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Newsstand Archive
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Data Diving EPA’s 2021 Automotive Trends Report: Charting The Big Changes Since 1975
Posted on January 26, 2022 | 37 CommentsEPA’s 2021 Automotive Trends Report is out, and as usual, it is a treasure trove of statistics. I’m going to dive in and extract some key charts and summaries, as […] -
Curbside Newsstand: Carpocalypse Edition – Which Brands Will Soon Be Car Free?
Posted on September 16, 2020 | 81 CommentsNews of manufacturers discontinuing their cars has been coming in fast and furious over the past several months, a trend that is being accelerated by the Coronavirus pandemic. Let’s take […] -
Curbside Newsstand: General Motors, Honda Announce North American Alliance
Posted on September 3, 2020 | 26 CommentsAutomakers around the globe are planning to embark on substantial electrification programs. As a result, a number of partnerships, alliances, tie-ups, and agreements have taken place recently between companies that […] -
Curbside Newsstand: RIP Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ – Ford Motor Company’s Last Mid-Size Sedans
Posted on July 30, 2020 | 82 CommentsAs the Ford Fusion rides off into the sunset, it can only be playing one song: Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.” Production at Ford’s Hermosillo plant ends today for the mid-size […] -
Curbside Newsstand: Honda Fit, Civic Coupe, Accord Stick Shift Join Toyota Yaris, Chevy Sonic and Hyundai Accent On The Small Car Chopping Block
Posted on July 18, 2020 | 58 CommentsThe culling of smaller passenger cars continues. Today Honda announced that the Fit is no longer fit for the US. And that goes for the Civic coupe and the manual […] -
Curbside Newsstand: 2021 Ford Bronco and 2021 Bronco Sport – Ford Revives an Icon, Launches a Sub-brand, and Officially Pivots to Utilities by Declaring War on Jeep
Posted on July 14, 2020 | 91 CommentsWhen Ford announced their intention to largely ditch passenger cars in April 2018, critics instantly wondered what products would fill the gaps left behind by the loss of vehicles like […] -
Curbside Newsstand: JC Whitney to Cease All Sales
Posted on July 2, 2020 | 48 CommentsCOVID-19 has left a bloodbath of failed retailers in its wake, many of which were already on shaky ground before the pandemic. You can add famed mail order automotive parts […] -
Curbside Newsstand: Tesla Surpasses Toyota As Most Valuable Car Co., Lincoln Kills Continental
Posted on July 1, 2020 | 67 CommentsA couple of tidbits in the news today that just want to be shared. Tesla’s stock surge continues (up 130% since the beginning of the year), with a market cap […] -
Curbside Newsstand: New 2021 Toyota Sienna and Venza – Hybrid Only
Posted on May 18, 2020 | 68 CommentsThe Curbside Newsstand is opening up again, after a mandated Covid-19 shut down. And we have some pretty good news this morning: an all-new Toyota Sienna van (I refuse to […] -
Curbside Newsstand: CR 2020 Brand Report Card: Porsche #1; Tesla #11 and Highest Of All Domestic Brands
Posted on February 20, 2020 | 34 CommentsConsumer Reports has released their 2020 Brand Report Card Rankings. To be a top recommendation, a vehicle must score well in road tests, predicted reliability, owner satisfaction and safety. Toyota […] -
Curbside Newsstand: GM Envisions Its Cruise Origin Autonomous Shuttle as the Next Model T – Really?
Posted on January 30, 2020 | 33 CommentsThere’s few things that make me more suspicious than hearing the Model T invoked, as in predictions of its second coming. There’s never, ever going to be a second Model […] -
Everybody Is Bitching About the Rapidly Increasing Price of Cars But They All Have It Wrong – Here’s a List of New Car Prices Going Back to 1967 and 2020 Is the Cheapest
Posted on January 20, 2020 | 101 CommentsThe media is bursting with stories about how rapidly car prices are exploding. Up 29% since 2009! Meanwhile median household income has only increased by 6% in the same time […] -
Curbside Newsstand: American Pickup Trucks, Newly Redesigned Models Stumble In Consumer Reports’ 2019 Reliability Survey
Posted on December 11, 2019 | 52 CommentsConsumer Reports recently released its annual reliability survey. As always, newly introduced models performed poorly while older vehicles did well. There were some exceptions to that rule though. Some recent […] -
Curbside Newsstand: Is California Still the Trendsetter? Post Peak Car? – Fourth Year of Declining New Vehicle Sales; Tesla Model 3 Closing in on Camry
Posted on December 1, 2019 | 48 CommentsThe old saying is “As California goes, so goes the nation”. That certainly has been very true for a high percentage of automotive trends, especially the utter dominance of import […]
![Data Diving EPA’s 2021 Automotive Trends Report: Charting The Big Changes Since 1975 EPA’s 2021 Automotive Trends Report is out, and as usual, it is a treasure trove of statistics. I’m going to dive in and extract some key charts and summaries, as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/epa-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Newsstand: Carpocalypse Edition – Which Brands Will Soon Be Car Free? News of manufacturers discontinuing their cars has been coming in fast and furious over the past several months, a trend that is being accelerated by the Coronavirus pandemic. Let’s take […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SUVs.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Newsstand: General Motors, Honda Announce North American Alliance Automakers around the globe are planning to embark on substantial electrification programs. As a result, a number of partnerships, alliances, tie-ups, and agreements have taken place recently between companies that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20180402_124752-tile.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Newsstand: RIP Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ – Ford Motor Company’s Last Mid-Size Sedans As the Ford Fusion rides off into the sunset, it can only be playing one song: Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.” Production at Ford’s Hermosillo plant ends today for the mid-size […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fusionmkz2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Newsstand: Honda Fit, Civic Coupe, Accord Stick Shift Join Toyota Yaris, Chevy Sonic and Hyundai Accent On The Small Car Chopping Block The culling of smaller passenger cars continues. Today Honda announced that the Fit is no longer fit for the US. And that goes for the Civic coupe and the manual […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Honda-Jazz-2020.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Newsstand: 2021 Ford Bronco and 2021 Bronco Sport – Ford Revives an Icon, Launches a Sub-brand, and Officially Pivots to Utilities by Declaring War on Jeep When Ford announced their intention to largely ditch passenger cars in April 2018, critics instantly wondered what products would fill the gaps left behind by the loss of vehicles like […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Bronco_Family_01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Newsstand: JC Whitney to Cease All Sales COVID-19 has left a bloodbath of failed retailers in its wake, many of which were already on shaky ground before the pandemic. You can add famed mail order automotive parts […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/jcw-logo.jpg?resize=115%2C94&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Newsstand: Tesla Surpasses Toyota As Most Valuable Car Co., Lincoln Kills Continental A couple of tidbits in the news today that just want to be shared. Tesla’s stock surge continues (up 130% since the beginning of the year), with a market cap […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a-S-vert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Newsstand: New 2021 Toyota Sienna and Venza – Hybrid Only The Curbside Newsstand is opening up again, after a mandated Covid-19 shut down. And we have some pretty good news this morning: an all-new Toyota Sienna van (I refuse to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Toyota-2021-Sienna-XSE-11.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Newsstand: CR 2020 Brand Report Card: Porsche #1; Tesla #11 and Highest Of All Domestic Brands Consumer Reports has released their 2020 Brand Report Card Rankings. To be a top recommendation, a vehicle must score well in road tests, predicted reliability, owner satisfaction and safety. Toyota […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CR-2020-second-tier.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Newsstand: GM Envisions Its Cruise Origin Autonomous Shuttle as the Next Model T – Really? There’s few things that make me more suspicious than hearing the Model T invoked, as in predictions of its second coming. There’s never, ever going to be a second Model […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Cruise-street.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Newsstand: Next Generation Ford Fusion To Debut Next Year As Outback Competitor The Subaru Outback is an institution. Since 1994, Subaru has essentially been the only entry in a segment it created. To be fair, there were a number of mainstream, mid-size […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screenshot_2020-01-28-Gallery2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Everybody Is Bitching About the Rapidly Increasing Price of Cars But They All Have It Wrong – Here’s a List of New Car Prices Going Back to 1967 and 2020 Is the Cheapest The media is bursting with stories about how rapidly car prices are exploding. Up 29% since 2009! Meanwhile median household income has only increased by 6% in the same time […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/a-price-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Newsstand: American Pickup Trucks, Newly Redesigned Models Stumble In Consumer Reports’ 2019 Reliability Survey Consumer Reports recently released its annual reliability survey. As always, newly introduced models performed poorly while older vehicles did well. There were some exceptions to that rule though. Some recent […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/20190425_114841-tile.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Newsstand: Is California Still the Trendsetter? Post Peak Car? – Fourth Year of Declining New Vehicle Sales; Tesla Model 3 Closing in on Camry The old saying is “As California goes, so goes the nation”. That certainly has been very true for a high percentage of automotive trends, especially the utter dominance of import […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Tesla-M3-Uber.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


