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Curbside Classics Archives
Automotive Histories Archive
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![(first posted 1/16/2018) Chrysler has a rich history of special editions and limited-run models, many of which I’ve covered in Part One, Part Two and Part Three of this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1982-imperial-fs.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Most Obscure Special Editions And Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Mopar Edition, Part IV")
The Most Obscure Special Editions And Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Mopar Edition, Part IV
Posted on January 16, 2024 | 79 Comments(first posted 1/16/2018) Chrysler has a rich history of special editions and limited-run models, many of which I’ve covered in Part One, Part Two and Part Three of this […] -
![(first posted 1/9/2018) (Read Part 1 here) Since GM’s bankruptcy restructuring, the number of brands in its menagerie has shrunk dramatically. Hummer, Saab and Saturn […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/wallpapers_hummer_h3_2008_8_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Top 10 Most Obscure Special Editions And Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Other GM Brands Edition, Part II")
Top 10 Most Obscure Special Editions And Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Other GM Brands Edition, Part II
Posted on January 9, 2024 | 42 Comments(first posted 1/9/2018) (Read Part 1 here) Since GM’s bankruptcy restructuring, the number of brands in its menagerie has shrunk dramatically. Hummer, Saab and Saturn […] -
![Can I interest you in a 1961 Falcon with 50% more weight, 25% less power, and 100% more fluff? (first posted 12/27/2017) I admit to having had […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ford-granada-1975-ad-4-door-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History/Vintage Review: 1975 Ford Granada Wins “The Most Malaise Car Ever” Award – A Triumph of (Imitative) Style Over Substance")
Automotive History/Vintage Review: 1975 Ford Granada Wins “The Most Malaise Car Ever” Award – A Triumph of (Imitative) Style Over Substance
Posted on January 3, 2024 | 216 CommentsCan I interest you in a 1961 Falcon with 50% more weight, 25% less power, and 100% more fluff? (first posted 12/27/2017) I admit to having had […] -
![(first posted 1/2/2018) This is a follow-up to this article from, umm, February 2016. Uhh, sorry about the delay there. One of my New Year’s resolutions was to finish this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1980-oldsmobile-toronado-xsc.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Top 10 Obscure Special Editions and Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Oldsmobile Edition, Part II")
Top 10 Obscure Special Editions and Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Oldsmobile Edition, Part II
Posted on January 2, 2024 | 34 Comments(first posted 1/2/2018) This is a follow-up to this article from, umm, February 2016. Uhh, sorry about the delay there. One of my New Year’s resolutions was to finish this […] -
![Do you remember life before cupholders? Several decades ago, bringing a drink in a moving car was a risky endeavor – not so today. But before cupholders became a prosaic […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Cupholders-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC’s Best of 2023: Automotive History: Hold My Drink! The Story Of When Cupholders Became Good")
CC’s Best of 2023: Automotive History: Hold My Drink! The Story Of When Cupholders Became Good
Posted on December 25, 2023 | 83 CommentsDo you remember life before cupholders? Several decades ago, bringing a drink in a moving car was a risky endeavor – not so today. But before cupholders became a prosaic […] -
![(first posted 12/18/2017) Historical pieces on the Cadillac Catera often focus on its cringe-inducing advertising campaign, its myriad reliability issues and its overall failure in the marketplace. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cadillac-catera-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC/Automotive Histories: 1995 Buick XP-2000 & 1997-2001 Cadillac Catera – The Story Of A Buick Holden And A Cadillac Opel")
CC/Automotive Histories: 1995 Buick XP-2000 & 1997-2001 Cadillac Catera – The Story Of A Buick Holden And A Cadillac Opel
Posted on December 18, 2023 | 82 Comments(first posted 12/18/2017) Historical pieces on the Cadillac Catera often focus on its cringe-inducing advertising campaign, its myriad reliability issues and its overall failure in the marketplace. […] -
![(first posted 12/9/2017) Sometimes, great engines are applauded and commended from day one, like the small block chevy engine. But other times they are equally as good, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/EA827-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Engine History: Audi’s (and VW) EA827 Engine – The Inline Four That Could!")
Engine History: Audi’s (and VW) EA827 Engine – The Inline Four That Could!
Posted on December 10, 2023 | 39 Comments(first posted 12/9/2017) Sometimes, great engines are applauded and commended from day one, like the small block chevy engine. But other times they are equally as good, […] -
![1961 Chrysler Newport with standard 3-speed floor shift (first posted 12/9/2017) As a rather curious corollary to Chrysler’s very space-age push-button automatic, whose demise was covered here by […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Chrysler-1961-3-sp-floor.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The Mysterious Appearance of Floor Shifters for 1961-1964 Chrysler Three-Speed Manual Transmissions")
Automotive History: The Mysterious Appearance of Floor Shifters for 1961-1964 Chrysler Three-Speed Manual Transmissions
Posted on December 9, 2023 | 59 Comments1961 Chrysler Newport with standard 3-speed floor shift (first posted 12/9/2017) As a rather curious corollary to Chrysler’s very space-age push-button automatic, whose demise was covered here by […] -
![(first posted 12/8/2017) The sudden disappearance of the pushbutton transmission on Chrysler Corporation vehicles at the end of the 1964 model year has resulted in a lot of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/MoparButtons02-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Chrysler Pushbutton Automatic – A Government Conspiracy?")
Automotive History: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Chrysler Pushbutton Automatic – A Government Conspiracy?
Posted on December 8, 2023 | 202 Comments(first posted 12/8/2017) The sudden disappearance of the pushbutton transmission on Chrysler Corporation vehicles at the end of the 1964 model year has resulted in a lot of […] -
![Once upon a long duration of time, these Chrysler B-body twins of the Dodge Monaco and Plymouth Fury were seemingly everywhere in movies and television being subjected to all manner […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Monaco-lead-pic.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: A Salute To The 1977 and 1978 Dodge Monaco (And Plymouth Fury) – The Most Abused Car In Entertainment History?")
Automotive History: A Salute To The 1977 and 1978 Dodge Monaco (And Plymouth Fury) – The Most Abused Car In Entertainment History?
Posted on December 6, 2023 | 69 CommentsOnce upon a long duration of time, these Chrysler B-body twins of the Dodge Monaco and Plymouth Fury were seemingly everywhere in movies and television being subjected to all manner […] -
![(first posted 12/4/2017. revised 12/3/2023) The fact that the downsized and unusually-styled 1962 Plymouth and Dodge were a blunder is indisputable, in terms of their failure on the market. But […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ffffv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Brilliant Blunder: 1962 Plymouth & Dodge – The Real Reason They Were Downsized")
Brilliant Blunder: 1962 Plymouth & Dodge – The Real Reason They Were Downsized
Posted on December 4, 2023 | 180 Comments(first posted 12/4/2017. revised 12/3/2023) The fact that the downsized and unusually-styled 1962 Plymouth and Dodge were a blunder is indisputable, in terms of their failure on the market. But […] -
![(first posted 12/2/2017) Italy, Summer 1981. My father is hustling his brother’s black Mercedes-Benz 220 S heckflosse along the autostrada at speed. Inside the car it’s three children […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/orangecrash.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive & Design History: Mercedes-Benz W110/111/112 Fintails – Béla Barényi And The Elusive Pluckenheckflosse")
Automotive & Design History: Mercedes-Benz W110/111/112 Fintails – Béla Barényi And The Elusive Pluckenheckflosse
Posted on December 2, 2023 | 101 Comments(first posted 12/2/2017) Italy, Summer 1981. My father is hustling his brother’s black Mercedes-Benz 220 S heckflosse along the autostrada at speed. Inside the car it’s three children […] -
![(first posted 12/1/2013) Alfa has always been known and loved for their engines as well as all the rest of their seductive qualities. Perhaps even more so than the others, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/CC-124-070-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Engine History: Alfa Romeo Twin Cam Four – A Pioneer, And As Beautiful As The Cars It Powered")
Engine History: Alfa Romeo Twin Cam Four – A Pioneer, And As Beautiful As The Cars It Powered
Posted on December 1, 2023 | 60 Comments(first posted 12/1/2013) Alfa has always been known and loved for their engines as well as all the rest of their seductive qualities. Perhaps even more so than the others, […] -
![(first posted 12/18/2013) Imagine lifting the hood of a 1967 Cadillac, and seeing this alloy SOHC V12 nestled there. It’s hardly a far-fetched notion. In the mid sixties, Cadillac came […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/CadV12_01_1000-450x387.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Engine History: The OHC V12 Engine That Cadillac Almost Built")
Engine History: The OHC V12 Engine That Cadillac Almost Built
Posted on November 28, 2023 | 102 Comments(first posted 12/18/2013) Imagine lifting the hood of a 1967 Cadillac, and seeing this alloy SOHC V12 nestled there. It’s hardly a far-fetched notion. In the mid sixties, Cadillac came […] -
![Fabco wide-track lettuce truck. With just a terse statement through P.R. Newswire, Livermore, California-based Fabco Automotive, one of the last vestiges of the San Francisco Bay Area’s proud automotive history, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_3415-1024x683.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Fabco Automotive, 1918-2017: A San Francisco Bay Area Automotive Legend")
Fabco Automotive, 1918-2017: A San Francisco Bay Area Automotive Legend
Posted on November 25, 2023 | 67 CommentsFabco wide-track lettuce truck. With just a terse statement through P.R. Newswire, Livermore, California-based Fabco Automotive, one of the last vestiges of the San Francisco Bay Area’s proud automotive history, […]
