For your viewing pleasure, we at Japanese Nostalgic Car have uncovered quite possibly the most 1980s ad campaign ever implemented by an automaker. We give you, the Nissan “Major Motion” commercials from 1984. These aired in certain markets around the United States as Datsun/Nissan dealership promos, and they were doing everything they could to make Nissan look like the brand of the future.
Incidentally, these also look like synthwave music videos and we mean this in the best way possible. Although there are is a whole ad campaign out there these are just some of our favorites.
I don’t think the Nissan Sentra has ever looked anywhere near as awesome as it did in this commercial. I love the vector style mountains in the background and contrasting reds and blues.
Of course the 300ZX always looks as cool as it does in this commercial. This is a perfect example of the appeal of the Z31. It’s so radical, and the 80s were such a great decade. Come Alive, Come and Drive!
The Sentra ad has got the “Tron” vibe to it. (Watch out for lightcycles).
See them use to make cars not,CUVs,SUVs,but cars, Even the Sentra back then coud be cool and fun. Remember the Stanza cooler than the Altima to me. Get rid of Infinity get back to Datsun and cars,
See they use to make cars not,CUVs,SUVs,but cars, Even the Sentra back then coud be cool and fun. Remember the Stanza cooler than the Altima to me. Get rid of Infinity get back to Datsun and cars,
Toyota had their jump, Datsun had “AWESOME”.
Thanks for the memories when those commercials were made I was working in the parts department at a Nissan dealer then. It was around that same time the “Datsun” sign came down and “Nissan” sign up.
I directed the first spot here and many other Major Motion commercials from that time.
The circuit board was a 10 foot model shot motion control at Apogee studios. The
dry lake was El Mirage Ca.
I directed the first spot and many more for Nissan in the 70’s and 80’s. The circuit board
was a 10 foot model shot motion control at Apogee studios and the dry lake was El Mirage
Ca.