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![(Updated 10/16/2025) Here is an idea for a little game. Walk into ten separate social gatherings. Mention to everyone there that you drive an Isuzu Oasis. Then watch the blank […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1996IsuzuOasis061.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1996 Isuzu Oasis: A Full Serving Of Honda, But With None of the Appeal!")
![(Updated 10/10/2025) By now, it seems that Volkswagen has tried almost everything to find success in the American market. The original VW (which we covered HERE) was a true “People’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/1987VWFox011.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1987 Volkswagen Fox – This German Fox Has A Brazilian Accent")
![(Updated 10/9/2025) In the mid 1990s, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan described an economic situation in which investors were extremely active in the financial markets even though common sense would […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/1962StudeGTHawk03-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1962 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk – Irrational Exuberance")
![I have started looking through some of my oldest pictures, deciding that some of these cars should no longer be forced to wait in the purgatory that is my photo […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1970Bronco07Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1970 Ford Bronco – The Dick Clark Of SUVs?")
![This never-ending car show that is Curbside Classic has generated a fabulous car collection for me. A collection of the best kind — one that exists purely electronically. I once […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1991-Ford-Country-Squire-01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1991 Ford LTD Country Squire – Falling Out Of Love")
![Average. Nobody likes average today. People today want special. They want unique. They don’t want coffee, they want something at Starbucks that takes as long to say as it takes […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1979-Olds-88-01-Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale – Mr. Average Makes A Final Appearance")
![What’s this? Another Maverick? Haven’t we covered these to death here at CC? Let us answer your questions, rude though they may be: Huh, Yes, and Kind Of. That last […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1975-Ford-Maverick-LDO-07-small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1975 Ford Maverick LDO: The Luxury Maverick – Let’s Drive Opulently")
![Some time ago, I took a spin in my imaginary time machine to go back to a Packard dealer of 1958. Today we do not need the time machine because […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1966-Dodge-D100-01-Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Dodge D100 Pickup Truck – New Old Stock?")
![There is a nearby restaurant/bar that serves up a weekly steak special, and Mrs. JPC and I are found there from time to time. Steak night is always a busy […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1970-Chevrolet-Camaro-09-Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 Chevrolet Camaro RS – A Fresh Look")
![The 1951-53 Kaiser may be the most forgotten sedan from that period of time. Which is a shame, because this car may be one of the most stunning and dramatic […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/1953Kaiser011.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1953 Kaiser Manhattan – A Classic Lost To Time?")
![In perusing the Cohort I came across these shots by Robadr of this big bruiser of a convertible. It called to me. I have answered. And yes, we all know […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1972FordLTDConvertible04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Banana-Yellow Classic: 1972 Ford LTD Convertible By The Curbside")
![Who hasn’t yearned for the wide open views of a convertible paired with the weather-tight safety and security of a hardtop? When the Ford Motor Company offered us both in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1954MonarchLucerneSunValley05.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1954 Monarch Lucerne Sun Valley: Canada’s See-Through Roof Curiosity – Canadian Bakin’")
![(first posted 9/13/2012) For years, the pickup truck has been the best-selling vehicle type in the U.S. Even before that, pickups could be found across the country in the service […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1930FordTruck05.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1930 Ford Model A Pickup – The Modern Pickup is Born?")
![It is well known hereabouts that I suffer from a fetish – I just cannot get enough of the 1964 Studebaker. In the company’s last burst of creativity it got […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1964-Studebaker-Daytona-Convertible-13.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1964 Studebaker Daytona Convertible: A Rare Drop-Top Classic – Studebaker’s Last Gasp Of Fresh Air")
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