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car show Archive
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Car Show Outtakes: 2009 Abarth Grande Punto And 2012 Abarth Punto Evo – Sporty Puntos – Period
Posted on April 21, 2019 | 18 CommentsFrom 1993 to 2018, the Punto was Fiat’s B-segment (subcompact) hatchback. It competed against cars like the Volkswagen Polo, Ford Fiesta, Opel Corsa and Renault Clio. The third and last […] -
Future Classics: 2019 Denver Auto Show – Sightings And Musings And Tidbits, Oh My!
Posted on April 5, 2019 | 24 CommentsWhile Edward Snitkoff did a wonderful job of covering most of the vehicles at the Hudson Valley Auto Show recently, I got invited to the Media Day at the Denver […] -
A Gathering of Vintage French Cars: When a Wet Sunday Can Be A Good Thing
Posted on April 1, 2019 | 34 CommentsA wet British Sunday (“Again?” I hear you say). Let’s instead remember a wet French Sunday. Going to our favourite Sunday market in south west France, there was clearly an […] -
Curbside Classic Visits The 2019 Hudson Valley Auto Show, Part 2: Toyota, Ford, Kia, Hyundai, Jeep, And Ram
Posted on March 26, 2019 | 43 CommentsHow important are car interiors? In part 1, I roasted Acura for crafting interiors that can’t even match up to Mazda. The truth is I probably could have gone even […] -
Curbside Classic Visits The 2019 Hudson Valley Auto Show, Part 1: General Motors, Nissan, Acura, And Mazda
Posted on March 19, 2019 | 41 CommentsFor the past three years or so I’ve been meaning to take a trip up to the local convention center when they host their annual auto show. Circumstances forced me […] -
Car Show Classics: Japan Classic Day
Posted on March 10, 2019 | 25 CommentsHere’s my belated report of the May 2018 edition of the Japan Classic Day. The Honda Club brought an impressive collection of early Civics to the event and the number […] -
Car Show Outtakes: 1986 Mercedes-Benz W124 and W201 – Both With Go Fast Cladding
Posted on February 19, 2019 | 15 CommentsModerately powered family sedans with an optical tuning package, That ’80s Show. I had almost forgotten about them, until I caught this duo last year. Mercedes-Benz models from that decade […] -
Car Show Outtakes: Peppy Little Renaults – Turbocharged Le Cars And Some Descendants
Posted on January 27, 2019 | 18 CommentsSince March 1976, Renault has been offering zippy, small hatchbacks continuously. Ranging from lukewarm to boiling hot, with or without the help of a turbocharger and with an engine displacement […] -
Car Show: Xequar Goes to NAIAS – 2019 Edition
Posted on January 21, 2019 | 40 CommentsAs is our annual tradition, Mr. X and I, along with a friend of ours, went to the annual North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Opening remarks? Yikes is show […] -
Car Show Classics: Autotron April 2018 – European Classics And One Little Honda
Posted on January 16, 2019 | 32 CommentsI still got way too many 2018 pictures of neat classic rides stored on my laptop, long overdue for publication. Early April I visited the Autotron classic car show. Visitors […] -
Car Show Classics: Classic Park American Day – Part Two
Posted on January 14, 2019 | 25 CommentsThis picture perfectly shows what you can expect when visiting an event called American Day, especially with sunny weather. Pretty much anything with four wheels, built in North-America from the […] -
Car Show Classics: Classic Park American Day – Part One
Posted on January 8, 2019 | 23 CommentsNow don’t expect pictures of first gen Mustangs and Corvettes C3. Really nice and famous classic cars, but simply too common. I mean, these are the Opel Kadetts -any generation- […] -
Car Show Report- Actuals, Fistfights and Fish Bellies: Fresno’s Annual Car Show Delivers.
Posted on November 30, 2018 | 65 CommentsAh November, the season for overeating and overspending and general pleasure lovin’ hedonism, but in an acceptable, middle of the road, kinda way that your grandma is okey-dokey with; […] -
Cars & Coffee on a Crisp Autumn Morning
Posted on November 16, 2018 | 25 CommentsThe seasons have changed and a cool crisp fall morning seemed like a good time to check in on the Portland Cars and Coffee gang in Wilsonville, Oregon. With […] -
Truck Show Outtake: Mercedes-Benz G-Class 300 GD – Steyr-Daimler-Puch Mobile Workstation
Posted on October 28, 2018 | 11 CommentsFinding a Mercedes-Benz G-Class that doesn’t look and/or sound as if it were the Pale Rider’s favorite set of wheels, now that’s quite a surprise these days! An all original […]
![Car Show Outtakes: 2009 Abarth Grande Punto And 2012 Abarth Punto Evo – Sporty Puntos – Period From 1993 to 2018, the Punto was Fiat’s B-segment (subcompact) hatchback. It competed against cars like the Volkswagen Polo, Ford Fiesta, Opel Corsa and Renault Clio. The third and last […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMG_7833.jpg)
![Future Classics: 2019 Denver Auto Show – Sightings And Musings And Tidbits, Oh My! While Edward Snitkoff did a wonderful job of covering most of the vehicles at the Hudson Valley Auto Show recently, I got invited to the Media Day at the Denver […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMG_2387.jpg)
![A Gathering of Vintage French Cars: When a Wet Sunday Can Be A Good Thing A wet British Sunday (“Again?” I hear you say). Let’s instead remember a wet French Sunday. Going to our favourite Sunday market in south west France, there was clearly an […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IMG_0162.jpg)
![Curbside Classic Visits The 2019 Hudson Valley Auto Show, Part 2: Toyota, Ford, Kia, Hyundai, Jeep, And Ram How important are car interiors? In part 1, I roasted Acura for crafting interiors that can’t even match up to Mazda. The truth is I probably could have gone even […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20190310_133744.jpg)
![Curbside Classic Visits The 2019 Hudson Valley Auto Show, Part 1: General Motors, Nissan, Acura, And Mazda For the past three years or so I’ve been meaning to take a trip up to the local convention center when they host their annual auto show. Circumstances forced me […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20190310_130209.jpg)
![Car Show Classics: Japan Classic Day Here’s my belated report of the May 2018 edition of the Japan Classic Day. The Honda Club brought an impressive collection of early Civics to the event and the number […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IMG_6359.jpg)
![Car Show Outtakes: 1986 Mercedes-Benz W124 and W201 – Both With Go Fast Cladding Moderately powered family sedans with an optical tuning package, That ’80s Show. I had almost forgotten about them, until I caught this duo last year. Mercedes-Benz models from that decade […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/IMG_6794.jpg)
![Car Show Outtakes: Peppy Little Renaults – Turbocharged Le Cars And Some Descendants Since March 1976, Renault has been offering zippy, small hatchbacks continuously. Ranging from lukewarm to boiling hot, with or without the help of a turbocharger and with an engine displacement […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_7394.jpg)
![Car Show: Xequar Goes to NAIAS – 2019 Edition As is our annual tradition, Mr. X and I, along with a friend of ours, went to the annual North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Opening remarks? Yikes is show […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20190120_100336.jpg)
![Car Show Classics: Autotron April 2018 – European Classics And One Little Honda I still got way too many 2018 pictures of neat classic rides stored on my laptop, long overdue for publication. Early April I visited the Autotron classic car show. Visitors […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_5750.jpg)
![Car Show Classics: Classic Park American Day – Part Two This picture perfectly shows what you can expect when visiting an event called American Day, especially with sunny weather. Pretty much anything with four wheels, built in North-America from the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_5952.jpg)
![Car Show Classics: Classic Park American Day – Part One Now don’t expect pictures of first gen Mustangs and Corvettes C3. Really nice and famous classic cars, but simply too common. I mean, these are the Opel Kadetts -any generation- […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_5934.jpg)
![Car Show Report- Actuals, Fistfights and Fish Bellies: Fresno’s Annual Car Show Delivers. Ah November, the season for overeating and overspending and general pleasure lovin’ hedonism, but in an acceptable, middle of the road, kinda way that your grandma is okey-dokey with; […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/20181117_152314.jpg)
![Cars & Coffee on a Crisp Autumn Morning The seasons have changed and a cool crisp fall morning seemed like a good time to check in on the Portland Cars and Coffee gang in Wilsonville, Oregon. With […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Austin-V-8-02.jpg)
![Truck Show Outtake: Mercedes-Benz G-Class 300 GD – Steyr-Daimler-Puch Mobile Workstation Finding a Mercedes-Benz G-Class that doesn’t look and/or sound as if it were the Pale Rider’s favorite set of wheels, now that’s quite a surprise these days! An all original […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_7619.jpg)


