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- Car nut with a soft spot for classic Lincolns and early automotive air conditioning.
![Remember that crazy 700-car hoard coming up for auction this summer that we posted about a few months back? The full inventory has just been released, and I am posting […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/002.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Auction Classic: Ron Hackenberger Auction Update")
![(first posted 3/27/2017) This 2017 Fusion Platinum represents the culmination of two decades-long trends: The Consolidation of Brands, and The Democratization of Luxury. Let’s examine each of these first before […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_6436.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Future CC: 2017 Ford Fusion Platinum – The End of Luxury")
![Back in 1999, I was absorbed in my consulting work and my tiny fleet of automotive toys (well, one car and one motorcycle). The IT industry, while not quite the party […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/100_0863.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 2002 VW Jetta GLI – The Doppelgänger")
![While writing my CCTV article on the 1984 Corvette, I got to thinking how despised the digital dashboard that the C4 introduced was at the time. Excoriated by the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/100_4396.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: Analog or Digital?")
![If you’ve never seen this legendary 1984 Chevrolet Corvette commercial, you may want to watch it before reading on, because trust me, you’ve never seen anything this before. Go ahead, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/0681-876x1211.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC TV: 1984 Chevrolet Corvette – You’ve Never Seen Anything Like This Before")
![Sometimes concepts cars are utter flights of fancy. Sometimes, they are only slightly ahead of their time. The 2000 Citroën Osmose is kind of a mixture of both. What is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/citroen_osmose_concept_1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Concept Classic: 2000 Citroën Osmose – Uber Futuristic")
![As I mentioned in my last COAL, 1998 marked my 30th year. While professionally and financially successful, I started to feel like something was missing. My brother had gotten married 8 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/96-99_Dodge_Neon_Sport_Coupe.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1998 Plymouth Neon – The Accidental COAL")
![(Authors note: I’m inserting an intermission here in my Cars of a Lifetime series, as the first chapter of my life closes, and big changes are coming in the next […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Hertz.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "RCOAL: Rental Cars of a Lifetime")
![614. According to my research, that is the best estimate of the total number of Saab 9-4x’s produced. Estimates of the number sold in the United States are less than half that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_6477.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 2011 Saab 9-4x 3.0i XWD Premium – The Holy Grail")
![The Late 90’s was a crazy time. As I had mentioned in my previous COALs, I was freelance IT consulting in Detroit, Michigan. Between Y2K and the explosion of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/P0000309.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1998 Audi A4 Quattro – Mission Accomplished")
![In today’s CC Capsule, I lamented the inevitable day when the there will be no more daily driven Oldsmobiles on the road, at which point Oldsmobile joins Packard, Edsel, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/c9f61e51597d46dee6ca1f6772dad1b7.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: Last Daily Driven Oldsmobile?")
![Here is suburban Ohio, we don’t have a lot of run down neighborhoods with on street parking, so literal Curbside Classics (as in parked alongside the curb) are hard to come by. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_6396.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera SL – Uncommonly Common")
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Automotive Histories and Misc. 
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