1,450 Facebook ads from 53 car brands, 853 running now.
These are the Facebook ads car brands run, read from the Meta Ad Library on October 2, 2026: 1,450 ads from 53 advertisers, 853 still running. Below are the ones that ran longest, what they ask people to do, the formats and offers that carry the category, and how to start your own.
Automakers spend most of their money selling a lease payment and a feeling at the same time, which is why the national spot is all open road while the feed ad underneath it is a monthly price with an expiry date.
The longest-running ad from each advertiser, in its own words. Nobody keeps paying to deliver a Facebook ad that is not working, so these are the ones to copy first.
Accelerate Your Tech CareerSubaru · running 227 days
Book Inspection TodayCars24 · running 192 days
2026 Ford Explorer® Tremor®Ford · running 178 days
2026 ESCALADE IQCadillac · running 167 days
Scenic viewsBuick · running 163 days
Drive with distinction.BMW · ran 154 days
Live ads first, then the ones that stopped most recently. Every card carries the advertiser that ran it and how long it ran.
+1,438 more automotive Facebook ads
Hooks, landing pages and run length for each
Every creative, with its copy, format and run length
16 percent ask for the lead on Facebook itself, with a form, a message or a call, instead of sending people to a website.
2 percent open with a question, 30 percent put a number in the first line, and 0 percent lead with an emoji.
The scroll decides in a second or two, so the product goes in the first frame, in someone's hand or on someone's body, not after an intro. Carousel leads in this category.
A review, a creator trying it, a real buyer’s routine: customer voice carries a claim further than the brand can. Run several voices against each other and keep the one that sells.
A bundle, a first-order discount or free shipping turns interest into an order. 2 percent of the automotive ads here lead with a price in the ad.
Broad targeting with strong creative beats narrow interest lists for most product brands now. Feed Meta your catalog and purchase events, and spend your time on new creative rather than new audiences.
The median automotive ad here stayed up 36 days. Give a new ad a week of spend before you judge it, then retire what is not getting results and write the next version of what is. The advertisers with the most live ads are the ones testing the most.