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Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1988 Cadillac DeVille Station Wagon With Large Luggage Rack
Posted on December 13, 2019 | 22 Commentsposted by Tim Finn -
Curbside Newsflash! Cadillac To Ditch Alphanumeric Names in Transition To EVs
Posted on December 12, 2019 | 57 Commentsthe 2023 DeVille? Eldorado? Seville? Fleetwood? Cadillac’s much-reviled alphanumeric naming scheme will die along with its internal combustion engines. Of course that might be a mixed blessing for some. -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1974 Camaro with Owner – Got Patina?
Posted on December 12, 2019 | 13 Commentsposted at the Cohort by Ralph K (Don Kincl) -
![American car makers really dragged their feet with the development of fully-synchronized manual transmissions. VW got its first gear synchronized in 1961, and most other Europeans did too by around […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/three-on-the-tree-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Transmission History: The Last Three Speed Manuals With Non-Synchronized First Gear – Grinding Gears Until 1976")
Transmission History: The Last Three Speed Manuals With Non-Synchronized First Gear – Grinding Gears Until 1976
Posted on December 11, 2019 | 47 CommentsAmerican car makers really dragged their feet with the development of fully-synchronized manual transmissions. VW got its first gear synchronized in 1961, and most other Europeans did too by around […] -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: International 1200 AWD Dual Cab Pickup – Predicting the Future
Posted on December 10, 2019 | 30 Commentsposted by Tim Finn -
![(first published in 2007, revised 12/09/2019. Since I had some memorable wheel time behind a 1971 Mustang HO351 four speed as a seventeen year-old, I thought this might provide a […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/gonein60.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: Getting Paid To Break (In) New 1971 Fords (Including a Mustang Mach 1 HO)")
Auto-Biography: Getting Paid To Break (In) New 1971 Fords (Including a Mustang Mach 1 HO)
Posted on December 10, 2019 | 27 Comments(first published in 2007, revised 12/09/2019. Since I had some memorable wheel time behind a 1971 Mustang HO351 four speed as a seventeen year-old, I thought this might provide a […] -
![Running into this car was like encountering some kids in the neighborhood for the first time in six years, and hearing all about what they’ve been up to, their education […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CC-400-089.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic Update: 1969 Buick Special DeLuxe Wagon – “My How You’ve Grown, to 455 Cubic Inches!”")
Curbside Classic Update: 1969 Buick Special DeLuxe Wagon – “My How You’ve Grown, to 455 Cubic Inches!”
Posted on December 10, 2019 | 19 CommentsRunning into this car was like encountering some kids in the neighborhood for the first time in six years, and hearing all about what they’ve been up to, their education […] -
![This is a test, and only a test, of the Curbside Classic Classification System. Normal CC programming will resume as soon as this test is over. (First published March 1, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CC-128-140-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1995 Buick Regal GS – Is It Worthy?")
Curbside Classic: 1995 Buick Regal GS – Is It Worthy?
Posted on December 7, 2019 | 39 CommentsThis is a test, and only a test, of the Curbside Classic Classification System. Normal CC programming will resume as soon as this test is over. (First published March 1, […] -
![(first posted 10/23/2013) Rivera Notario spotted this elderly Chevrolet Opala in Santiago, Chile, and posted it at the cohort. The Opala was an important step in GM’s Brazilian ops […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Chevrolet-Opala.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Sighting: Chevrolet Opala – Body by Opel; Engine by Chevrolet")
Cohort Sighting: Chevrolet Opala – Body by Opel; Engine by Chevrolet
Posted on December 5, 2019 | 25 Comments(first posted 10/23/2013) Rivera Notario spotted this elderly Chevrolet Opala in Santiago, Chile, and posted it at the cohort. The Opala was an important step in GM’s Brazilian ops […] -
QOTD: What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Posted on December 4, 2019 | 31 CommentsFrom Bloomberg’s review of the Porsche Taycan -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: Lamborghini Miura
Posted on December 3, 2019 | 23 Commentsshot by aguswiss1 in Wetzikon, Switzerland and posted at the Cohort -
![The old saying is “As California goes, so goes the nation”. That certainly has been very true for a high percentage of automotive trends, especially the utter dominance of import […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Tesla-M3-Uber.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Newsstand: Is California Still the Trendsetter? Post Peak Car? – Fourth Year of Declining New Vehicle Sales; Tesla Model 3 Closing in on Camry")
Curbside Newsstand: Is California Still the Trendsetter? Post Peak Car? – Fourth Year of Declining New Vehicle Sales; Tesla Model 3 Closing in on Camry
Posted on December 1, 2019 | 48 CommentsThe old saying is “As California goes, so goes the nation”. That certainly has been very true for a high percentage of automotive trends, especially the utter dominance of import […] -
![(first posted 10/12/13) Yes, as an owner of a ’66 F100, I do take notice of the other members of that family. It’s been a while since I spotted the […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/CC-210-057-925.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Ford F350 Pickup – Top Dog")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Ford F350 Pickup – Top Dog
Posted on November 26, 2019 | 35 Comments(first posted 10/12/13) Yes, as an owner of a ’66 F100, I do take notice of the other members of that family. It’s been a while since I spotted the […] -
![Love it or hate it, thanks to massive media exposure the Tesla Cybertruck is probably now the most instantly and universally recognizable automotive shape. If nothing else, Elon Musk has […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/a-Tesla-CT-vert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: Did the Tesla Cybertruck Just Dethrone the Beetle As the Most Instantly and Universally Recognized Automotive Shape?")
QOTD: Did the Tesla Cybertruck Just Dethrone the Beetle As the Most Instantly and Universally Recognized Automotive Shape?
Posted on November 24, 2019 | 68 CommentsLove it or hate it, thanks to massive media exposure the Tesla Cybertruck is probably now the most instantly and universally recognizable automotive shape. If nothing else, Elon Musk has […] -
![I have vivid dreams. I woke up this morning just an instant before I hit the water, having been pushed or jumped out of an airplane hundreds of feet above […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Tesla-CT-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Tesla’s Cybertruck: Did I Just Dream That?")
Tesla’s Cybertruck: Did I Just Dream That?
Posted on November 22, 2019 | 81 CommentsI have vivid dreams. I woke up this morning just an instant before I hit the water, having been pushed or jumped out of an airplane hundreds of feet above […]
