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![(Updated 3/2/2026) The oft-repeated apologia for the travails and downfall of GM during the eighties is that they were just so darn overwhelmed converting their traditional RWD cars to modern […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/CC-175-224-12001.jpg "CC Colt Chronicles Part 5: 1979-1983 Dodge Colt and Plymouth Champ/Colt (Mitsubishi Mirage) – New Construction")
![(Updated 3/1/2026) In Part 3 of our CC Colt Chronicles, we covered the fragmentation of the Colt name, as it was applied to both the Lancer and Galant-based Colts starting […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/CC-36-093-1200.jpg "CC Colt Chronicles Part 4: 1978-1981 Dodge Colt Station Wagon (Mitsubishi Galant) – Looking For A Dart Wagon? Or A Hemi Challenger? Let Me Show You These…")
![images by Tim Finn (Updated 3/1/2026) It first appeared in a country in the Far East. Nobody anticipated that it would find its way to America. We […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/48733100541_400a9ff0d6_k.jpg "Curbside Classic: Corona 1.9 – A Novel Contagion Sweeps the Land")
![We’ve all been on the receiving end of the kindness of strangers; it’s a key element of being human, helping others in their moment of need. It might just be […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_0595-1-115x115.jpeg "1979 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz – Preserving Dignity While Depending On The Kindness Of Strangers")
![(2007, updated 2026) My first glimpse of America: looking down on a freeway at night, with glow-worm toy cars. It was just like the picture of GM’s World of Tomorrow […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Corvette-1957-white-small.jpg "Auto-Biography: High Speed Assimilation")
![When I first started shooting CCs ten years ago, there were still so many Dusters around. I never wrote them all up, although two of them did make it into […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/48219641497_4a93fd7c9b_k.jpg "Curtis Perry Find: Plymouth Duster (Color-Keyed) – Where Have All The Dusters Gone?")
![Whenever I see one an MV-1 what instantly comes to mind is: AI. These cars just look like something an AI image generator would come up with if prompted to…design […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_0656-115x115.jpeg "Is It AI? No, It’s MV-1 – It Could Have Been The New Checker Cab")
![(Updated 2/26/2026) For 1974, the Dodge Colt got a bit of an American-style make-over. Whereas its gen1 predecessor was very clean, reflecting the Italian influence that had been so prominent […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/CC-190-104-950-crop.jpg "CC Colt Chronicles Part 2: 1974-1977 Dodge Colt (Mitsubishi Galant) – The Colt Gets Americanized")
![(Updated 2/26/2026) CC Cohort robadr has found a wonderful living fossil in Mexico City; now this is how I like my CC’s. And there’s a bit of mystery […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/49581627983_6b0e445ca6_b.jpg "Curbside Find: 1950 Plodge Wagon – Found in Mexico City")
![One of the most enduring debates in Corvette history is whether the original 1953-1954 version was really a sports car. It’s actually an easy question to answer except for the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cover-crop-middle-vert-new-title-115x115.jpg "Was The 1953-1954 Corvette Really A Sports Car? Road & Track And I Try To Answer That Squishy Question")
![(Updated 2/25/2026) Hochmut kommt vor dem Fall. (Pride before the fall). The gen1 Scirocco (CC here) is a gem, one of those rare cars that has always looked good since […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/CC-72-130-800.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1982 VW Scirocco Mk II – We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Italian Designers")
![I was awoken yesterday morning at 6:41 by a loud sound that I thought—in my grogginess—might be someone dragging a garbage can without wheels to the street, the sound of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/a-crash-4-1-115x115.jpg "Curbside Crash: My Neighbor’s Car Gets Totaled At The Curb – My xB Barely Escaped The Carnage")
![(Updated 2/24/2026) Over the course of this week or so, we’re going to chronicle the rather complex story of the Dodge Colt. The name “Colt” is much more than just […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/50425462097_0d89558545_h.jpg "The CC Dodge Colt Chronicles, Part 1: 1971-1973 Dodge Colt (Mitsubishi Galant) – Chrysler Goes Shopping In Japan")
![Behold the mighty Power Wagon! Nothing can stop it, although it did stop here on this corner a few blocks from my house recently. Perhaps only CC can stop it? […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CC-410-027.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1968 Dodge W200 Power Wagon Pickup – Powerful Good Pea Soup")
![(Updated 2/23/2026) I’ve shown you lots of driveways down near my neighborhood, but this one is up in the hills, where we often walk. And it’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CC-394-094.jpg "Curbside Finds: A Chevy SS Lover Lives Here")
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