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![After Paul posted his recent survey of the inflation-adjusted cost of a Cadillac Coupe de Ville over the years, I realized that CC had never run a history of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/1949-Cadillac-Coupe-de-Ville-Mecum-front-end.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "1949 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe de Ville – From Image Leader To Standard-Bearer For The U.S. Industry")
![The Volvo 200 Series ran for 19 years and 2.8 million cars, and many still consider it the definitive Volvo for its brick-like styling and sensible-shoes dependability. However, its […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/1979_volvo_242_coupe_15531297296de3ef250D8O6286.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "CC Tech: 1979 Volvo 242DL Lambda Sond – Volvo And Bosch Revolutionize Engine Technology")
![In the fall of 1978, Cadillac rolled out the model that would become one of its greatest all-time hits: the 1979 Cadillac Eldorado — newly downsized and a half-ton lighter, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CD1979-05-vignette.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage C/D Review: 1979 Cadillac Eldorado – A Brilliant False Dawn")
![Most fans of the Pontiac GTO have heard of the legendary Royal Bobcat tuning kit for Pontiac 389 and 421 engines. In the June 1963 Car Life, automotive writer […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/1964-Pontiac-Tempest-GTO-coupe-Royal-Bobcat-decal-Mecum.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "CC Tech: Pontiac Royal Bobcat Kit – “The Screwdriver Tune-Up” For Hot 389s And 421s")
![For 1965, the Corvette Sting Ray finally got disc brakes all around, providing the racy C2 Corvette with stronger, much more consistent stopping power. In April 1965, Motor Trend tested […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1965-04_MT_Corvette_Sting_Ray_Test_vignette.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage M/T Review: 1965 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray Convertible – A Walk On The Mild(er) Side")
![From 1968 through about 1979, the Cadillac Eldorado and Lincoln Continental Mark were at the top of the heap of American prestige cars. In July 1970, Motor Trend began what […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1970-Cadillac-Eldorado-and-Lincoln-Continental-Mark-III-front-view-composite.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage M/T Review: 1970 Cadillac Eldorado Vs. Lincoln Continental Mark III – “Take Me To Beverly Hills”")
![For modern enthusiasts and nostalgists, the popularity of postwar Chevrolet cars (and trucks) is so tied up with the SBC V-8 engine that it’s almost hard to believe that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1949-Chevrolet-Styleline-ClassicCars-front-3q.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "1949 Chevrolet Fleetline And Styleline – Seize The U.S.A. In Your Chevrolets")
![For 1986, Oldsmobile redesigned its FWD Toronado personal luxury coupe, hoping to expand its market with a trimmer, more efficient new model bristling with high-tech features. In August 1985, Car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Car-and-Driver-1985-08-cover-snippet-with-Toronados.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage C/D Review: 1986 Oldsmobile Toronado – A Downsized E-Body Begins Oldsmobile’s Downward Spiral")
![Chrysler claimed many advantages for its vaunted 1957 “Torsion-Aire” suspension, which featured torsion bar springs rather than coil springs in front. Over the years, the success of this suspension has […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1957-Plymouth-Torsion-Aire-brochure-excerpt.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "CC Tech: Riding On Torsion-Aire – Chrysler’s Famous 1957 Torsion Bar Suspension")
![What makes a luxury car? Is it size, power, gadgets, and prestige, or just a soft ride and a lofty price tag? Humorist Jean Shepherd and automotive iconoclast Brock Yates […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/1972-02_CD_Viewpoint_Ford_Thunderbird_Brock_Yates_Jean_Shepherd_sepia-joined.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage C/D Review: 1972 Ford Thunderbird – Jean Shepherd And Brock Yates Ask, “What Would Gatsby Do?”")
![A bob-tailed Cadillac? Strange but true: Between 1961 and 1963, Cadillac briefly offered short-deck versions of its four-door hardtop, aimed at owners who’d complained that the big cars were getting […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1963-Cadillac-Sedan-de-Ville-composite.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "1961–1963 Cadillac Town Sedan And Park Avenue Sedan De Ville – Cadillac’s Bob-Tailed Nags")
![In the early ’60s, Detroit had a brief flirtation with aluminum engines, but high costs, manufacturing problems, and warranty headaches soon drove automakers back to cast iron, taking advantage of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/1962-02_MT_Iron_Parts_Can_Be_Lighter.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Tech: Thinwall Iron Castings For Engines – Why Detroit Turned Away From Aluminum")
![Ford’s compact Cardinal never made it to America, but Ford of Germany managed to sell 680,206 units of the German Taunus 12M P4 version through 1966, plus a further […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/1968-Ford-15M-RS-front-3q-IMG_1155-e1736104988772.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC History: 1968 German Ford 15M RS (P6) – The Successor To Dearborn’s FWD Cardinal Dons Its Track Suit, But Prefers To Walk")
![The editors of Car Life hadn’t been very impressed with AMC’s previous stab at the sporty car market, the fastback Marlin, but the exciting new AMC Javelin promised to be […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/javelin-.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1968 AMC Javelin SST – Praising A “Dramatic And Successful Design Turnabout”")
![Long before he appeared on big screens played by Samuel L. Jackson, Nick Fury was a stalwart of Marvel comic books, the cigar-smoking head of one of those acronymic spy […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Strange-Tales-135-05-p-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Newsstand Classic: The Cars Of Nick Fury, Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Sixties Supercars By Kirby And Steranko")
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