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![The Continental Mark IV has become a polarizing car. On the one hand, it cemented Lincoln’s position as the king of 1970s luxury cars, or at least of American luxury […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1972LincContMkIV01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Lincoln Continental Mark IV – About Fathers, Sons and Cars")
![From the introduction of the 1969 Continental Mark III through the last 1979 Mark V, Lincoln absolutely owned the personal luxury market. Then came the 1980 Continental Mark VI. It […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/1983LincContMarkVI05.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1983 Lincoln Continental Mark VI – Missing the Mark")
![I suspect that I am not the only one here who, as a child, assigned personalities to cars. When I first began paying attention to cars I may not have […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1963-Ford-Falcon-03.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1963 Ford Falcon Futura – Friendly And Fast(ish) Fido")
![(First posted in 12/5/2011. Original links, follow-up on the story, and a general update added further down.) The Panther-platform Grand Marquis (and Crown Victoria) is/was an accidental car on so […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1989MercuryGrandMarquis09-crop1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989 Mercury Grand Marquis LS – Panthers Run In The Family")
![Chrysler Imperial. Doesn’t it just roll off the tongue? A little too well, for fans of the newer models. As the former owner of a 1964 Crown Coupe, I learned […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/1953ChryImperial12.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1953 Chrysler Imperial – Easing Back into the Luxury Game")
![(first posted 7/12/2013) Let’s start a list. Name the top 10 cars least likely to be found parked at a Sam’s Club in a small city in the Midwestern U.S. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/1971LamboEspada07.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Lamborghini Espada S2- An Exotic Blends In With the Locals")
![Could the 1941 Studebaker President be the most obscure car from the late pre-war years? It could very well be, which is a shame. While “Every Car Has A Story”, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1941StudebakerPresident07.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1941 Studebaker President Skyway Cruising Sedan – The Ex President")
![“Honey, does this make my rear end look too big?” This is a question that, when asked by his sweetheart, strikes fear into the heart of every male. The problem is that the question cannot […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1962PontiacStarChief01-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1962 Pontiac Star Chief – Does This Color Make My Butt Look Big?")
![For quite a few years, the Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors had a job to do. Its job was to recall the Division’s great bygone days as the company’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1986Pontiac6000STE10.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Pontiac 6000 STE – STE Means Short Term Excitement")
![It is by pure coincidence that this car comes on the heels of yesterday’s roundup of last editions of the big American convertibles. So let’s keep the theme rolling with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1970FordXL07.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 Ford XL Convertible – Going From XL To XX")
![(first posted 2/15/2019) The Buick LeSabre. Everyone knows what it is. Or at least was. It was the car that Buick brought forth to replace the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1986BuickLeSabreBlack06.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Buick LeSabre and LeSabre T-Type – The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde")
![(first posted 5/1/2014) To a certain degree, every new car purchase is a bit of a gamble. You put down your money and you make your choice. Sometimes you pick […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1973BuickLeSabre03.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 Buick LeSabre Custom – A Safe Bet")
![I have long been fascinated by automotive paint colors. In this era when automotive colors are so limited, it is fun to look back at the rainbow of choices that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1951-Frazer-Indian-Ceramic.avif "Automotive History: One-Year Colors – Kaiser-Frazer Edition")
![(first posted 2/1/2019) Let’s just get this out there. Camaros have never interested me. They did not interest me in 1967, they did not interest me in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1978ChevroletZ28Camaro03Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978 Chevrolet Camaro Z-28 – Wherein The Author Finds An Interesting Camaro")
![(first posted 3/3/2014) An integral part of the traveling circus was the advance man. The show business equivalent of John the Baptist, his job was to spread the word […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cc56Mercury006-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1956 Mercury Medalist – The Big M")
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