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![GM has made many a baffling brand choices and is the General of badge-engineering, but I believe in Canada they have made some of the most baffling of all. Near […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/front.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Passport to Badge Engineering Hell: GM Messes With Our Heads")
Passport to Badge Engineering Hell: GM Messes With Our Heads
Posted on September 10, 2011 | 58 CommentsGM has made many a baffling brand choices and is the General of badge-engineering, but I believe in Canada they have made some of the most baffling of all. Near […] -
![I couldn’t help but notice while I was on vacation last month that the feds had (more or less) cleared Toyota of culpability in the rash of runaway acceleration incidents […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/man-in-dunce-cap.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Feature: Feeding Frenzy – A History Of The Dumb Masses On America’s Roads")
CC Feature: Feeding Frenzy – A History Of The Dumb Masses On America’s Roads
Posted on September 6, 2011 | 66 CommentsI couldn’t help but notice while I was on vacation last month that the feds had (more or less) cleared Toyota of culpability in the rash of runaway acceleration incidents […] -
![I came across this ad and could not pass up sharing it. It opens with a promo from none other than Mr. Ed (the talking horse for those of you too […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "Automotive History: Selling the Studebaker Wagonaire on TV")
Automotive History: Selling the Studebaker Wagonaire on TV
Posted on August 31, 2011 | 12 CommentsI came across this ad and could not pass up sharing it. It opens with a promo from none other than Mr. Ed (the talking horse for those of you too […] -
![I grew up a car nut, from a long line of car nuts and I consider myself the world’s leading authority on the GM B Body of 1977-1996. Why is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/CC-13-024-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The GM B-Body: A Love Song In B Major")
The GM B-Body: A Love Song In B Major
Posted on July 12, 2011 | 142 CommentsI grew up a car nut, from a long line of car nuts and I consider myself the world’s leading authority on the GM B Body of 1977-1996. Why is […] -
![Most people in the US would tell you the Excel was the first Hyundai model. They’d be wrong. Most people in Canada would say that it is in fact the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/hyundai-cortina.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Hyundai Origin Myth Revealed: There’s A Ford In Your Pony")
The Hyundai Origin Myth Revealed: There’s A Ford In Your Pony
Posted on July 1, 2011 | 39 CommentsMost people in the US would tell you the Excel was the first Hyundai model. They’d be wrong. Most people in Canada would say that it is in fact the […] -
![Chrysler’s near-death experience in 1980 had a salutary effect on the company’s culture. Headcount was slashed by over 50 percent. By necessity, the old ways of doing business were consigned […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Ioaccoca-K-Car.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Chrysler’s Bi-Polar History: Crashes 6 – 9")
Chrysler’s Bi-Polar History: Crashes 6 – 9
Posted on April 7, 2011 | 16 CommentsChrysler’s near-death experience in 1980 had a salutary effect on the company’s culture. Headcount was slashed by over 50 percent. By necessity, the old ways of doing business were consigned […] -
![Corporations do exhibit human personality traits. Of the Big Three, Chrysler has always been the most unstable; one could say it has repeatedly shown symptoms of bi-polar syndrome. Chrysler’s biography […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dodge-charger-general-lee-doh-jump-police-cars-1600x12001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Chrysler’s Bi-Polar History: Crashes 1 – 5")
Chrysler’s Bi-Polar History: Crashes 1 – 5
Posted on April 3, 2011 | 25 CommentsCorporations do exhibit human personality traits. Of the Big Three, Chrysler has always been the most unstable; one could say it has repeatedly shown symptoms of bi-polar syndrome. Chrysler’s biography […] -
![The media is full of tributes to David E. Davis today. Most automobile writers (and readers) of a certain age will credit their early influence to his tenures at C&D, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DED-Corvette-Tough.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Aficionados Are Made, Not Born: A David E. Davis Memorial")
Aficionados Are Made, Not Born: A David E. Davis Memorial
Posted on March 28, 2011 | 9 CommentsThe media is full of tributes to David E. Davis today. Most automobile writers (and readers) of a certain age will credit their early influence to his tenures at C&D, […] -
![Freelance automotive designers are no different than anyone else in the creative field: they like to get more bucks for their bang. Pininfarina’s Florida Coupe created a raft of design […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/alfasud-sprint.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Alfasud Sprint: The Scirocco’s Suicidal Kissing Cousin")
Alfasud Sprint: The Scirocco’s Suicidal Kissing Cousin
Posted on March 8, 2011 | 26 CommentsFreelance automotive designers are no different than anyone else in the creative field: they like to get more bucks for their bang. Pininfarina’s Florida Coupe created a raft of design […]
