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About Author: Jim Klein
Posts by Jim Klein
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Curbside Review: 2020 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid Limited – Plug It In, Plug It In…
Posted on March 9, 2020 | 40 CommentsIt’s hard to believe that Chrysler’s Pacifica minivan has now been on the market for almost four years, in fact for 2021 it is getting a small facelift as well […] -
Curbside Review: 2019 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio AWD – The Ferrari Of Crossovers
Posted on February 27, 2020 | 29 CommentsSpoiler alert – Nothing went wrong with this vehicle while I drove it 636 miles over a week’s time. Some of you may find that surprising, the more cynical among […] -
Curbside Tire Kicking: 2020 Hyundai Venue SEL – We Go High, We Go Low, We Go For Your Dough
Posted on February 17, 2020 | 29 CommentsFresh off the successful launch of the Hyundai Palisade at the high end of the range (the neighbor of the house I’m working on just traded in a Jaguar XF […] -
Curbside Experience: 2020 Colorado Winter Driving Encounter – Like Being Back In High School But Without Anyone Minding
Posted on February 16, 2020 | 11 CommentsWho didn’t try to see exactly what their car would do when they were a newly minted driver and it was snowy out? Lots of fun, lots of learning, but […] -
Curbside Review: 2020 Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 – “It Is So Choice. If You Have The Means, I Highly Recommend Picking One Up” – F. Bueller
Posted on February 10, 2020 | 32 CommentsFerris was referencing a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California with his line but after spending a week with this Mercedes-AMG I find it applies just as well here. And mine […] -
Lakeside Education: Georgetown Lake 2020 – Ice Capades
Posted on January 21, 2020 | 26 CommentsLast week my friend Scott called and asked if I wanted to come up to Georgetown Lake on Friday as he had a booking granting him the rights to use […] -
Curbside Review: 2019 Fiat 500X Trekking Plus AWD – More Room To Carry The Baggage
Posted on January 1, 2020 | 47 CommentsThere’s no need to be anything other than frank when discussing Fiat on these pages; while we can celebrate the rebirth of a storied brand on our shores, we also […] -
Museum Classics: Toyota Megaweb Fantasy Garage (Part 1B) – The Toyota Rally Cars
Posted on December 8, 2019 | 9 CommentsOne of the absolute highlights of my Tokyo trip was visiting the Toyota Megaweb Museum with Tatra87. Besides being free of charge and remarkably uncrowded while the Tokyo Motor Show […] -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: AMC Gremlin
Posted on November 27, 2019 | 38 CommentsThank you to nifty43 (nifiticus) -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: Brazilian VW 1600 Variant
Posted on November 26, 2019 | 16 CommentsThank you to RiveraNotario -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: Fiat 126
Posted on November 25, 2019 | 25 CommentsThank you to Benoit -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day – 1969 Buick Electra
Posted on November 23, 2019 | 34 CommentsThank you to Matt Z -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: Back To The 1990s
Posted on November 22, 2019 | 25 CommentsThank you to Nathan Williams -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1988 Toyota MR2 Supercharged
Posted on November 21, 2019 | 13 CommentsThank you to Yohai Rodin -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day – 1966 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible
Posted on November 20, 2019 | 37 CommentsThank you to Tim Finn
![Curbside Review: 2020 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid Limited – Plug It In, Plug It In… It’s hard to believe that Chrysler’s Pacifica minivan has now been on the market for almost four years, in fact for 2021 it is getting a small facelift as well […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_9614.jpg)
![Curbside Review: 2019 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio AWD – The Ferrari Of Crossovers Spoiler alert – Nothing went wrong with this vehicle while I drove it 636 miles over a week’s time. Some of you may find that surprising, the more cynical among […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_9178.jpg)
![Curbside Tire Kicking: 2020 Hyundai Venue SEL – We Go High, We Go Low, We Go For Your Dough Fresh off the successful launch of the Hyundai Palisade at the high end of the range (the neighbor of the house I’m working on just traded in a Jaguar XF […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_9322.jpg)
![Curbside Experience: 2020 Colorado Winter Driving Encounter – Like Being Back In High School But Without Anyone Minding Who didn’t try to see exactly what their car would do when they were a newly minted driver and it was snowy out? Lots of fun, lots of learning, but […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_9255-2.jpg)
![Curbside Review: 2020 Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 – “It Is So Choice. If You Have The Means, I Highly Recommend Picking One Up” – F. Bueller Ferris was referencing a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California with his line but after spending a week with this Mercedes-AMG I find it applies just as well here. And mine […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_8983.jpg)
![Lakeside Education: Georgetown Lake 2020 – Ice Capades Last week my friend Scott called and asked if I wanted to come up to Georgetown Lake on Friday as he had a booking granting him the rights to use […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_8586.jpg)
![Curbside Review: 2019 Fiat 500X Trekking Plus AWD – More Room To Carry The Baggage There’s no need to be anything other than frank when discussing Fiat on these pages; while we can celebrate the rebirth of a storied brand on our shores, we also […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_7939.jpg)
![Museum Classics: Toyota Megaweb Fantasy Garage (Part 1B) – The Toyota Rally Cars One of the absolute highlights of my Tokyo trip was visiting the Toyota Megaweb Museum with Tatra87. Besides being free of charge and remarkably uncrowded while the Tokyo Motor Show […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_6849.jpg)









