duster!
extremedrivr 1 year ago
Awesome!!! I would've bought that car just for that commercial!
graffititigger 1 year ago 2
MTV WAS COOL NOW IS SHIT
zukomatico 1 year ago 10
@zukomatico You are 100% correct, bro.
Heegoop 1 year ago
Gay commercial! No wonder the front wheel drive duster never caught on! LOL
440sac 1 year ago
I miss MY PLYMOUTH DUSTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;(
myduster88 1 year ago
Now if the auto industry started making commercials like this again... cars would sell like crazy...
RobotBadger 1 year ago
80s rulesssss good commercial
zukomatico 1 year ago 2
@zukomatico Damn right the 80s RULE.
Heegoop 1 year ago 2
@Heegoop, yeah, it was a great decade by somebody who wasn't born until 3 years after this ad ;)
WLLRNNN 1 year ago
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WLLRNNN 1 year ago
The 1980's. I had an 86 Duster Turismo about 17 years after this commercial. 2.2L non- turbo auto. It had simular looks to the fox body mustang (first thing I noticed), but with FWD and moped like horsepower. I killed mine trying to get it to spin the tires. It did after a few neutral drops. Repeated abuse spelled the end for that car. Kinda miss it now.
CamaroAmx 1 year ago
lol how far duster had fallen from the valiant based one.
Lumotaku 1 year ago
@superamerica1981
I wish I lived in the 80s. I missed everything. Ronald Reagan, BackTo TheFuture, Neat Cars like the Mopars and Pontiac Firebirds, good music, TV and movies, oh...
classicautofan1 1 year ago 3
@classicautofan1 youre are all the reason my friend all was cool in the 80s now pure sshit and plastic and bad quality
zukomatico 1 year ago
My first car was this one! Awesome! Never saw this before! It was (and still is because my late dad and my brother restored it) an awesome car! Thanks for sharing and bringing back the memories!
shmigscms 1 year ago
the best decade 80´s
mgu85 1 year ago 2
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i am quite proud to say i had nothing to do with the 80's
masterbawth 1 year ago
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@masterbawth you and me both man, SO glad i missed that decade
moparmagoo 1 year ago
I loved this commercial when it first came out.
murldewaynegreen 1 year ago
heh... it's amazing that no matter how flashy the commercial is, the plain look of the duster doesn't get any better. It's like putting a spinner hubcap from pepboys on a farm tractor.
DracoGTO 1 year ago
Good video. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to dance above an underlit grate in an abandoned warehouse.
particle409 2 years ago 4
GREAT commercial i haven't seen it since I was a dancer back in the 80's! It's choreographed by Arlene Phillips who did "Can't Stop The Music" and several old Dr. Pepper commercials. Many of the dancers in this commercial are from her dance/recording troupe, "Hot Gossip."
thanks for posting!
MyronBreckinridge 2 years ago 3
Ooh I love hearing the behind the scenes! Thank you for sharing!
JawsVictim 2 years ago
i feel like i was born in the wrong generation sometimes (93) i like 80's music and i think the decade was good. i also liked the 90's because i was just a kid and had no worries. nowadays life's been hitting me pretty hard :( i can understand if people didn't agree with you but they shouldn't thumb you down for it either
averagejustin 2 years ago 2
@averagejustin
I was just thinking to myself the same thing. I should've been born 10 years earlier.
Piggie822 1 year ago
what the hell did people thumb you down for that's not offensive or anything...wtf i'll thumb you up lol
averagejustin 2 years ago
Wow... why do I suddenly want one of these cars, even today, just to have the one that was in this epic commercial? It's too bad car commercials aren't this good anymore.
TheEqualyzr 2 years ago 3
@TheEqualyzr I wouldn't give a fwd Duster to my worst enemy. The car commercials these days may not be as good but the cars are worlds better.
stormvorm 2 years ago
Eightiestastic!
shepshepherd 2 years ago 2
I think I just got Boneitis from this commercial. Also, why is my nose bleeding...
IneptusMechanicus 2 years ago
this is how you sell a fucking car!
fullautoshutoffsony 2 years ago 3
This is just too funny
JEDCWild 2 years ago
an awesome body style
DriveTheStreets 2 years ago 3
i think i can honestly say that if I ever found an 85-87 Duster in good shape i would buy it and find some way to play this song on full blast as I drove down the street.
averagejustin 2 years ago 49
yep,right past the west barrow baptist church
dalekrueger 2 years ago
@averagejustin thats funny
grandcarvan1999 1 year ago
haha...well said...so would i
jakesaintsrow123 1 year ago
dude i got one no lie we just guted it and we also got the 85 charger 2.2L
TournearJr88 9 months ago
Every time I watch this I love it more!
2fastdsm 2 years ago 3
This isnt a duster from the states.. maybe mexico that is like a omni or shelby charger style car not like the p-body sundance/duster
440SwingerKid 2 years ago
It's a Plymouth Turismo Duster, which was Plymouth's version of the Dodge Charger 2.2. It was sold in America, and was the second time Plymouth used the "Duster" name. The Sundance Duster in the '90s was the third use of the name.
Inline76 2 years ago
alright thanks for the info I have never seen one of these but it was out before I was born.... It just looks like a Horizon tc3 or Omni 024 or Shelby Charger....
440SwingerKid 2 years ago
must...have...mp3!
ivegotwood43 2 years ago 3
Wow, a commercial in a cocaine factory. Must be the future though, because her Polaroid spits out an instant picture of her mighty fine car. God I miss the 80s.
WalterSobchak1998 2 years ago
A great marketing lesson in how not to take your placement too literal.
cbaccus2 2 years ago
I owned the 1984 version, Turismo 2.2, great car, wish I still had it. I wish Chrysler still made Plymouth!
lotusmeo 2 years ago
i have been singing this song to myself for the last 3 weeks, I love it!
maxulon 2 years ago
In the 80s they knew how to sell cars.
queensplazasouth 2 years ago 2
You dont know me or my Mom, you just wish you did.
Dusty696969 2 years ago 4
I was born in 83 and what I do remember about the 80's and what I see and hear now seems to me in my opinion the 80's must of sucked ass. Everything about it sucked, the music the clothing, the cars, everything.
Dusty696969 2 years ago
No argument there. But, let's just say you're lucky to have missed the 70's too.
mfarmer1 2 years ago
I'm guessing, everyone was high in the 80's?
djsabourin 2 years ago 6
80's commercials like this has such warmth to it that no commercial today could approach.They were cheesy yeah but marketing was everything back then and people bought into whatever junk a company was selling.If it was good or a bad product .Could you imagine if they did'nt banned cigarette commercials??? In the 80's It would have be like this plymouth commercial and we'd be all dead lung cancer now lol!!!!!! God I miss the 80's
1978mtb 2 years ago 7
What a horrifying commercial. I'm so glad I was in diapers in the '80s.
BlueOvalBoy85 2 years ago
1st Annual MTV Video Music Awards Show -- WIN!
ricdiablo 2 years ago
One of the coolest TV ads ever...Plymouth meets MTV.
taacscbrta 2 years ago
If you notice at the very beginning of this clip it was run during the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards. I actually have this on VHS from that same night
djrage70 2 years ago
Obviously created by someone on the drug of choice in the '80s. What's with the guy stroking her leg?
ingledude 2 years ago 6
They barely show the car in the commercial. At this point, the body design was 7 years old. Pretty long in the tooth. Clearly, they were selling image, not the car. I don't think it worked cause I don't think many of these were sold in 85.
OsbornTramain 2 years ago
Style was the whole point of this car, too; the 5 door Omni/Horizon was actually cheaper. '86 was the last year for the coupe, the 5 doors lasted through '90.
nlpnt 2 years ago 3
'87.
Luzern76 2 years ago
just a glorified K car
dalekrueger 2 years ago 2
The Duster was based off an entirely different platform. Contrary to popular belief, not EVERY 80s Chrysler was based off the K platform.
TheNostalgiaSpot 2 years ago 4
I think it aged well. The Omni/Horizon twins had a longer '78-'90 production run. Other cars had even longer production runs -- Volkswagen Beetle, Volvo 200 series, Renault 4. Chrysler had some of the most attractive designs in the 1980s.
Luzern76 2 years ago 3
I agree, it did age well. And it was one of the most practical coupes ever- but I did mean to mention that it was always more expensive than the 5 door (comparing cars with the same equipment). THAT'S what I meant by style being the whole point :)
nlpnt 2 years ago 3
Wow what a great ad
pugsrkool 2 years ago
I think this commercial was aired only one time - during the 1994 MTV VMA's, as evidenced by the clip at the beginning of the commercial. For those of you who did not grow up in the 80's like myself, you really did miss out of the fun. Commercials, culture, and cars were like this.
davismv 2 years ago
Correction Davismv this commercial got played ALOT usually the shortened version of it. Yes that is Finola Hughes who got her start in the film "Staying Alive" with John Travolta(sequel to Saturday Night Fever") then became asoap star on "General Hospital" That's not her singing though? Might have to look in to that.
realitycheckstudio 2 years ago
what song is that?
curticool 2 years ago
so is that polaroid camera at 1:04
dadsoldtapes 2 years ago
especially with only 5 year/50000 miles
dadsoldtapes 2 years ago
hey i know the ones in the 60s and 70s were much better but hey these were great to i loved these but hey i know i guess its my opion that i think these looked personally myself in 1985 i would rather buy a Plymouth reliant or dodge aries k
jakesaintsrow123 2 years ago
I've had an '89 Lebaron convertible, '90 Sundance 4-door, and a '92 Acclaim. Acclaim was the best. I wish I had another.
palebeachbum 2 years ago
was the 89 lebaron any good???
jakesaintsrow123 2 years ago
No, it was a terrible car. Interestingly enough, all 3 had the same engine and transmission, the 2.5L 4cyl NA and 3-spd auto. The engine and trans were good in my Lebaron, but everything else was crap! Power top failed, windows fell off track, wiper arm assembly fell apart (and there is no fix!), cooling problems, faulty tach and odometer.
palebeachbum 2 years ago
I heard that you have to sport a Tom Selleck moustache and gold chain in order to receive a license to drive the Lebaron.
Is that true, or just a myth?
SirLoinsalot82 2 years ago
Oh that's funny. I think you have to don a mullet and wrap-around shades to drive any of these cars anymore. It's only appropriate. ;-)
palebeachbum 2 years ago
@SirLoinsalot82 not true. My dad had a lebaron in the early 90's. He looked more like Bob Seger from the mid-70's at the time he owned it. He now looks more like Hacksaw Jim Duggan from the late 80's, but with a grey beard.
CamaroAmx 7 months ago
@CamaroAmx See? This is why we have Internet discussions. Certainly glad I got that cleared up. :)
SirLoinsalot82 7 months ago
the 80 must have sucked thank god im a 1991 baby id commit suicide and that car looks like a fastfack dodge lancer
sil80evryday 2 years ago
if you lived back in the 80s then you would have appreciated it... i mean human lifestyle is dynamic not static...
dadsoldtapes 2 years ago
I had one of these. 2.2 non-turbo. Slow as dirt. Wasted the auto trans doing netural drops.
reok999 2 years ago
well that was what it was like back in the 55 mph speed limit days
dadsoldtapes 2 years ago
OMG, this is awesome. Is that Finola Hughes?
rileymccarthy 2 years ago 2
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Nooooooooooooooooo! That is SO not a Duster! It is FWD! Oh the Humanity! Set their leotards on fire while playing the 1970 Duster commercial, PLEASE!
If my new 360 Magnum or a 440 won't fit with relative ease it is *NOT* "My Duster!"
PrimerDust318 2 years ago
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phuck you, you dirty ass motherphucker! go huff primer in hell! sorry! audio preview rocks.
irocthief 2 years ago
I need to get one. I'll be so laid.
BizzyDJoe 2 years ago 7
What a coincidence. I just finished watching 'Staying Alive" on vh1, and sure enough 2 hours later I come across this forgotten gem. This commercial looks like the film as well. Wonder if Stallone directed this too lol.
TylerDurden398 2 years ago
Looks like the kind of commercial you'd see today on "American Idol".
groovyapeman 2 years ago 3
AWESOME-O!!!!
fuck! the 80's was an awesome decade. the hair, the music, the constant threat of nuclear annihilation.
good times, good times.
shadowselfballbag 2 years ago
Yeah - it's your Duster alright. You can have it.
saobrien 2 years ago 5
Prime example of why the 1980s sucked big time.
savdavid 2 years ago
THIS IS AMAZING
UnderwaterMoonlight 2 years ago
Anyone know who the person singing this was? I kind of want her to have my children, even though she's old enough to be my mother.
vkeightyfive 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure it's Finola Hughes from General Hospital. Not her voice though.
baltosteve 2 years ago
This...this is it...
THE greatest commercial of all time.
kryptoknightmare 2 years ago 7
I really want to know if any lady's, actually wear there high heals to drive a manual transmission car, or any car at all. Oh BTW if any thing killed Plymouth it was this Ad, combined with the shear awfulness of the 1985 Duster.
seroyer2 2 years ago
No, we can't drive with high heels. That would be a wonderful way to die. Death by stilettos. And yes, terrible ad.
DitaVonTeaseMe 2 years ago
well you look closely she weiring heals when she drives off.
seroyer2 2 years ago
I get it. Plymouth was a great car and if Chrysler didn't hook up with Daimler, Plymouth would of still been around, and GM wouldn't of killed Oldsmobile if it wasn't for this.
Heegoop 2 years ago
What's that white powder? Cocaine? That adds a whole new meaning to the word "Duster"
baltosteve 2 years ago 4
This is the BEST 80's commercial EVER.
baltosteve 2 years ago
OMG, so 80s!
somewhatlongdong 2 years ago
That's the difference between car commercials back then, and now. People back then were excited about American cars. Now, not so much.
Scorponok2009 2 years ago 7
My 87 Charger used to carry lots of plywood along with a 2 stage snowblower that fell out. Im surprised that it did not break the window! I remembered not to park it on an angle otherwise it would not start since the sending unit was on the side of the tank.
craig1974 2 years ago
I had one of these. Mine was an 87 w/ the 2.2 non-turbo, black, auto. slow as heck, but kinda fun to drive. I wasted the transmission and sent to the junkyard.
reok999 2 years ago
did you mean to waste the tranny or did it blow by itself??
jakesaintsrow123 2 years ago
I remember the day this commercial first aired on MTV. Only saw it once, but never forgot this song. I'd love to acquire a high-quality copy of this song and video! Any ideas?
tngpone 3 years ago 8
you're watching it now.
VenusHeadTrap 2 years ago
i can get one for you right now reply me back and ill get it for you
harryballz18 2 years ago
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No wonder they killed the brand fuck this hideous piece of shit is an insult to the early 70s duster. This looks like a shit 70s japanese car with an even shitter ad.
TsarDusan87 3 years ago
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man this made me f#cking laugh. It seems to all american car ads are so amazingly bad.
TsarDusan87 3 years ago
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who the fuck comes up with these names
did "vacuum" and