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- My name is Nigel Tate (formerly known by the punny pseudonyms of "Mr. Edward Mann", "Mr, E, Mann", or "Ed Les Mann"). I live in the boring suburbs of the decidedly exciting Flint, MI.
![In the late 1940’s, Henry J. Kaiser had an idea. This idea was to create a car for the “less affluent”; those that usually could only afford a used car. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_1477-e1451097495648.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic – 1952-54 Sears Allstate: The American Dream, As Sold Through A Sears Store")
![Transcripts from an imaginary boardroom meeting at Daimler-Benz AG World Headquarters, Stuttgart, Germany, late 1990: CEO: “Gentlemen, we have a crisis. The new Japanese luxury marques are killing our sales, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image29-e1427046170264.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Mercedes W210 – Mercedes’ Deadly Sin #2: Hubris")
![When Mercedes introduced the W124 E class to the world in 1985, it was released to much acclaim. It was the successor to the beloved W123, long known as one […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image32-e1427460337743.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: Mercedes W124 E Class – Das Beste Oder Nicht")
![When the MN-12 Cougars and Thunderbirds were unveiled in 1988, they were considered a breath of fresh European air that was going to inject new life into the declining personal […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cougar Day Classic: 1994-95 Mercury Cougar XR-7 Special Edition – The Downfall Of The American Dream, American Exceptionalism, And The Personal Luxury Car")
![Yes curbivores, I have a major confession to admit to you. I love donks. That’s right, I, CC’s resident eccentric, love donks. I’m almost ashamed to admit it, but I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/image21.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Confession: Coming Out – Confessions Of A Donk Fanboi")
![The Chrysler Valiant Charger could easily be considered the Australian equivalent of the AMC Javelin (sold in Australia and NZ as the Rambler Javelin). Both had a small, albeit irrepressible […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/image1-e1390271708908.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Capsule: Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T Clone – The Australian AMC Javelin")
![The grey market was a strange creature. During the late seventies and eighties, a raft of European cars not officially offered for sale in the US began appearing on our […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mercedes-benz_380sec_1-e1388817426165.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1985 Citroen CX 25 GTi Series 2 – Blue Is A Warmer Color Than Grey")
![This car, the infamous 1953-54 Hudson Jet, is one of the most reviled cars in history. Just like GM’s many Deadly Sins, this car hammered many nails into the coffin […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_1455-e1383007965521.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1954 Hudson Jet – A Torpedo In A Plain Beige Wrapper (Or Hudson’s Deadly Sin #1)")
![My QOTD for today is: What car owned by a relative did you lust after? For me, the answer is my aunt’s 1997 Dodge Intrepid ES, similar to the one […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/image.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: Which Relative’s Car Did You Covet?")
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