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![This shot (no pun intended) of a 1958 Simca Aronde 1300 Chatelaine gives us an opportunity to sharpen up our vocabulary a bit, starting with the term “shooting brake” and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/8254897463_31e8099772_o.jpg "Vintage PR Shot: 1958 Simca Aronde 1300 Chatelaine – A Shooting Brake For The Chatelaine")
![EPA’s 2021 Automotive Trends Report is out, and as usual, it is a treasure trove of statistics. I’m going to dive in and extract some key charts and summaries, as […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/epa-1.jpg "Data Diving EPA’s 2021 Automotive Trends Report: Charting The Big Changes Since 1975")
![yellow Corona shot and posted at the Cohort by Foden Alpha (first posted 1/11/2016) How Toyota came to revolutionize the automobile industry and become the world’s largest and most profitable […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/toy.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1969 Toyota Corona – It All Started Here")
![This Canadian Caravelle coupe is of course another one of those many north-of-the-border alternate reality-mobiles, as there never was a Caravelle coupe in the US, and the sedan didn’t arrive […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/8256406510_8d72f2a08b_o.jpg "Vintage Brochure Photo: 1983 Plymouth Caravelle Two-Door Coupe – An Alien And Now Extinct(?) Species")
![It makes me a bit sad to not see this generation of Colts around anymore, as it was a car that always elicited a positive response from. That was on […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/51839296287_9625978564_o.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Mitsubishi Colt – Good To Know There’s One Still In Russia Because There’s None Here")
![(first posted here 11/8/2012) No one’s going to accuse me of not having a nostalgic streak, especially when it comes to cars. That’s what motivated me to write the Auto-biography, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ojoj.jpg "Curbside Classic/Driving Impressions: 1951 Oldsmobile Super 88 – Rocketing Back In Time")
![(first posted 1/24/2016) Pity the poor American inline six. It just never got any real love or attention, unlike the sexier V8s, which were such a cheap way to get […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/tttf.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1979 Dodge Aspen Wagon – Super Six")
![The decision to essentially merge GMC and Chevrolet trucks in 1968 had several repercussions. Chevrolet would have access to GMC’s HD truck line (and engines), rebadged as Chevys. And reciprocally, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/46679976934_3c4e965721_k.jpg "Vintage Truck: 1968 -1972 GMC ME-6500 Semi With 427 V8 – A Chevy Except For The Badges")
![I did a momentary double take when I saw that little red hatchback in this shot. Looks rather Chevettish, but this is 1972. Aha! It’s a Vauxhall Firenza, as this […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/8262403868_4311f045a5_b.jpg "Vintage Brochure: 1972 Pontiac Wagons – Firenza?")
![This is a bit outside our usual purview, but I was quite blown away by this amazing documentary film shot by a young trainee on his first major voyage, from […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Peking-bw.jpg "CC Cinema: Around The Cape Horn In A Four Masted Sailing Ship Barely Surviving Two Epic Storms (1928) – Don’t Miss This One")
![This is a new one for me; I had no idea that a GT package was made available half way through the Gremlin’s final year on this planet. No wonder […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/8607027335_ff5cc4eb87_k.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1978 AMC Gremlin GT – The Gremlin Exits In Gran Turismo Fashion")
![The front end on this car looks quite familiar, but as soon as the eyes drift rearwards, it’s quite obvious that this is not a BMW model that we’re all […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/BMW-SA-_2004_1973_01.jpg "Automotive History: 1973 BMW 2004 – The Curious Story Of A Different Sort Of BMW")
![(disclaimer: non-automotive personal content ahead) I’ve been spending quite a bit of time at our Port Orford property since we bought it in September. Some of you have suggested […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_8401.jpg "Port Orford Journal Part 2: Ten Days Of Work, Hikes, And Superlative Views")
![CC reader Carlton C. sent me a link to these images at the Library of Congress, of R.R. Conklin’s “Auto Bus” land yacht that he commissioned, here underway on a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Conklin-auto-bus-2.png "Vintage Photos: R.R. Conklin’s Land Yacht – Leisurely Cross Country Traveling In 1915 (With Detailed Period Articles)")
![It was the ultimate Eldorado, by size, as the 1979 would be quite substantially downsized. But it’s not ultimately correct, in terms of one detail, which sharp-eyed readers will find, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/8611935790_3f46be39d8_k.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1978 Cadillac Eldorado Custom Biarritz – The Ultimate Eldorado, But There’s Something Wrong With The One Shown")
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