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![I’m not being rude (for a change), just perfectly frank (as Stephanie calls it), since only 67.98% of our visitors are from the US. So the rest of you get […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Turkey-car.jpg "CC Wishes 68% Of You A Happy Thanksgiving")
![The origins of the term CUV (“crossover utility vehicle”) are a bit vague. According to one source, it was used to describe the market segment of some AMC/Jeep vehicles (Eagle, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/CC-89-062-800.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1998 Toyota RAV4 Two-Door – The First Modern CUV, And Electric One Too")
![It wasn’t in a Dodge Aries, I hope. Maybe the question should have been: Has anyone ever ridden in the front middle seat of a K-Kar? If you have, I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/aries-6-seater.jpg "Sunday Salon: When Was The Last Time You Rode In The Front Middle Seat Of A Sedan?"){kind=small}
![Life really is stranger than fiction. If you had told me in 1979–when the quasi-military G-Wagen was introduced in Europe–that someday it would be an American bling-mobile, I would have […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/CC-181-106-1200.jpg "CC Outtake: Mercedes G280 – Pre-Bling Era")
![There’s not much more that I can add here that wasn’t in today’s CC for the 1958 Thunderbird. Admittedly, it wasn’t really the first of the genre; the Studebaker Hawk–or […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Thunderbird-1958-ad1.jpg "CCOTY Nomination For 1958: Ford Thunderbird – Heralding The Era Of “Individual Cars”")
![NB: The car pictured here is a 1959 Thunderbird, but my article is about its near-identical 1958 predecessor due to its historical significance. As a kid, I could never tell them […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/CC-42-063-800.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1958 Ford Thunderbird – The Most Revolutionary American Car Of The Fifties")
![It’s only appropriate that nobody guessed Tom Klockau’s mother’s Viper. Who would have thunk? So tomorrow, on Día de la Revolución de Mexico, we have our first CC Submission from […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Clue-11-20-12.png "CC Clue: Reflexión")
![Mu old friend paulvaranasi has just posted some new shots at the Cohort, including two of these unidentified mystery vehicles. I’m quite sure the one in front is a late-’50s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Pauls-cars1-.jpg "Cohort Sighting: What Are They?")
![We’re way overdue on a proper Jeep Gladiator CC, but in the meantime let’s take in this rather compelling find from Davo at the Cohort. Its somewhat mysterious load certainly […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Jeep-Gladiator-fq.jpg "Cohort Classic: Early Jeep Gladiator With Well-Wrapped Large Load")
![(Update: turns out this car was misidentified; it’s actually a C210 Skyline, the model that succeeded the “Kenmari” C110 Skyline) Japanese cars from the 1970s have a huge cult following, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Nissan-Skyline-240K-side.png "Cohort Classic: Nissan Skyline/Datsun 240K – “Like A Love; Like A Wind” – The Car That The “Ken & Mary” TV Ads Made Famous (With Video)")
![The Vauxhall Victor clue was waaaayyy too easy, so I’m not sure it’s fair to even acknowledge the winner, Alistair1, who just happened to be fastest. David Saunders has been […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/CC-42-054-clue.jpg "CC Clue: Not Quite So Easy This Time")
![1955 La Salle II (not a CCOTY nominee) I hate to invoke the tired old cliche about hindsight being 20-20 vision, especially since it’s not really all that true. But […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1955-lasalle-ii-roadster-02.jpg "Curbside Classic Of The Year (CCOTY): A New Series, Starting Today With 1955")
![The Ford Model T’s place in history is well secured. A fairly orthodox design, it revolutionized the automobile industry–and the country–by being highly affordable, thanks to an efficient production line […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/CC-140-309-800-crop-vert.jpg "Curbside Analysis: 1986 Taurus: The Most Important American Car Since The Model T")
![At first glance this may look like an original Econoline pickup, but its a home-brew imitation. And not a bad job at that, although one does kind of wonder why. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/CC-120-069-800.jpg "CC Outtake: Homemade Econoline Pickup")
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