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![In spring 1979, as GM rolled out its all-new, highly promising, supposedly revolutionary FWD X-body compacts, the editors of Car and Driver remembered that it had been almost exactly 10 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1979_05_CD_Corvair_lead-115x115.webp "Vintage C/D Editorial: The Chevrolet Corvair Gets A 10-Year Postmortem")
![In May 1968, Ford Motor Company announced that it would shortly offer an electronic anti-skid brake system to automatically prevent a car’s rear wheels from locking in a sudden stop. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1969-Lincoln-Continental-Mark-III-White-Raleigh-Classic-Car-Auctions-front-3q-right-insets-1-115x115.webp "1969–1979 Ford–Kelsey-Hayes Sure-Track Brake System: Detroit’s First Antilock Brakes")
![For many years, a whole range of common automotive features were technically optional on all but the most expensive Detroit cars, allowing automakers to advertise unrealistically low prices. Did anyone […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1961-Oldsmobile-Dynamic-88-4SD-Ebony-Black-Bring-a-Trailer-3-front-3q-left-inset-115x115.webp "1961 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88: Would You Pay $43,500 For A 3-Speed Stick-Shift Car With No Radio Or Outside Mirrors?")
![When was the last time you saw such a clean example of the ill-fated Chevrolet Citation? A big sales success in 1980 and 1981, the X-body Citation could easily have […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1981-Chevrolet-Citation-5HB-White-Bring-a-Trailer-2-front-3q-left-115x115.webp "1981 Chevrolet Citation 4-Speed Hatchback: A Well-Preserved Example Of GM’s Greatest Failure")
![In February 1949, Oldsmobile installed their new OHV V-8 engine in their smaller body shell, creating the legendary Rocket 88. They also offered the V-8 in a rare wood-bodied Series […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1949-Oldsmobile-88-4SW-Seafoam-Green-and-1990-Custom-Cruiser-Lt-Sapphire-Blue-Met-side-right-115x115.webp "1949 Oldsmobile 88 Station Wagon And 1990 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser: First And Last Wagons With The Olds Rocket V-8")
![Since the 1940s, the senior Oldsmobile 98 (often styled “Ninety-Eight”) had been nipping at Cadillac’s heels. Oldsmobile buyers got the same body shell and much if not all of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1981-Oldsmobile-98-Regency-Sandstone-Beige-and-Cadillac-Coupe-de-Ville-Sterling-Silver-115x115.webp "1981 Oldsmobile 98 Regency Vs. Coupe De Ville: Cadillac Had The Prestige, But The Olds Was The Better Car")
![The eternal question with GM brands is whether there was really a meaningful difference between them, and whether that difference was worth the differences in price. The early ’70s Chevrolet […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1972-Pontiac-Catalina-Cinnamon-Bronze-and-Chevrolet-Impala-Custom-Golden-Brown-front-3q-comp-115x115.webp "1972 Pontiac Catalina Hardtop Vs. Chevrolet Impala Custom Coupe: Battle Of The B-Bodies")
![Cadillacs of the 1970s offered a number of really wild upholstery options, but this one has to be one of the most eye-popping interiors ever seen in that decade of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1975-Cadillac-Eldorado-CP-Cerise-Firemist-Bring-a-Trailer-front-seat-right-115x115.webp "This Was The Loudest Of The Wild Upholstery Options On The 1975 Cadillac Eldorado – But The Others Gave It A Good Run For The Money")
![Some vehicles are appealing because they’re sexy, some because they’re craggy and rugged, and some because they look like toys. The rear-engine Corvair 95 trucks fall firmly in the latter […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1963-Chevrolet-Corvair-Rampside-95-Cardinal-Red-Cameo-White-RM-Sothebys-front-3q-right-banner-115x115.webp "1963 Chevrolet Corvair 95 Rampside Pickup: So Clever It Even Outsmarted Itself")
![The Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme was one of America’s most popular cars of the ’70s, and often the most popular automotive nameplate. A strong reputation and a handsome facelift kept the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1981-Oldsmobile-Cutlass-Supreme-2CP-Pastel-Sauterne-FSD-Hot-Rod-Ranch-front-3q-right-115x115.webp "1981 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Coupe: Still America’s Favorite Intermediate, But No Longer Supreme")
![For the past decade or so, the gas station/car wash down the the street from me has sometimes had a selection of unusual vehicles parked out front, apparently being held […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1969-Subaru-Sambar-orange-white-Bring-a-Trailer-front-3q-high-banner-1-115x115.webp "1969 Subaru Sambar Deluxe: This Cute Two-Cylinder Japanese Microvan Would Fit In Your Living Room")
![Long before it became an intermediate, the Buick Century was Buick’s hot rod, combining the shorter, smaller body of the entry-level Special with the bigger, more powerful engine from the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1955-Buick-Century-2HT-Cherokee-Red-Bring-a-Trailer-15-front-3q-left-inset-115x115.webp "1955 Buick Century Riviera Hardtop: One Of 1955’s Fastest Cars, With Rare 3-Speed Manual")
![If you’re passingly familiar with the Buick Regal Grand National of the ’80s, you probably remember two key points about those cars: They used the Buick turbocharged 3.8-liter V-6, and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1982-Buick-Regal-Grand-National-Charcoal-Hagerty-front-3q-left-high-115x115.webp "1982 Buick Regal Grand National: The Little-Known, Very Rare NON-TURBO Ancestor Of The Muscular GNX")
![By the time the 1978-vintage RWD Buick Regal reached the end of the line in 1987, the turbocharged Regal Grand National had become a serious muscle car — arguably the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1986-Buick-Regal-Grand-National-Black-Laguna-Classic-Cars-front-3q-left-high-115x115.webp "Vintage C/D Reviews: 1986 Buick Grand National And 1987 GNX: “Quicker Than A Lamborghini Countach”")
![Starting in the ’50s and continuing into the 1970s, many Detroit automakers offered optional dual exhaust systems, often for surprising little money. Though long favored by hot-rodders, dual exhausts never […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1957-Chevrolet-Bel-Air-2HT-Surf-Green-India-Ivory-Bring-a-Trailer-129-side-right-dual-exhaust-comp-1-115x115.webp "25 Horsepower For $30? Why Dual Exhausts Offered More Bang For The Buck Than Any Other Performance Option")
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