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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.
![(first posted 11/17/2015) One of Ford’s claims to fame was being the first to mass-produce the station wagon in 1929, and from there the body style developed into an important […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ty6.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1979 Ford Country Squire – The Wagonmaster Goes To Weight Watchers")
![(first posted 11/16/2015) While GM had fully embraced downsizing their cars as a core business strategy, Ford seemed to be more reluctant in adapting to the changing landscape. The Blue […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/rtgf.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1979 Ford LTD – Corpulence Condensed")
![(first posted 11/13/2015) Jason’s post this week on his drive in a pristine 1958 Impala gave a fantastic firsthand perspective of how the car feels and performs, along with the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/wdsc.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1958 Chevrolet Impala And Bel Air – Motor Trend Details The Design And Goes For A Drive")
![(first posted 11/11/2015) In the August 1971 issue of Road Test Magazine, the editors chose two American full size cars to review. On Monday, we took a look at the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/djgb.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1971 AMC Ambassador SST – Road Test Magazine Evaluates AMC’s Biggest Sedan")
![(first posted 10/23/2015) So much for Back to the Future Day, October 21, 2015. The Cubs certainly didn’t win the World Series this year, as I so painfully observed over […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/kfhgs.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1981 DeLorean – The Future Didn’t Quite Turn Out As Planned")
![(first posted 10/17/2015) In his write-up on the 1968 Plymouth Barracuda Formula 340 S, Paul indicated that there might be a vintage review available. In fact, between the 1967 launch […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/jhn.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: Car and Driver Compares The Hot 1968 Pony Cars – Which Is The Hottest Of Them All?")
![(first posted 10/16/2015) Though the downsized Caprice/Impala had been an enormous success since being introduced in 1977, market conditions were changing quickly as the 1970s came to a close. In […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/c643be335b9a5db461e74f37591e6ce5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1980 Chevrolet Caprice – The Times They Are A-Changin’")
![(first posted 10/13/2015) Throughout the years, Motor Trend’s Car of the Year Award has had a mixed track record. With hindsight, some of their selections turned out to be […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/jgnb.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Feature: 1977 Chevrolet Caprice – Motor Trend Car Of The Year")
![(first posted 10/14/2015) I am always fascinated by the design development for car programs. Seeing the options, the decisions made, the struggle to develop a vehicle that meets engineering […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/djh.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Reviews: 1977 Chevrolet Caprice – Downsized By Design")
![Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the full size Chevrolet had ranked at the top of the charts in the U.S. sales race, typically earning the top spot most years. So […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Chevrolet-1977-coupe.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Reviews: 1977 Chevrolet Caprice – A Whole New Ball Game")
![(first posted 9/26/2015) As chronicled on the pages of Car and Driver, arguably America’s most irreverent and entertaining car magazine in the late 1970s, a few short years saw the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/cover.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1976 C/D Cadillac Seville GT – How To Build A Mercedes-Killer")
![When you think of a second generation Pontiac Firebird, the image that probably comes to mind is a Trans Am. While that model certainly did become popular during the lengthy […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/RT0673-Firebird-main-image.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Reviews: 1973 Pontiac Firebird Esprit – Trans Am Not")
![In May 1971, Motor Trend was deliberately provocative with an article comparing the best-selling product from General Motors’ prestige division with the prestige product from the company’s best selling division. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Chevrollac-Main-Image.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Comparison Test: 1971 Cadillac DeVille versus 1971 Chevy Caprice – Rise of the Chevrollac")
![Motor Trend classified the core of the American car market as “Family Cars” in 1959, and they certainly represented the bulk of sales. The Big Three dominated with their large […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/MT0159-Family-Cars-Main-Image.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Article: Motor Trend’s 1959 World Cars Issue – Family Cars And Luxury Cars")
![S-Class—this series name has long denoted the flagship models from Mercedes-Benz. Some of the best cars to ever wear the 3-pointed star have been a part of the S-Class line-up, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/S-Class-main-image.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: What Is Your Favorite Generation Mercedes-Benz S-Class?")
