![Our minds are often drawn to extremes. When thinking of 1970s cars, we tend to think of either tinny econoboxes or bulbous broughams. This car was neither – and it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/a-regal-115x115.webp "1978 Buick Regal: The Extreme Moderate")
![I enjoy when friends and family send me photos of old cars found in everyday settings, and it’s hard to top this one. Not only is this a Studebaker, but […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/1960-Studebaker-Lark-LF-115x115.jpg "1960 Studebaker Lark VI Two-Door Station Wagon: Not Your Typical Walmart Run")
![A luxury Chevrolet. To many people in the 1960s, that could have been considered an oxymoron. Chevrolet sedans were supposed to be economical and practical. For buyers who sought cars […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Caprice-Ads-Main-Image-115x115.jpg "1965-69 Chevrolet Caprice Ads: How To Sell A Luxury Chevy")
![Welcome to Curbside Cafe; may I take your order? Yes, I’d like an obscure 1950s pickup and one of those futile Cadillac two-seaters from ten years ago. You mean an […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/International-Cadillac-a.jpg "Curbside Comparison: International S-120 and Cadillac XLR – Do Those Go Well Together?")
![(Updated 11/5/2025) The terms “General Motors” and “Innovation” aren’t often used together when referring to the 1980s. Successes were rare for GM during this period, and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Ad-1983-Delco-GM-Bose-1a-Featured-Image.jpg "The Delco-GM/Bose Sound System: GM’s Greatest Hit Of The 1980s")
![Old cars parked at the curb have become increasingly rare here in Northern Virginia, so I hit the jackpot when I came across this 1966 Pontiac Bonneville and 1969 Ford […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bonneville-F250-1-115x115.jpg "1966 Pontiac Bonneville And 1969 Ford F250: An Unlikely Pair of Time Travelers – Suddenly It’s 1969!")
![(Updated 10/12/2025) If there were a prize for cars that have gone from Being Everywhere to Being Nearly Extinct, GM’s N body may win first place. Not […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Calais-1.jpg "In Motion Classic: 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais – And The Survivor’s Prize Goes To…")
![This may well be Curbside Classic’s most reviled car. Debuting at a crucial time for General Motors and for domestic manufacturers in general, the Seville bombed. Sales fell 50% after […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/L-1.jpg "1987 Cadillac Seville – Somebody Loves Me")
![Checker promotional materials were usually low-budget, no-nonsense affairs. This 1964 brochure of non-taxi Checkers, with its high-quality, colorful illustrations, struck a different tone. No black-and-white car photos cut out and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Brochure-1964-Checker-1-Featured-115x115.jpg "1964 Checker Brochure: A Delightful Artistic Rendition Of Checkerland")
![(first posted 9/5/2019) During the 1980s, one of Nissan’s advertising taglines was “Major Motion” — cheesy to be sure, but looking at the company’s products with hindsight, Nissan […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Four-Nissans.jpg "Curbside Finds: 1980s Nissans – Four Doses Of Major Motion")
![We’ve all gone through those awkward adolescent years when we didn’t quite look like kids, nor adults, but instead appeared to be a random collection of physical characteristics from both. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/LF.jpg "1981 Eagle SX/4: AMC’s Awkward 4WD Curiosity – Oddity Ahead Of Its Time?")
![I’m not in the habit of photographing 17-year-old Ford Expeditions, but when I saw this red-and-black example on a highway, I realized it was a special edition, so I took […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Ford-Expedition-Funkmaster-Flex-LR.jpg "2008 Ford Expedition Funkmaster Flex Edition – An Automotive Mixtape")
![Every region seemed to have a few car dealerships that held memorable promotions – many of which seem entertaining or even unfathomable today. In Northern Virginia during the 1960s, one […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Donkeys.jpg "“Win A Steer!” — The Ridiculous Ted Britt Ford Ads Of The 1960s")
![Some older cars can just make you smile, by virtue of styling cues from a bygone era, flashy chrome, vibrant colors, endearing quirkiness, or maybe all of those things. Some […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/In-Motion-1.jpg "In-Motion Classic: 1964 Ford Custom – Not Quite A Happy Face")
![At car shows, I’m often attracted to a few cars for no particular reason – and at a nearby show in June, this 1977 Cordoba was one such car. I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/LF-1.jpg "1977 Chrysler Cordoba – Still Attracting Attention")
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