1981 Datsun Stanza “510”
“Jenkins! Get in here!”
Yes, boss?
“What is this, Jenkins?”
What’s what, sir?
“What’s with this shot for the ‘81 510 press kit?”
Is it out of focus? You don’t like the models? I knew I should have got the blond but Rothschild said that would have been cliche…
“No, Jenkins, it’s boring. The old 510 was a great sports sedan. We practically created that market after we stole the idea from BMW. And here you’ve dressed the car in pie-dish hubcaps and white-wall tires!”
Have you driven the new 510, sir?
“That’s beside the point. You’ve put it in the suburbs with people wearing tweed.”
Well, sir, our research has shown that buyers aren’t interested in sports sedans any more; they want good fuel economy and a feeling of reliability.
“I don’t see economy and reliability in this shot, Jenkins, I see the crushing grind of the everyday. It looks like she’s telling him that she’ll be making meatloaf for dinner.”
Meatloaf tracked very high in the focus groups, sir.
“Meatloaf and tweed and the suburbs. This is the beginning of the end, Jenkins. The beginning of the end.”
Yes, sir.
(pic via productioncars.com)
