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Curbside Classics Archives
CC Capsule Archive
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![Rolls versus Bentley? Shouldn’t that be Rolls and Bentley? I still have trouble accepting these two as rival companies – or rather, branches of rival companies. I don’t think there […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_20220124_165131-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule/Twofer: 2012-18 Bentley Continental GT & 2013-22 Rolls-Royce Wraith – Two Burly British Bulldogs, Sniffing Each Other’s Exhaust")
CC Capsule/Twofer: 2012-18 Bentley Continental GT & 2013-22 Rolls-Royce Wraith – Two Burly British Bulldogs, Sniffing Each Other’s Exhaust
Posted on April 6, 2022 | 14 CommentsRolls versus Bentley? Shouldn’t that be Rolls and Bentley? I still have trouble accepting these two as rival companies – or rather, branches of rival companies. I don’t think there […] -
![I was in my early twenties when my second apartment got broken into. My insurance career was in its infancy, and my meager, post-college earnings meant a limited allowance for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2013-02-15-Friday-1999-Jaguar-S-Type-Flint-Michigan-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: c. 2000 Jaguar S-Type – Hacked")
Curbside Capsule: c. 2000 Jaguar S-Type – Hacked
Posted on April 5, 2022 | 45 CommentsI was in my early twenties when my second apartment got broken into. My insurance career was in its infancy, and my meager, post-college earnings meant a limited allowance for […] -
![Do not adjust your set. This is not an April Fools prank, it’s not some sort of Photoshoppery, nor did someone microdose your coffee this morning. This is a real […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_20220226_100723-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule/Future Classic/CC For Sale: 2019 Mitsuoka Rock Star S Special Package – Mitsuoka’s New Groove: Motown Classics")
CC Capsule/Future Classic/CC For Sale: 2019 Mitsuoka Rock Star S Special Package – Mitsuoka’s New Groove: Motown Classics
Posted on April 1, 2022 | 17 CommentsDo not adjust your set. This is not an April Fools prank, it’s not some sort of Photoshoppery, nor did someone microdose your coffee this morning. This is a real […] -
![(first posted 3/31/2016) While walking through my neighborhood after a post-work pit stop made at the local drug store, I came across these two purple Plymouth Neons from both generations […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/005-1st-2nd-Gen-Plymouth-Neon-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: First & Second Generation Plymouth Neons – A Parallel-Parked Pair Of Purple Plymouths")
CC Capsule: First & Second Generation Plymouth Neons – A Parallel-Parked Pair Of Purple Plymouths
Posted on March 31, 2022 | 75 Comments(first posted 3/31/2016) While walking through my neighborhood after a post-work pit stop made at the local drug store, I came across these two purple Plymouth Neons from both generations […] -
![(first posted 3/30/2016) Take a seventeen-foot, extended-length SUV, take out the actually usable third row, replace the entire trunk area with waterproof truck lining, separate it from the passenger compartment […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_4918.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2004 GMC Envoy XUV – And Whose Bright Idea Was This?")
Curbside Classic: 2004 GMC Envoy XUV – And Whose Bright Idea Was This?
Posted on March 30, 2022 | 58 Comments(first posted 3/30/2016) Take a seventeen-foot, extended-length SUV, take out the actually usable third row, replace the entire trunk area with waterproof truck lining, separate it from the passenger compartment […] -
![The Futura has been getting some love at CC lately and here is a chance to give it a South American take, or Colombian as is the case. I was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_20210905_121056504.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Ford Falcon Futura Found In Bogota")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Ford Falcon Futura Found In Bogota
Posted on March 28, 2022 | 6 CommentsThe Futura has been getting some love at CC lately and here is a chance to give it a South American take, or Colombian as is the case. I was […] -
![(first posted 11/14/2013) The seventies was the heyday of the custom or cruiser vans, lots of bold graphics, but pretty stripped from the factory. The shagadelic interior was essentially a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/jhmbng.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1980s Chevrolet Starcraft Conversion Van – Why Solid Wood Cup Holders Didn’t Catch On")
CC Capsule: 1980s Chevrolet Starcraft Conversion Van – Why Solid Wood Cup Holders Didn’t Catch On
Posted on March 27, 2022 | 48 Comments(first posted 11/14/2013) The seventies was the heyday of the custom or cruiser vans, lots of bold graphics, but pretty stripped from the factory. The shagadelic interior was essentially a […] -
![This Plymouth Belvedere is one of the final chapters in the Engel-Exner transition years at Chrysler, a chapter already covered at CC in more than one instance. Station wagons, with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_20211217_145141443_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Plymouth Belvedere Station Wagon – One Of The Last Of The Engel-Exner Editions")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Plymouth Belvedere Station Wagon – One Of The Last Of The Engel-Exner Editions
Posted on March 21, 2022 | 25 CommentsThis Plymouth Belvedere is one of the final chapters in the Engel-Exner transition years at Chrysler, a chapter already covered at CC in more than one instance. Station wagons, with […] -
![The poor last-of-the-BoF-RWD-dinosaurs 1993-96 Fleetwood Brougham gets no respect, no respect at all. Even at CC – there is no “proper” long-form post to commemorate this now genuinely classic vehicle. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_20210422_091203-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1995 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – Premature Heir Loss")
CC Capsule: 1995 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – Premature Heir Loss
Posted on March 17, 2022 | 11 CommentsThe poor last-of-the-BoF-RWD-dinosaurs 1993-96 Fleetwood Brougham gets no respect, no respect at all. Even at CC – there is no “proper” long-form post to commemorate this now genuinely classic vehicle. […] -
![(first posted 1/15/2016) Is it cheating to include this car in Toyota week? After all, the Toyota Lexcen was built in the same Elizabeth, South Australia factory as the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/toyota-lexcen5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989-97 Toyota Lexcen – A Different Kind Of Toyota: Not A Toyota")
Curbside Classic: 1989-97 Toyota Lexcen – A Different Kind Of Toyota: Not A Toyota
Posted on March 16, 2022 | 39 Comments(first posted 1/15/2016) Is it cheating to include this car in Toyota week? After all, the Toyota Lexcen was built in the same Elizabeth, South Australia factory as the […] -
![Everyone knows and, presumably, loves the 1st generation Subaru Impreza. It looked cool, had a bunch of terrific boxer engines, featured Subaru’s excellent AWD transmission and had rally racing bona […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_20220121_140707-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1999 Subaru Impreza Casa Blanca – Less Than Imprezzed")
CC Capsule: 1999 Subaru Impreza Casa Blanca – Less Than Imprezzed
Posted on March 16, 2022 | 14 CommentsEveryone knows and, presumably, loves the 1st generation Subaru Impreza. It looked cool, had a bunch of terrific boxer engines, featured Subaru’s excellent AWD transmission and had rally racing bona […] -
![(first posted 3/11/2016) Chrysler was on the way to recovery. It really was. The Neon, for all its foibles, was very popular and doing well against its competition, they had […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/gggvb.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2004 Chrysler 300M – The Dusk of a New Era")
Curbside Classic: 2004 Chrysler 300M – The Dusk of a New Era
Posted on March 11, 2022 | 41 Comments(first posted 3/11/2016) Chrysler was on the way to recovery. It really was. The Neon, for all its foibles, was very popular and doing well against its competition, they had […] -
![(first posted 3/4/2016) I miss full-sized, truck-based, American-designed and built, V8-powered passenger vans. I miss regularly seeing them on our roads. I miss the artistic canvas that was many of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Chevy-Van-blue-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: Third-Generation Chevrolet G-Series – An Ode To The Chevy Van")
CC Capsule: Third-Generation Chevrolet G-Series – An Ode To The Chevy Van
Posted on March 4, 2022 | 74 Comments(first posted 3/4/2016) I miss full-sized, truck-based, American-designed and built, V8-powered passenger vans. I miss regularly seeing them on our roads. I miss the artistic canvas that was many of […] -
![(first posted 3/16/2012) The restyled full-size 1974 Plymouths and Dodges were not launched in the best of times. Introduced just as the first gas crisis was ramping up, these cars […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/polkl.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1975 Plymouth Gran Fury – Bad Timing")
CC Capsule: 1975 Plymouth Gran Fury – Bad Timing
Posted on March 2, 2022 | 82 Comments(first posted 3/16/2012) The restyled full-size 1974 Plymouths and Dodges were not launched in the best of times. Introduced just as the first gas crisis was ramping up, these cars […] -
CC Capsule Peugeot 404 – Glad to See Your Face!
Posted on February 28, 2022 | 14 Comments404’s have received more than their share of love at CC. Then again, would a little more love hurt?
