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![When I saw the headline of an article “The Big Question: Who Wrecked the US Auto Industry”, at Bloomberg, I was obviously interested, although the subtitle: “A Q&A with author […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Sack-of-Detroit.jpg "The Non-Book Review: Why I Won’t Be Buying “The Sack Of Detroit – General Motors and the End of American Enterprise””")
![Months? More like years. Where was this when I was ten? This would have been perfect for Iowa City; I could have driven all over town on a single charge […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/4937087344_fbe21887f9_o.jpg "Vintage Ads: The Red Bug (and Red Bug Junior) – “Red Bug Is A Real Automobile”")
![Bathtub Nashes have become legendary for their prowess at street racing, at least at CC. The first and most famous encounter was by Nigel Tate, when he caught one passing […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_6289.jpg "On The Go Outtakes: Street Racing A Bathtub Nash")
![Today’s obscure dead brand truck comes to us from Chicago, where from sometime in the 1910’s through the last one in 1957 a small “assembler” of available truck components—including cabs—called […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/4448640393_a99aee5ecb_k.jpg "Vintage Truck of the Day: Available Truck – Yes, That’s The Brand, Available Only In Chicago")
![Only a couple of days after Hannes showed us one in Berlin, these shots of one found in Minnesota were posted by Chris Irber. I’ve been hoping to find a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/51197896741_38ac30fd6e_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Renault Fuego Turbo – A Unicorn Found In Minnesota")
![Since my recent 560SEC post was largely autobiographical, I though it might be good to augment that with a vintage R&T review. The only version they did was the early […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/380-SEC-top.jpeg "Vintage R&T Review: 1982 Mercedes 380SEC – You Get What You Pay For – Excellence")
![This shot by nifticus points out an issue that comes up not uncommonly here at CC: camera lens perspective can be deceiving. The Alero in front looks significantly longer than […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/25778200793_253f5a9f9d_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Olds Alero and Aurora – Don’t Always Believe What You See"){kind=small}
![The VW Bus Westfalia Camper long ago became iconic, but it started out somewhat differently and evolved over the years. I ran across this 1955 Popular Mechanics , which suggests […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/VW-1955-Westy-1.jpg "Vintage Magazine Article and Brochure: 1955 VW Westfalia Camper – The Beginning of an Icon")
![I’ve got a big backlog of my own Outtakes I must start getting to, like this fine Saab 900 Turbo. These gave become scarce on the streets in the past […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_5510.jpg "Trailhead Outtake: Saab 900 Turbo – Still Spooling Up")
![(first posted 5/21/2015) GM’s massive and very expensive investment in new generations of FWD cars starting in 1980 led to some…hedging. Numerous RWD cars that were at one time scheduled […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Olds-1986-Cutlass-ciera-coup.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera S Coupe – The Name Game")
![You wouldn’t likely be hauled to the hospital in a Dart ambulance in the US, but in Spain, the Dart, built by Barreiros, was the largest domestically built car, and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/31693570045_c0c3b3f07f_k-1.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1967 Dodge Dart Ambulance, Spanish Style")
![The transition from RWD to FWD was one that stymied Detroit in a number of ways. But the Japanese seemed to have had no problem at all, as typified in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=630,height=319,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/mazda-1983-626-front-e1502163764480-1.jpg "Vintage R&T Review: 1983 Mazda 626 – Mazda Joins The FWD Club, Very Successfully")
![Obviously the VW Transporter was very commonly used as an ambulance in Germany, Austria and other European countries. We lived right across the street from the hospital in Innsbruck—which was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/30921802843_52e33877ff_k.jpg "Vintage Brochure: 1958 Volkswagen Ambulance – As Long As You’re Not In A Really Big Hurry")
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