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![After a spectacular rise and equally dramatic fall in the 1950s, Buick reinvented its model lineup for the 1960s, dropping most of the familiar model names it had used since […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1960-Buick-Electra-225-4HT-Pearl-Fawn-West-Coast-Classics-front-3q-right.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Full-Size Buicks Of The 1960s: How Buick Reinvented Its Lineup Between 1959 And 1970")
![I spent a lot of time recently staring at this well-preserved 1974 Imperial LeBaron hardtop, wondering again why it didn’t sell. In most respects, Chrysler’s senior make was at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1974-Imperial-LeBaron-Crown-Coupe-Golden-Fawn-Bring-a-Trailer-front-3q-left-wide.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "1974 Imperial LeBaron Crown Coupe — A Chrysler By Any Other Name, It Sold Better As A New Yorker")
![Since 1959, all new cars sold in the U.S. have had window labels disclosing the manufacturer’s suggested retail prices and other information. Those labels are often called “Monroney stickers,” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1967-Cadillac-Eldorado-Bring-a-Trailer-19-window-sticker-crop.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Senator Monroney And His Stickers: How New Car Window Disclosure Labels Came To Be")
![Between the development of Synchro-Mesh (launched for 1929) and Hydra-Matic (launched for 1940), General Motors also developed a four-speed semi-automatic transmission, sometimes called the Automatic Safety Transmission, which was available […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1938-Buick-Model-40C-Phaeton-Titian-Maroon-Patrick-Emzen-RM-Auctions-front-3q-left.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Almost Automatic: SIA Drives A 1938 Buick With The Weird Semi-Automatic Ancestor of Hydra-Matic")
![When the Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon debuted for 1973, Oldsmobile proclaimed it “A new Olds in the grand touring tradition,” complete with a plaque full of national flags to signify […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1974-Oldsmobile-Cutlass-Salon-4SD-press-right.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage AMS Review: 1974 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon – “Could Be Taken Around Bends Remarkably Quickly”")
![In the 1970s, the Cadillac De Ville was not merely Cadillac’s cash cow, but a veritable thundering herd of cash buffalo, sold in enormous numbers at high prices. The […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1970-Cadillac-Coupe-de-Ville-Adriatic-Turquoise-Bring-a-Trailer-16-side.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Decade De Ville: Cadillac’s Bestselling ’70s De Villes")
![If you’re not very familiar with these oddball 1950s cars or haven’t seen an old Nash in a minute, I thought it would be fun to take a closer […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1956-Nash-Ambassador-Custom-4SD-tri-tone-Mecum-Auctions-S220-frotn-3q-left.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "1956 Nash Ambassador Custom Eight – Moribund But Memorable")
![There are lots of things to dislike about the American luxury cars of the ’70s, but you could never call them colorless: They offered a very wide range of interior […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Interior-color-montage-1979-De-Ville-1975-Mark-V-1978-Mark-V-Givenchy-1978-Eldorado.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Cadillac, Lincoln, And Imperial Interiors Of The 1970s: Almost Every Color Of The Rainbow")
![Well-engineered and surprisingly good to drive, Chrysler’s compact 1960 Valiant — which was a brand of its own and didn’t become a Plymouth in the U.S. until 1961 — […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1960-Valiant-V200-4SD-Valiant-White-ClassicCars.com-front-3q-right.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Review: 1960 Valiant — A Technical Analysis Of Chrysler’s New Compact")
![In the mid-’60s, Ford Motor Company studied the Jeep CJ-5 and International Scout and declared, “We can do that!” The result: the 1966 Ford Bronco, a boxy little SUV […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1966-Ford-Bronco-wagon-light-blue-Bring-a-Trailer-191-front-3q-left.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Review: 1966 Ford Bronco – Ford Joins The Compact 4X4 Market With A “West Of The Pecos Rodeo Aura”")
![In June 1960, CARS magazine presented their picks for the best cars available in the U.S. in each price segment, from compacts to luxury cars. They also presented their […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1960-Studebaker-Lark-8-convert-yellow-Mecum-Auctions-F197-side-left.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: CARS Magazine Asks “What Car Should You Buy?” For 1960")
![The full-size Oldsmobile line was all-new for 1965, with crisp new styling, a new engine, a new transmission, and a new mid-level trim series called Delta 88. Car Life […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1965-Oldsmobile-Dynamic-88-Delta-2HT-Lucerne-Mist-RD-Classics-CCA-front-3q-right.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Review: 1965 Oldsmobile Delta 88 — “The View Through GM-Colored Glasses”")
![I found an auction listing for this 1929 Cadillac Imperial limousine while looking for pictures for a different article, and while I only ended up using one photo of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1929-Cadillac-341B-7p-Imperial-Calumet-Blue-Teddy-Pieper-RM-Auctions-front-3q-right.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "1929 Cadillac 341B 7-Passenger Imperial Sedan – On The Brink Of Modernity, But It Still Took Nine Steps To Start The Engine")
![For 1980, Ford shifted its popular Lincoln Continental Mark personal luxury car to the smaller, more fuel-efficient Panther platform, only to watch in horror as sales of the new […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1980-Lincoln-Mark-VI-Maroon-Orlando-Classic-Cars-side-left.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "1980–1983 Lincoln Continental Mark VI – Lincoln Looks Backwards And Trips Over Its Own Feet")
![Before about 1930, most cars used unsynchronized sliding-gear manual transmissions, which were aptly nicknamed “crash boxes” because shifting without clashing gears took real skill. In 1929, however, Cadillac and LaSalle […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1929-Cadillac-341B-convertible-coupe-tan-Mecum-Auctions-front-3q-left.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "1929 Cadillac/LaSalle Synchro-Mesh Transmission – “Shifting Is Made Simple And Clashing Of Gears Is Ended”")
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