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- Born and raised in New Orleans and a lifelong car nut (his mom swears his first word was "car"), George lives in the Chicago suburbs with his wife and two teenagers, a 16-year-old daughter with her brand new driver's license and a 13-year-old son who is just as car crazy as his dad.
![The Buick Wildcat had established itself as Buick’s big performance car of the sixties. It had been available with a hot dual quad V8 and four speed floor shift, although […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/471579.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Road Test Magazine Review: 1971 Buick Centurion – A Mild Cat Replaces The Wildcat")
![General Motors was the undisputed U.S. market leader as the 1957 model year got underway. In spite of a dominant 52% market share, GM wasn’t content to rest on its […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/tumblr_oi7h80nxQ91qcdxvpo1_1280.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: Motor Trend’s 1957 New Car Issue – General Motors")
![Ford Motor Company enjoyed a good year for 1957. The Ford Division introduced thoroughly revamped cars throughout its line-up, and even offered supercharging for the first time ever as an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/32893411947_8fb364e6f7_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: Motor Trend’s 1957 New Car Issue – Ford Motor Company")
![Without question, the stars of the 1957 season came from Chrysler Corporation. Virgil Exner’s stunning designs simply clobbered everything else on the market. For buyers seeking newness, glamour and the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/49515419723_6b6f450a94_h.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: Motor Trend’s 1957 New Car Issue – Chrysler Corporation")
![Ferruccio Lamborghini founded his namesake company in 1963 to challenge Ferrari’s dominance in GT and high performance sports cars. The Italian industrial magnate (known for building tractors prior to founding […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/CD0366LamborghiniImage-copy.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: Lamborghini 350 GT – Car and Driver Assesses A Ferrari Challenger")
![(first posted 4/25/2016) In the early 1970s, Volvo really started hitting its stride in the U.S. market. In addition to the brand’s burgeoning reputation for safety, the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/RT0471Volvo142EMainImage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Road Test: 1971 Volvo 142E Automatic – Road Test Magazine Summarizes A Solid Swede")
![(first posted 11/18/2015) In the late 1970s, Lincoln-Mercury tried to build upon the success of the Cougar by marketing their entire Mercury brand as being from “The Sign […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1979-Lincoln-Mercury-01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1979 Mercury Marquis – Less Fat At The Sign Of The Cat")
![(first posted 4/24/2016) As Triumph descended into British Leyland Hell in the late 1960s, its product development became convoluted to say the least. One result was the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/RT0471TriumphStagMainImage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1971 Triumph Stag – Road Test Magazine Tries To Understand An Odd Buck")
![(first posted 10/4/2016) As part of the 1987 domestic new car issue, Car and Driver also served up “Short Take” reviews on new and/or updated products. Read […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CD1086DomesticMainImage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Reviews: Car And Driver 1987 New Car Issues – Short Take Reviews For Domestics")
![(first posted 2/19/2016) As the dawn of a new decade began, Chevrolet fielded its final update of the landmark 1965 design. Unlike earlier iterations, this Impala […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/RTImpalaImage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1970 Chevrolet Impala Custom Coupe – Leaving Super Sports And The Sixties Behind, Especially In The Curves")
![(first posted 2/28/2019) You think they would have learned. After serving up slow-selling Native American-themed “Designer Interiors” for select 1979 Cutlass models, Oldsmobile tried again for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/80-Olds-Renaissance-Main-Image.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Vintage: 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham Designer Interior – Renaissance!")
![(first posted 2/21/2019) “Mojave”: That was the name Oldsmobile bestowed on the rather shocking interior trim pictured above. It was one of two Native American-themed “Designer Interiors” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Mojave-Main-Image.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Vintage: 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Designer Interiors – Going Native (American)")
![(first posted 1/24/2019) One of the biggest U.S. automotive market trends in the late 1950s was the increased interest in more manageably-sized, economical cars and Motor Trend […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Main-Image-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Article: Motor Trend’s 1959 World Cars Issue – Compact And Economy Cars")
![(first posted 1/23/2019) Today’s featured categories from Motor Trend‘s 1959 World Show issue represented the stuff of dreams: Sports Cars and GT cars. What they gave up […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Main-Image.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Article: Motor Trend’s 1959 World Cars Issue – Grand Touring And Sports Cars")
![(first posted 1/21/2019) This week, let’s spin the clock back 60 years and check out the January 1959 issue of Motor Trend, which they dubbed their “World Show […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/MT0159-Front-Cover-Main-Image.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Article: Motor Trend’s 1959 World Cars Issue – New Features Overview And Plenty Of Ads")
