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![Always hankered for a Citroen? The Subaru SVX is the closest thing we’ve gotten to one these past few decades. I find the resemblance to the XM more than coincidental. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CC-95-032.jpg "CC Capsule: 1992 Subaru SVX – The Japanese Citroen")
![This little bright yellow Chevy Spectrum (Isuzu I-Mark) was looking a bit boxed in between these two Rav4s, so I took pity on it. But not enough to give it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CC-240-185-1200.jpg "CC Outtake: The Yellow Band of the Spectrum")
![(first published in 2011) This Volkswagen tv ad from 1958 is a bit of a cult classic, depicting VW execs driving to Italy for a consultation with “one of Italy’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/VW-pinin-EA41.jpg "VW Goes To Italy For A New Design For The Beetle: Myth And Reality")
![(first posted in 2011) That tag line comes from the Squire’s ad, which I’ll show you shortly. But It’s not what was on my mind when Stephanie and I dropped […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/CC-155-162-800.jpg "CC Capsule: 1956 Ford Squire: For A Man With A Load On His Mind")
![Here’s a scene that isn’t exactly very commonplace: a bunch of kids touring the neighborhood in a quadracycle. Well, it is Eugene, one of the most bicycle-friendliest cities in the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CC-240-206-1200.jpg "CC Outtake: Kids Out For A Spin; Now and Back Then")
![Sugar in the gas tank will turn the gas into some sort of amazing sludge and destroy the engine (not; it doesn’t even dissolve in gasoline). I grew up with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sugar.jpg "QOTD: What’s Your Favorite Automotive Myth?")
![(first posted 2/13/2012) Looking through some old ads, one can’t help but be struck by how some fashion accessories go so quickly out of date, and others just become classics. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/BL-Porsche-911.jpg "Some Things Go Out Of Fashion; Others Never")
![I’d have to look it up, but I’m guessing the Chevy Sprint (Suzuki Cultus) was about as cheap as a hatchback one could buy in its time. And that role […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CC-240-019-1200.jpg "CC Outtake: Low End Hatchbacks, Then And More Recently")
![I’m guessing the Apollo is the first one to catch your eye, followed by the Eldorado. This Apollo has some history with me; I first shot four or five years […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CC-240-031-1200.jpg "CC Outtake: Three Very Different GM Cars")
![In the US, the 1989 Lexus LS 400 turned the luxury market upside down, one of the few genuine game-changers. It was cheaper than a six-cylinder Mercedes E-Class, yet offered […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras-3.0.3/images/thumbnail.png "QOTD: Who Got Hurt More By The 1989 Lexus LS 400: Mercedes or Cadillac?")
![(first posted 4/9/2012) It’s not the vintage Subaru Loyale that caught my eyes (lots of those around), although it is a nice example, with a mild lift even. But my […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/CC-163-018-800.jpg "CC Outtake: Where’d You Get Those Fancy French Shoes?")
![canadiancatgreen caught a couple of AMC fastbacks in Port Coquitlam, B.C. They make a nice combo, showing off the evolution of AMC’s recurring fastback fascination, which resulted in some stinker […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/AMC-AMX-rq-horz.jpg "Cohort Outtake: AMC Fastbacks, Big and Small"){kind=small}
![Yes, I have a thing for tall, boxy cars. And the Suzuki Wagon R was on my radar back in the late 1990s when the wider, non-kei version Wagon R+ […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Suzuki-Wagon-R.jpg "Cohort Outtake: Suzuki Wagon R – The Xb’s Little Brother")
![(first posted 2/16/2012) How can I resist not putting this up, posted at the Cohort by Andrew Turnbull? I’ve been trying to figure out just what my profoundly deep-rooted connection […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Steyr-Puch-Pinzgauer-Andrew-Turnbull.jpg "CC Capsule: Steyr-Puch Pinzgauer – Jeep, Austrian Style")
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