Recent Curbside Classics
- Curbside Classic: Triumph TR4A IRS - Stereotype Defying Tractor-Engined IRS Daily Driver 21 Comments
- Curbside Classic: Austin Mini Moke - The Mini Thing 23 Comments
- Curbside Classic: 1966 Hillman Super Minx - Rooting For Rootes 26 Comments
Curbside Classic: 1978 Cadillac Seville - Nope, Nothing Wrong Here 122 Comments- Curbside Classic: 1968 Volkswagen Automatic Stickshift - Chrysler's Fluid Drive Returns In The Safer Käfer 42 Comments
- Curbside Classic: 1966 Pontiac Star Chief Executive - Executive Privilege 51 Comments
Perpetual Classic: 2013 Toyota Century: The Ultimate Brougham Time Machine 108 Comments
Random Automotive Histories
- Turkey Week Kickoff: 1968-1972 Austin America - Yankee Doodle Disaster 47 Comments
- Automotive History: Lincoln Contintental Mark VII - The Forgotten Car 69 Comments
- 1967 Cadillac Eldorado vs. Renault R-10: An Unfair Comparison Thanks To A GM Deadly Sin 160 Comments
- Aficionados Are Made, Not Born: A David E. Davis Memorial 9 Comments
Panhard: Back To The Future 25 Comments
Automotive History: An X-Ray Look At GM's X Frame (1957 - 1970) 83 Comments- Passport to Badge Engineering Hell: GM Messes With Our Heads 54 Comments
Blog Archive
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UK Day: Reflections from an English Country Inn (Brock Yates, C&D 1968)
Posted on May 23, 2013 | 34 CommentsThis is the kind of stuff I inhaled as a fifteen year-old: Brock Yates analyzing the British Car industry, and prognosticating. It’s a bit long-winded, from a time when we... -
UK Day Opener: The Highs And Lows Of British Cars
Posted on May 23, 2013 | 62 CommentsIt’s time to leave poor GM alone for a while, and move on to that all-time favorite automotive scapegoat: British cars. We’ve got a couple of CCs lined up today,... -
Farewell Falcon: Ford Australia To Cease All Car Production By 2016
Posted on May 22, 2013 | 28 CommentsNo, we’re getting into industry news. But the Australian Falcon has a special place in our hearts. Not just because of its storied name, that it’s RWD, and the fact... -
Museum Classic: 1929 Auburn Cabin Speedster
Posted on May 22, 2013 | 7 CommentsOn my recent trip to Meadville, PA, about two hours north of Pittsburgh, for one of my nephew’s college graduations, I stopped off along the way to pay a... -
Cohort Wordless Outtake: Very Disparate Trucks
Posted on May 21, 2013 | 29 CommentsPosted at the Cohort by dman-x -
Cohort Classic: FMR Messerschmitt Kabinenroller – The Scooter With A Cabin
Posted on May 21, 2013 | 14 CommentsIt’s time for a little balance to all these big Amerkaner Strassenkreuzer. And what could be a better antidote than a Messerschmitt? Along with the BMW Isetta, they have become... -
Cohort Sighting: Cadillac Brougham On The Race Track (And A Note To The Cohort)
Posted on May 20, 2013 | 23 CommentsThis post started out as a note to the Cohort to let you know you have not been forgotten. There’s been a deluge of fantastic cars posted recently, and I... -
CC Outtake: 98 vs. Cube — What is Hip?
Posted on May 20, 2013 | 42 CommentsSomething about this juxtaposition tickles me. Maybe it’s the wild contrast between the design philosophies of GM in 1969 and Nissan in 2013; maybe it just hits home that hip... -
Curbside Classic: 1986 Cadillac Eldorado – A Swing And A Miss
Posted on May 20, 2013 | 100 CommentsI have freely admitted to liking pretty much every Cadillac ever built. That said, there are some Caddys even I have a hard time loving. Case in point: The 1986... -
Alfa Romeo Giulia Design Inspiration Discovered (And Vice Versa)
Posted on May 19, 2013 | 19 CommentsThere’s almost no such thing as a 100% original automotive design; stylists are perpetually recycling ideas, deliberately or unconsciously. But finding the connections takes a good eye, as CC’s own...
