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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.
![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/2016/09/MT0157FoMoCoMainImageTbird.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Reviews: Motor Trend’s 1957 New Car Issue – Ford Motor Company")
![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/2016/09/MT0157GMmain-image.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Reviews: Motor Trend’s 1957 New Car Issue – General Motors")
![With Labor Day 2016 in our rear view mirrors and summer slipping into fall, ’tis the season for transitions. While the end of long, lazy days and the threat of colder […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CoverCollage.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Reviews: Buff Book New Car Model Year Issues – Let’s Look Back To The Sevens")
![Although Mercedes-Benz was a pioneer and world leader in automotive diesels, starting with their 260D in 1936, Peugeot was also an early advocate of diesel power and sold a good number […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/504Dcutaway.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1974 Peugeot 504D – Doctor Diesel’s Pug Patient")
![504 is the area code needed to reach New Orleans. Based on my childhood recollections, 504 was also the number Peugeot used effectively to reach New Orleans import car buyers. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/CD0170Peugeot504mainimage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Reviews: 1970 and 1971 Peugeot 504 – Dialing The Right Number For New Orleans")
![While in-your-face high performance variants of pickup trucks are nothing new today, in the late 1980s it was still a decidedly novel concept. So when legendary performance tuner Carroll Shelby […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/CD0789ShelbyMainImage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1989 Shelby Dakota – The Snake Charmer Takes On A Truck")
![No, this image is not a mutant asparagus tip. It’s the budding (pun intended) of a new luxury car brand–get it? The harsh reality was that many people didn’t “get it” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Infinitspread.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad Outtake: 1990 Infiniti Versus 1990 Lexus – Two Very Different Ways To Tease Japanese Luxury")
![Isuzu Motors Ltd. was in rough shape in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Japanese maker of heavy duty commercial vehicles, with a side foray in passenger cars, was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/RT0471IsuzuMainImage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1971 Isuzu 117 Coupe – Road Test Magazine Showcases Isuzu’s First Italian Impulse")
![Paul recently had the chance to experience firsthand one of the smallest cars ever to be imported to the U.S. from Japan, the Subaru 360. It was a miserable flop […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Subaru-R-2.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Article: 1971 Japanese Minicars – Road Test Gives An Overview Of Kei Cars")
![Pick up any buff book today, and odds are there will be some gushing praise for a “Hypercar” (the new name to denote over-the-top expensive sports cars), and more often […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/RT0366FerrariImage-copy.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Article: Ferrari – Road Test Magazine Deflates The Dream")
![In the 1960s, Rolls-Royce occupied an exalted position at the absolute top of the car market, though much of that reputation was based on archaic but impeccably built machines featuring […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/CD0366RRSilverShadowImage-copy.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: Rolls Royce Silver Shadow – Car And Driver Checks Out The Updated Grand Dame Of British Motorcars")
![With the Toronado, Oldsmobile had engineered a complex front-wheel-drive car that raised eyebrows among enthusiasts who wondered how well it would handle. To show that Olds did indeed know and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/CD0366ToronadoImage-copy.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado – Car And Driver Heads To Pikes Peak With The Newest From Olds")
![The 1971 model year was momentous in many ways, not the least of which was Ford and Chevrolet’s vow to once again “kick the imports back across the ocean.” But […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/RTToyota1971Cover.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Reviews: The 1971 Toyota Corona, Corolla And Celica – Toyota Moves The Target")
![One of the central parts of Toyota’s lasting success is its methodical approach to business. The company studies markets, seeks to understand fundamental consumer needs and carefully examines competitors’ products […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Corona-Assembly.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: Toyota Motor Company 1968 – Methodically Building Business")
![After their much-ballyhooed push into the “small car” market for 1960, the U.S. Big Three rather quickly returned to their old ways as their “economy” offerings, never actually that petite […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/RTCorona0569cover.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Reviews: 1966 – 1970 Toyota Corona – Bullseye!")
