Description
Pontiac Torpedo – Three color 9 1/2″ x 13 1/2″ ad that lets you know that a Big Car is more affordable than you might think. There is a picture that shows a pipe-smoking customer staring in surprise at the papers the New Car Salesman holds in his hand showing that “Pontiac gives you a BIG CAR for only…$828″. Below this scene we see a gloriously happy man driving a Blue Pontiac Torpedo. The text explains that the lowest priced Torpedo has a wheelbase of 119 inches while the “only slightly higher priced models” have a wheelbase of 122 inches. When you follow all of the asterisks in the ad you see that you will pay “Only $25 more for an Eight in any model” and the “Pontiac prices begin at $828 for the De Luxe Torpedo Six Business Coupe“.
Source: June 16, 1941 Life magazine.
