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![I’ve always thought it was a shame that GM never installed its clever Unitized Power Package front-wheel-drive powertrain in a full-size station wagon rather than just in personal luxury […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1975-Cadillac-Eldorado-el-Clasico-wagon-Mandarin-Orange-Bring-a-Trailer-18-front-3q-left-long-115x115.webp "1975 Cadillac Eldorado Wisco “El Clásico”: Station Wagon Conversion Of The FWD Eldorado")
![By 1977, nearly every Cadillac model had been downsized except the Eldorado, whose turn wouldn’t come until 1979. Dated, gargantuan, and gaudy, late second-generation FWD Eldorados like this low-mileage Colonial […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1978-Cadillac-Eldorado-Colonial-Yellow-Orlando-Classic-Cars-front-3q-right-low-115x115.webp "1978 Cadillac Eldorado: Triple-Yellow Behemoth, The Last Of The Really Big Cadillacs")
![This well-preserved two-door 1980 Oldsmobile Delta 88 would be a head-turner regardless of what was under the hood, but the hood ornament and decklid badge reveal that it’s a rare […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1980-Oldsmobile-Delta-88-Royale-CP-Dk-Green-Mecum-Auctions-F44-side-right-badge-inset-115x115.webp "1980 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Coupe With Diesel V-8: Disco-Era Diesel Survivor"){kind=icon}
![Plymouth joined the “bucket brigade” in 1962, but buyer interest in full-size cars with bucket seats turned out to be fleeting. By the early ’70s, buckets-and-console big cars had disappeared […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1973-Plymouth-Fury-Gran-Coupe-Honey-Gold-Hollywood-Motors-front-3q-left-wide-115x115.webp "1973 Plymouth Fury Gran Coupe: The Last C-Body Full-Size Plymouth With Bucket Seats")
![The second-generation Oldsmobile Toronado, offered from 1971 to 1978, has been much-criticized for its me-too styling, which shamelessly imitated the previous-generation Cadillac Eldorado. For 1977, Olds tried to shore up […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1978-Oldsmobile-Toronado-XS-Silver-and-1947-Studebaker-Commander-Regal-CP-green-side-left-115x115.webp "1978 Oldsmobile Toronado XS: Unusual Bent-Glass Special Edition Reinvents The 1947 Studebaker")
![When Pontiac introduced the first A-body Grand Am for 1973, they advertised it as a European-style GT, “a more-than-acceptable alternative to the costly imports.” Even Grand Am fans were skeptical […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1973-Pontiac-Grand-Am-CP-Cameo-White-Bring-a-Trailer-front-3q-left-4-speed-inset-115x115.webp "1973 Pontiac Grand Am 400-4V 4-Speed: Should This Have Been The 1973 GTO?")
![By the late ’70s, America’s love affair with hardtops was winding down. A few two-door hardtops would linger for a while longer, but the lineage of the American four-door pillarless […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1978-Chrysler-Newport-Tapestry-Red-and-New-Yorker-Brougham-Formal-Black-4HT-front-3q-right-115x115.webp "1978 Chrysler Newport And New Yorker Brougham: The Last American Four-Door Hardtops")
![Popular in Europe since the early ’30s, sunroofs didn’t really catch on in the U.S. until the 1970s, but that didn’t mean automakers didn’t periodically try. Way back in 1939, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1939-LaSalle-Series-50-2SD-Beaumont-Blue-RM-Sothebys-front-3q-with-inset-115x115.webp "Sunshine Turret Top: Buick, Cadillac, Oldsmobile, And Pontiac Offered This Ultra-Rare Pre-WW2 Sunroof Option")
![For 1974, the once-mighty Pontiac GTO had moved from the intermediate line to the compact Ventura coupe, but buyers who still craved a sporty midsize Pontiac were not completely out […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1974-Pontiac-LeMans-GT-Honduras-Maroon-Bring-a-Trailer-front-3q-left-115x115.webp "1974 Pontiac LeMans GT 350 4-Speed: The GTO’s Understudy Takes The Stage")
![This well-preserved example of the second generation of Oldsmobile’s big front-wheel-drive luxury coupe is an unusual car: a lightly equipped base-model Toronado that had only 92 miles when it sold […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1974-Oldsmobile-Toronado-Balsam-Green-Orlando-Classic-Cars-front-3q-left-115x115.webp "1974 Oldsmobile Toronado: Only 92 Miles And No Power Windows On This Triple-Green FWD Personal Luxury Coupe")
![If you’re not a Colonnade connoisseur, you may have forgotten that Pontiac ever offered the awkwardly named Grand LeMans at all. Originally intended to replace the Luxury LeMans, the Grand […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1976-Pontiac-Grand-LeMans-CP-and-SD-Cordovan-Maroon-merged-115x115.webp "1976 Pontiac Grand LeMans: The Forgotten Colonnade, With Two Doors Or Four")
![Most style-driven sporty or personal luxury models sell best in their first year and then gradually fade away, but the 1973–1977 Pontiac Grand Prix shone brightest in its final season. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1977-Pontiac-Grand-Prix-SJ-Firethorn-SJ-Cameo-White-base-Nautilus-Blue-Orlando-Classic-cars-115x115.webp "1977 Pontiac Grand Prix: The Final Colonnade Model Was America’s Favorite Grand Prix")
![The early ’80s were a grim time to be a Cadillac fan. Cadillac offered a range of different engine choices, none of them very desirable. The least-bad option was one […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1981-Cadillac-Coupe-de-Ville-red-McCurdy-Real-Estate-Auction-front-3q-right-hood-up-115x115.webp "1981–1982 Cadillacs With The Buick 4.1L V-6: The Safe But (Very) Slow Choice")
![Although the muscle car era had mostly wound down by the arrival of GM’s “Colonnade” A-body intermediates in 1973, there were still some people who coveted a new Pontiac GTO. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1973-Pontiac-LeMans-Sport-Coupe-orange-Bring-a-Trailer-front-3q-left-shifter-inset-115x115.webp "1973 Pontiac LeMans Sport Coupe: The Poor Man’s GTO, With A 3-Speed Manual Transmission")
![Mercury’s posh Marquis was one of the brand’s longest-lived nameplates, surviving (as the Grand Marquis) through 2011. It started here, with this little-seen top-of-the-line hardtop. Car Life tested the new […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1967-Mercury-Marquis-2HT-Inverness-Green-Mainly-Muscle-Cars-front-3q-right-banner-115x115.webp "Vintage Car Life Review: 1967 Mercury Marquis — “Has The American Public Gone Soft?”")
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