If Southern California was any indicator, 1980's car dealerships had creative marketing departments.
The Pete Ellis song is frequently stuck in my head. You are welcome.
The immortal Cal Worthington and his dogs "Spot."
Whenever I see a really beat up car that I know someone is struggling to keep moving I start singing the Toyota of Orange "You won't get a lemon" song. California's lemon laws always made this one ironic.
They didn't sell cars, they sold bling for cars! Super Stores radio commercials were far more fun than the TV variety but the end of this one is representative.