Brochure for the 1965 Ford Mustang, "The Total Performance"

Summary

Car brochures have evolved from straightforward product catalogues into polished creative sales tools. Their quality paper, rich color, inventive formats, and sophisticated graphic design all contribute to a buyer's developing impression of a car in a showroom. Advertising might entice people to a dealership, but brochures extend and deepen the relationship between vehicle and potential buyer.

Car brochures have evolved from straightforward product catalogues into polished creative sales tools. Their quality paper, rich color, inventive formats, and sophisticated graphic design all contribute to a buyer's developing impression of a car in a showroom. Advertising might entice people to a dealership, but brochures extend and deepen the relationship between vehicle and potential buyer.

Artifact

Trade catalog

Date Made

August 1964

Subject Date

1965

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

95.100.1696

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Robert Penny.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 9.125 in

Width: 11 in

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