Before Photoshop and computers, automotive companies developed mid-century ad creative, marketing collateral, and brochures the old fashioned way, resulting in some of the prettiest illustrations and design graphics in motoring history.

Night-and-day different than what we see today, Taschen collected more than 500 reproductions of these beauties in a 368-page hardcover, which is a must-own for any car obsessive who appreciates good design. 

Here's a look inside:

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Now available for only $34, it's time to make some room on your coffee table, stat....