![Since we’ve been talking a lot about oddball Cougars and T-Birds lately—Fairmont Birds, Cougar station wagons, and all sorts of other automotive marketing craziness—I just have to share this four-door […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/passenger-side-e1349634849736.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1971 Ford Thunderbird Four Door Landau – Yes, I Said Four Doors")
![Starting in the early Sixties, trucks started to get fun. Off-roading, camping and other outdoor recreation really came into its own. International was first out of the gate with the ’61 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/4-23-2012-015-e1335297029751.webp "Curbside Classic: 1989 Dodge Ramcharger LE – Dodge Charges Into The 4×4 SUV Market")
![American Motors Corporation, like Studebaker, like Packard, like so many other long-gone automobile companies, breaks your heart. Sometimes I drive myself crazy with what-ifs: What if Roy Abernethy never became […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a-cgh.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1974 AMC Oleg Cassini Matador Brougham — A Costly Mistake")
![(first posted 3/7/2012) The 1991 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight was the last redesign of Oldsmobile’s top-of-the-line model. Built from 1991 to 1996, it was effectively replaced by […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/profile-e1330890834425.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1992 Oldsmobile Touring Sedan – A Regency With An Attitude")
![(First posted 5/22/2012) This car, the Volvo 245, is the essence of Volvo. Whenever someone mentions Volvo, whether in mixed company or among fellow gearheads, this is most likely the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/CC-82-020-800-e1337307021577.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1978 Volvo 245DL – The Quintessential Volvo")
![(first posted 3/28/2012) The discontinued Panther platform Ford Crown Victoria had some serious staying power. The styling of the car you see above would last all the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/3-23-2012-001-e1332628615794.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1998 Ford Crown Victoria LX – Beginning Of The End")
![(first posted 4/9/2012) The Jaguar XJ6 set the motoring world afire when introduced in late 1968, and was considered the most beautiful sedan at the time. It arguably […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/3-13-and-3-14-2012-001-e1333403619601.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1979 Jaguar XJ6 Series III – Pininfarina Redux")
![(first posted 5/17/2012) Poor Chrysler. They have certainly had their issues, both in the distant and not so distant past, eh? But somehow, they manage to get […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/5-14-2012-010-e1337036033486.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1977 Chrysler Newport St. Regis – Old Soldier")
![(first posted 6/2/2012) Remember the Vega? Of course you do, especially if you owned one. If you have owned one, let me pause for a moment so […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/vega-2-e1338664061959.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1974 Chevrolet Vega Panel Express – A Sedan Delivery For The ’70s")
![(first posted 3/11/2014) Some car models have very linear lives. Take the Lincoln Town Car. All throughout its long life, from Continental option package in 1969 through the final […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=800,height=536,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/aa-3-20-2013-004.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1989 Pontiac Bonneville LE – The Many Lives Of The ’80s Bonneville")
![(first posted 4/12/2012) You have to wonder about GM sometimes. Between the 1940s and 1960s, they were an industrial powerhouse. Deep, deep pockets, technological know-how and widespread […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/4-5-2012-001-e1341265123687.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1969 Opel Kadett – Buick Dealers Really Sold These?")
![(first posted 5/14/2013) Pontiac had an interesting lineup in the Sixties. While most people remember the Catalina, Grand Prix, GTO and Bonneville when it comes to ’60s Ponchos, the Star […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/09-08-2012-016-e1367075768112.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1962 Pontiac Star Chief – If You Can’t Decide Between The Bonneville Or The Catalina…")
![(first posted 9/22/2018) Was 1970 Peak GM? It is a divisive question. But I for one, think it may be “the year,” despite all the goodness […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/6-12-2014-008.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1970 Buick Electra 225 Convertible – Black Cherry Blues")
![(Originally published 1/14/2014)This is it. The pinnacle of American Motors Corporation. Between 1958 and 1963, the Rambler automobile, in its frugal American, mid-price Classic and deluxe Ambassador lineup, hit a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/aa-4-07-2013-005.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1963 Rambler Classic 770 Cross Country – The Last Great AMC Car?")
![(first posted 7/22/2013) 1951 was the year Kaiser-Frazer should have “made it.” A thoroughly restyled–and beautiful–Kaiser, a facelifted swan-song Frazer, and the all-new compact Henry J meant that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/1953-Henry-J-Ad-02-e1363541807230.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1953 Kaiser Henry J Corsair de Luxe – Big Name, Little Car, No Sale")
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