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![(first posted 4/20/2015) The Vista Cruiser had “GM” written all over it. Nobody but General Motors had the kinds of huge engineering and development budgets that spawned cars like the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/CC-234-037-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser – The Kiddie Wagon")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser – The Kiddie Wagon
Posted on May 2, 2024 | 90 Comments(first posted 4/20/2015) The Vista Cruiser had “GM” written all over it. Nobody but General Motors had the kinds of huge engineering and development budgets that spawned cars like the […] -
![(first posted 2/25/2011) It may now seem in the far distant past, but there really was a time when Japan’s reputation was for imitation, of the most sincere variety. Cameras, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CC-117-075-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1981 Mazda GLC/323 Truly The Greatest Little Car Of Its Time?")
Curbside Classic: 1981 Mazda GLC/323 Truly The Greatest Little Car Of Its Time?
Posted on May 1, 2024 | 69 Comments(first posted 2/25/2011) It may now seem in the far distant past, but there really was a time when Japan’s reputation was for imitation, of the most sincere variety. Cameras, […] -
![(first posted 5/1/2018) The XJ-S was something of a shock for those Jaguar fans expecting a more direct successor to the legendary XK-E. Instead, the XJ-S was a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/scans0001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Review: Jaguar XJ-S – The Brougham-Era Replacement for the E-Type")
Vintage R&T Review: Jaguar XJ-S – The Brougham-Era Replacement for the E-Type
Posted on April 30, 2024 | 45 Comments(first posted 5/1/2018) The XJ-S was something of a shock for those Jaguar fans expecting a more direct successor to the legendary XK-E. Instead, the XJ-S was a […] -
![It pays to walk down a different alley once in a while…in this case, the payoff was a nothing less than a LeSharo, which has become exceedingly rare. It has […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_0071.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Alleyside Outtake: 1985 Winnebago LeSharo Turbo Diesel – “Caution, I’m Slow”")
Alleyside Outtake: 1985 Winnebago LeSharo Turbo Diesel – “Caution, I’m Slow”
Posted on April 29, 2024 | 12 CommentsIt pays to walk down a different alley once in a while…in this case, the payoff was a nothing less than a LeSharo, which has become exceedingly rare. It has […] -
![(first posted 3/19/2015) If you were a typical white-skin, white-collar middle-class Pop with a wife and 2.3 kids, and were looking to spend three grand on a nice-ish white sedan […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CC-240-060-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 – The Best $3,000 Big Sedan In 1966?")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 – The Best $3,000 Big Sedan In 1966?
Posted on April 28, 2024 | 131 Comments(first posted 3/19/2015) If you were a typical white-skin, white-collar middle-class Pop with a wife and 2.3 kids, and were looking to spend three grand on a nice-ish white sedan […] -
![(first posted 4/28/2018) The early 50s were a very fertile time for automotive creativity, and engine swapping was as rampant as wife swapping (supposedly) was in certain […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Studillac-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Mechanix Illustrated Review: Tom McCahill Tests the 1953 Studillac – Effortless 125mph Top Speed")
Vintage Mechanix Illustrated Review: Tom McCahill Tests the 1953 Studillac – Effortless 125mph Top Speed
Posted on April 28, 2024 | 28 Comments(first posted 4/28/2018) The early 50s were a very fertile time for automotive creativity, and engine swapping was as rampant as wife swapping (supposedly) was in certain […] -
![(first posted 4/17/2013) Deception–and self deception–is a very significant factor in the automobile business, maybe the biggest. Unless we buy a stripper Corolla (so conveniently parked here) or the like, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/CC-P80-087-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 Lincoln Versailles – Pig In A Poke")
Curbside Classic: 1977 Lincoln Versailles – Pig In A Poke
Posted on April 27, 2024 | 93 Comments(first posted 4/17/2013) Deception–and self deception–is a very significant factor in the automobile business, maybe the biggest. Unless we buy a stripper Corolla (so conveniently parked here) or the like, […] -
![(Former Ford CEO Donald Petersen passed away this April 24th. We’re running this profile covering his crucial period at Ford’s helm. Originally posted 12/29/11) Oil prices have just hit record […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Petersen-Donald.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Ford’s Déjà Vu Moment – How Donald Petersen Saved Ford In The Eighties")
Automotive History: Ford’s Déjà Vu Moment – How Donald Petersen Saved Ford In The Eighties
Posted on April 26, 2024 | 83 Comments(Former Ford CEO Donald Petersen passed away this April 24th. We’re running this profile covering his crucial period at Ford’s helm. Originally posted 12/29/11) Oil prices have just hit record […] -
![(first posted 5/4/2013. One of my better finds) The early eighties was the most revolutionary and unique time in the American automobile industry ever. Thanks to exploding oil and fuel […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CC-117-039-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Kurbside Classic: 1983 Grumman KubVan – Tiny, FWD, VW Diesel Powered, And Very Rare")
Kurbside Classic: 1983 Grumman KubVan – Tiny, FWD, VW Diesel Powered, And Very Rare
Posted on April 24, 2024 | 50 Comments(first posted 5/4/2013. One of my better finds) The early eighties was the most revolutionary and unique time in the American automobile industry ever. Thanks to exploding oil and fuel […] -
![I’ve been shooting and posting Festivas since the earliest days of CC, when they had clearly established themselves as the shitbox of choice hereabouts. They were all over the place, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_0135.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: Ford Festiva – The Festival Is Still Going")
Curbside Outtake: Ford Festiva – The Festival Is Still Going
Posted on April 23, 2024 | 33 CommentsI’ve been shooting and posting Festivas since the earliest days of CC, when they had clearly established themselves as the shitbox of choice hereabouts. They were all over the place, […] -
![(first posted 4/9/2018) I ran into this article in the New Yorker last November, and found it to be an excellent look at the forces re-shaping the auto industry […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/New-Yorker-1980-downsizing.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "“The Downsizing Decision” (May 5, 1980) – A Deep Dive Into the Turmoil and Decisions That Reshaped the Domestic Auto Industry in the 1970s")
“The Downsizing Decision” (May 5, 1980) – A Deep Dive Into the Turmoil and Decisions That Reshaped the Domestic Auto Industry in the 1970s
Posted on April 22, 2024 | 92 Comments(first posted 4/9/2018) I ran into this article in the New Yorker last November, and found it to be an excellent look at the forces re-shaping the auto industry […] -
![CC reader John Kelley sent me these shots of this immaculate Jeep Gladiator parked at Duxbury Beach in Massachusetts just as the sun was slipping away. Not surprisingly, this Glad […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/glad-0.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Beachside Outtake: The Sun Sets On A Splendid Jeep Gladiator")
Beachside Outtake: The Sun Sets On A Splendid Jeep Gladiator
Posted on April 22, 2024 | 24 CommentsCC reader John Kelley sent me these shots of this immaculate Jeep Gladiator parked at Duxbury Beach in Massachusetts just as the sun was slipping away. Not surprisingly, this Glad […] -
![(first posted 4/21/2018) The Corona was growing steadily since its start as a rather small little thing. But it was also becoming much more comfortable, and ever-more […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/pages0134.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Review: 1974 Toyota Corona SR Coupe – “Solid, Safe, and Sporty, But Sluggish”")
Vintage R&T Review: 1974 Toyota Corona SR Coupe – “Solid, Safe, and Sporty, But Sluggish”
Posted on April 21, 2024 | 38 Comments(first posted 4/21/2018) The Corona was growing steadily since its start as a rather small little thing. But it was also becoming much more comfortable, and ever-more […] -
![(first posted 5/23/2013) My fascination with trains has a particular focus on the birth and early years of what became the utterly dominant GM EMD two-stroke diesel-electric locomotives. My story […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CC-171-109-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Birth Of The GM/EMD Two-Stroke Diesel Engine: “Very Well (Ket) – We Are Now In The Diesel Engine Business” (Excerpts From “My Years With GM” By Alfred Sloan)")
The Birth Of The GM/EMD Two-Stroke Diesel Engine: “Very Well (Ket) – We Are Now In The Diesel Engine Business” (Excerpts From “My Years With GM” By Alfred Sloan)
Posted on April 20, 2024 | 49 Comments(first posted 5/23/2013) My fascination with trains has a particular focus on the birth and early years of what became the utterly dominant GM EMD two-stroke diesel-electric locomotives. My story […] -
![(first posted 5/23/2013. I have no idea what happened to this Medallion, but I’d like to think it’s still running) Is this the very last running 1988 Renault Medallion? I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CC-201-037-900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Renault Medallion (R21) – These Two Guys Are Determined To Keep What May Be The Last Of Its Kind Running")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Renault Medallion (R21) – These Two Guys Are Determined To Keep What May Be The Last Of Its Kind Running
Posted on April 19, 2024 | 149 Comments(first posted 5/23/2013. I have no idea what happened to this Medallion, but I’d like to think it’s still running) Is this the very last running 1988 Renault Medallion? I […]
