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![Curbside Find: Triumph 1300 – Before It Got Converted From FWD To RWD posted by Monsieur Burns (Updated 10/23/2026) The Triumph 1300/1500 is one of the very rare historical oddities: designed and built as a FWD car for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/50487027378_7e8e99adda_k.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1983 Mitsubishi Starion – Or Is It Stallion? Did I Finally Solve The Mystery Of Its Name? (Updated 10/20/2026) Stallion CC, Take Two: I just deleted the first three paragraphs of what I had written. Starting on a new CC is always a bit of a journey […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/CC-144-283.jpg)
![1971 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus: Chrysler Jumps The Shark (Again) With A Tip Of The Hat To Virgil Exner and Marcello Gandini (Updated 10/19/2026) From the end of WWII until the minivan-Cherokee era, Chrysler rode a stylistic see-saw—as well as a financial one. One minute its designs were too conservative, the next […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/CC-236-041-1200-1.jpg)
![CC’s No AI Policy: Not In The Content, Images Or The Comments AI is here to stay, getting better (in some applications), and maybe someday will mean the end of websites like CC—it’s already affecting us in a number of ways, all […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/a-no-ai-115x115.png)
![Curbside Classic: 1985 BMW 524td – The Ultimate Diesel Driving Machine (Updated 10/19/2026) I vividly remember reading in Auto Motor und Sport the first time about BMW’s plans to build a diesel. Oh no! How can they […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CC-419-031.jpg)
![Vintage R&T Review: 1972 Lotus Elan Sprint – The Best Elan Yet, And The Last One (Updated 10/17/2026) We’ve yet to do a proper CC on the Elan, but this review by R&T goes some distance to help put the Elan in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lotus-1.jpg)
![My New 1966 Jeep CJ-5 With F-Head 134 Four: Part 1 – “I’d Rather Drive Than Ride” I didn’t see this one coming, although there have been intimations of it going back…all the way to 1958. I had invited myself to ride with my friend Alan in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/IMG_2507-115x115.jpeg)
![Curbside Classic: 1972 MG Midget MkIII – Small Pleasures (Updated 10/15/2026) The world was once a very different place. Automotive scale has changed dramatically, more in terms of height than length. Sure, American cars were long in the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CC-166-010.jpg)
![Automotive History: Panhard – Back To The Future (updated 9/12/2026) To many today, the French automaker Panhard (pronounced panAR) may be unknown or rapidly slipping into obscurity. But the story of this once renowned firm, one of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/panhard-24.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1989-1992 Nissan Stanza (Bluebird U12): The Shrinking Violet (first posted 10/14/2026) Some time ago, Perry shared his thoughts on the first generation of the Nissan Stanza, in a post titled “Queen Dork”. This is the third and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/CC-233-066-1200-1.jpg)
![Vintage Review: 1984 Ford Mustang SVO – 25 Years Ahead Of Its Time (Updated 10/12/2026) I have a soft spot in my heart for the Mustang SVO. More precisely, it’s the one Mustang that I could actually have seen myself […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cover-1200.jpg)
![Vintage R&T Review: 1972 Toyota Crown 2600 (S60) – There’s Some Very Good Reasons The Crown Failed In The US (Updated 10/11/2026) The failure of the Crown in the US market has been hard for many to grasp. If the Corona and Corolla and all the other […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/T-1.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1959 Rambler Custom Six – The Prophet (Updated 10/10/2026) Hindsight is 20-20 vision. And with that acuity, seeing the Rambler’s historical significance is easy: it was the St. John the Baptist of cars, crying in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/CC-236-020-1200.jpg)
![1967 Buick Skylark: Big Little Car — The Mid-Size Buick With Full-Size Ambitions You’d be forgiven for thinking this actually is a full-sized Buick. Although Buick jumped whole-heartedly into the compact ring in 1961, it didn’t take long for them to realize that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/CC-235-020-1200.jpg)
![Curbside Find: 1985 Olds Cutlass Supreme Coupe – Once There Were Millions Of These Everywhere (Updated 10/09/2026) And now it’s an occasion to see one on the street. It was America’s sweetheart for such a long run, including several stints as the best […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CC-426-043.jpg)


