![The below Ford promotional video from 1982 comparing the Fairmont to its competitors from GM and Chrysler popped up on my Youtube feed recently – and boy, did it bring […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/fd1980fairmont2dsportcou14999699_1200-115x115.jpg "CC Video: 1982 Ford Fairmont, Chevrolet Citation, and Plymouth Reliant Comparison – Mucho Malaise")
![While doing a little motorcoach research, I came across this leviathan. I initially thought it was one of those massive arctic glacier tour buses, but discovered it’s something quite different. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/lauster_4-115x115.jpg "Military Classics: Lauster MF60 – Impressive Tank Towing Titan")
![Some time ago, we reviewed the Autotram Extra Grand, the longest bus currently in operation. That begs the question; what’s the shortest bus out there? Well, let’s refine our criteria […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Image03-1.jpg "Technobus Gulliver U520 – World’s Shortest Bus?")
![I’d like to think I’m a connoisseur of both Classic Cars and Classic TV, though the latter took a hit recently when I came across an early ’60s TV show […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1-1-1-115x115.webp "CC TV: 1961 Buick Special – Techno-Steed Of The Forgotten Show Shannon")
![(first posted 7/20/2019) We’ve looked at a number of buses our parents and grandparents could have toured Western Europe in during their vacations in the 1950’s and 60’s; […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/5046323679_70bf599dba_b-1-e1562559645985.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: 1961 – 74 Neoplan NH Series Intercity Coach – The “Hamburg”")
![Good ‘ole Flxible Clipper – intercity bus, entertainer traveling coach, mobile television studio control room, postal bus, civil defense vehicle, roadside diner … and we can’t forget mobile airship […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/goodyear-2-1-e1754271460432.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: 1947 Flxible Clipper Mobile Airship Mast – Blimp Catcher")
![North and South American CC readers are likely familiar with the products of Superior Coach Company – you may have ridden in a Superior school bus “back in the day.” […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/9336364397_b6573d55d6_z-e1751196594211.jpg "Bus Stop Classic Oddities: Superior Coach Company “Avenue”, “Supercruiser”, and “Pioneer FMC” Buses – Less Than Superior")
![(first posted 4/27/2019) This mid-1970s Nissan Caravan has been roaming our suburban Tokyo neighborhood for several years. The owner had parked it in different locations but appears to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMGP2862-1-e1555606105371.jpg "Curbside Outtake: 1973 – 80 Nissan Caravan (E20) – The Box the Toaster Came In")
![(first 6/8/2019) We reviewed the Flxible Clipper back in Feb 2016, but it’s such an iconic design, I thought it would be worth another look. Specifically, let’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1e817f44184d707de3364930cd30c776.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: 1938 – 67 Flxible Clipper – Do You Know Your Clipper?")
![As someone whose formative auto years were in the 1960’s, I’ve always been a fan of hidden headlights. While they haven’t completely disappeared, with the focus on aerodynamics, light weight, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fd511eb8b995c46354970f99a5e7446ce1663edf.webp "CC QOTD: What Make and Model Had the Most Attractive Hidden Headlights?")
![(first posted 5/11/2019) Flxible is mostly remembered for its classic Clipper models of the 1950’s, but it also built some other well-regarded intercity coaches. Starting in 1954 through […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Flxible-vistaliner-2-1-e1557628658562.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: Flxible VistaLiner (VL) 100, Hi-Level, and FlxLiner – The Last Ones From Loudonville")
![A while back we looked at the Yutorito Elevated Busway in the Japanese city of Nagoya. I recently came across another unique mass transportation system here, this one located on […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Toyota-Dual-Mode-Vehicle-blue-115x115.webp "2021 Toyota Coaster Dual-Mode-Vehicle (DMV) – Two Is Better Than One")
![(first posted 3/23/2019) While there were many “deck and a half” buses prior to the introduction of the General Motors PD 4501 Scenicruiser in 1954, it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/pegaso-z-403-02-1.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: 1951 – ’57 Pegaso Z-403 Monocasco Coach – Spanish Scenicrusier")
![In a post several months ago we mentioned how Marmon-Herrington dominated the trolleybus market in the post-war period in North America. But the manufacturers in that market prior to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/24095048_IMG_7631-min-e1742020261667.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: ACF-Brill, Pullman-Standard, and St Louis Car Company Trolleybuses – America’s Second Favorites")
![(first posted 2/23/2019) Several weeks ago we looked at buses built by Alfa Romeo – today, let’s review another storied Italian manufacturer better know for its svelte coupes, handsome sedans, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1936-lancia-omicron-del-1936-1-e1549456135637.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: 1920 – 1975 Lancia Buses – Italian Flair")
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