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![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?”")
![Take one full-size American near-luxury car, lop a foot off its overall length, subtract over 100 cubic inches of engine displacement, and raise the price by hundreds of dollars. It […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1977-Buick-Electra-Park-Avenue-4SD-Black-Bring-a-Trailer-2-side-right-115x115.webp "1977 Buick Electra Park Avenue: Buick’s Big Downsizing Gamble Pays Off Handsomely (But Oh, That Interior!)")
![1977 looked like Mercury’s year at last: While its GM rivals downsized, Lincoln-Mercury proclaimed, “We still build them like we used to,” and even invited buyers to compare the full-size […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1977-Mercury-Grand-Marquis-2HT-Light-Jade-Glow-Dark-Jade-Bring-a-Trailer-4-front-3q-left-115x115.webp "1977 Mercury Grand Marquis: Cadillac-Baiting Luxury In A Two-Tone Mercury Hardtop")
![With its flared fenders and sculpted hood, the flamboyant 1973–1977 Pontiac Grand Prix remains a love-it-or-hate-it design. It sold more than 856,000 cars in five years, but some Pontiac fans […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1973-Pontiac-Grand-Prix-Regatta-Blue-Bring-a-Trailer-7-front-3q-right-115x115.webp "1973 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ 455: The Most Desirable Colonnade Grand Prix, In A Soulful Shade of Blue")
![This compact tank, officially known in U.S service as the Light Tank M5A1, is a World War 2 veteran. It’s also a Cadillac: If you remove its rear engine covers, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1943-M5A1-light-tank-Bring-a-Trailer-4410170-front-3q-left-115x115.webp "This WW2 Tank Is Powered By Twin Cadillac Engines And Hydra-Matic Transmissions, And It Was Parked Down The Street")
![Since the mid-1990s, all gasoline sold in the U.S. has been required to contain detergent additives to control deposits on the intake valves and fuel injectors. Here’s how detergent gasoline […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Lubrizol-Ford-taxicab-test-showing-valves-with-and-without-detergent-660543-Fig-8-115x115.webp "Why Gasoline Has Detergent Additives, And Why More Detergent ISN’T Necessarily Better")
![Remember automatic seatbelts, those weird door-mounted or motorized belts some automakers adopted in the early 1990s to meet federal passive requirements more cheaply than airbags? The first manufacturer to offer […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Volkswagen-VWRA-illustration-115x115.webp "Volkswagen Automatic Seatbelt System: VW First Offered These Door-Mounted Passive Restraints Back In 1975")
![In its August 1967 test of a 4-speed 1967 Pontiac Firebird 400, Car Life magazine remarked that the Firebird didn’t really need the 4-speed transmission, and suggested that the standard […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1967-Pontiac-Firebird-CVT-Cameo-Ivory-Mecum-Auctions-T250-front-3q-left-shift-ball-inset-115x115.webp "Did The First-Gen Pontiac Firebird Really Need A 4-Speed Manual Transmission For Performance?")
![In 1978, Volkswagen of America opened a new factory in Pennsylvania to build the VW Rabbit (the North American version of the original Golf), and kicked off a questionable and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1979-Volkswagen-Rabbit-C-5HB-Whisper-Blue-Cascade-Motors-front-3q-right-115x115.webp "1979 Volkswagen Rabbit: VW Jumps The Shark With A Baby Blue Rabbit Made In the USA")
![If the 1950s were the age of chrome, the 1970s were the age of overpowering color coordination. Color-keyed interior and exterior trim wasn’t new for American cars, but ’70s Detroit […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1979-Ford-Thunderbird-Heritage-Edition-Light-Medium-Blue-and-Maroon-Orlando-Classic-Cars-stacked-115x115.webp "1979 Ford Thunderbird Heritage Edition: These Popular Special Edition T-Birds Took Color Coordination To Extremes")
![The Pontiac Firebird was a late introduction for 1967, but it attracted a lot of interest from the enthusiast press, especially the big-engine Firebird 400 and the Firebird Sprint, which […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1967-Pontiac-Firebird-Sprint-HT-Cameo-Ivory-Bring-a-Trailer-36-front-3q-left-with-banner-115x115.webp "1967 Pontiac Firebird Sprint OHC Versus Firebird 400 (Vintage Car Life Comparison): Overhead Cam Versus Cubic Inches")
![Cars have been the stars of many movies and TV shows over the years, but most of the ones we remember are from the action-adventure end of the spectrum, like […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Save-the-Tiger-18-38-standing-in-parking-lot-115x115.webp "Why The 1972 Lincoln Continental Was The Perfect Movie Costar In This Jack Lemmon Drama")
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