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Blog Archive
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Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Singer Vogue – Raised Eyebrows
Posted on July 22, 2020 | 31 Commentsposted at the Cohort by Chris Irber When I encountered this face at the Cohort, I had a WTF moment. In the lower resolution image I first saw, it looked […] -
Ten Corvettes, Ten Days: Day 5 – C5 Z06 “Tiffany”
Posted on July 22, 2020 | 11 CommentsLong Beach If there is anything that can redeem the Corvette name after yesterday’s misadventures it is the raw potential of a C5 Z06. Yet again, the GPS leads me […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: “Porsche” “Roadster” – How Many Clues To Tip Off It’s A Fake Can You Find?
Posted on July 21, 2020 | 35 CommentsThe instant my eyes fell on this picture at the Cohort by robadr titled “Porsche 1600 Super” I knew it was a fake. Which is perfectly all right, as Porsche […] -
Ten Days, Ten Corvettes: Day 4, C4
Posted on July 21, 2020 | 28 CommentsCovina Ten Corvettes in ten days, from the start of this endeavor, I have been favoring the C5 and C6 over the C4 on the basis that late ’90s and […] -
CC Video: This Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 Has Not Been Retired
Posted on July 20, 2020 | 21 CommentsOn May 5, Virgin Atlantic announced that its fleet of 747s would be retired immediately. The news for the 747 and Airbus 380 has been mighty grim lately, as the […] -
Wordless Outtake: Old(s) But Still Lit And Fit
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Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1968 Buick Skylark Coupe – “Toothless and Bald”
Posted on July 20, 2020 | 23 CommentsMike Hayes found this ’68 Buick Skylark coupe, and noted it was “toothless and bald”. True that. Bald? Yes; its once lush vinyl top is no more. -
CC Twofer: 1990 Nissan Skyline (R32) Saloon & GT-R Coupé – The Most Exciting Car Of A Lousy Era
Posted on July 20, 2020 | 21 CommentsThe year 1990, as I’ve written several times before, is situated right in the middle of a most inauspicious period in automotive design. Even Jaguars looked ugly back then, for […] -
Ten Days, Ten Corvettes: Day 3 – C6
Posted on July 19, 2020 | 9 CommentsNorth Hollywood As a lifelong Europhile, the cars I look at always come with inevitable and costly problems. And the standard wisdom says Corvettes balance fun with reliability at some […] -
Curbside Weekend Reads: “How Tesla Cracked the Code of Automobile Innovation” as Well as Two Others
Posted on July 18, 2020 | 27 CommentsAvoiding the vortex of the Tesla haters/lovers and reading about what it is that really sets the company so far apart from the rest of the industry is not always […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day #2: Ford Had A Massive Head Start On Making The Ugliest 5-Mile Bumpers
Posted on July 18, 2020 | 29 Commentsposted by Fred Oliver Ok, the headline is a (rare) bit of click bait. But this aftermarket continental spare kit on this otherwise quite fine ’62 Sunliner does rather remind […] -
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 […] -
Ten Days, Ten Corvettes: Day 2
Posted on July 18, 2020 | 6 CommentsNorth Hollywood I have never seen a green Corvette with a tan interior. This particular C5 could almost be called classy. But no, like most used Vettes, this one has […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: International’s Take On The 5-Mile Bumper
Posted on July 18, 2020 | 7 Commentsposted by nifticus
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Singer Vogue – Raised Eyebrows posted at the Cohort by Chris Irber When I encountered this face at the Cohort, I had a WTF moment. In the lower resolution image I first saw, it looked […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/50123580621_77d402e0d3_k.jpg)
![Ten Corvettes, Ten Days: Day 5 – C5 Z06 “Tiffany” Long Beach If there is anything that can redeem the Corvette name after yesterday’s misadventures it is the raw potential of a C5 Z06. Yet again, the GPS leads me […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/A53EE56F-C694-4DA5-BF81-AA649AE7D9EC_1_105_c.jpeg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: “Porsche” “Roadster” – How Many Clues To Tip Off It’s A Fake Can You Find? The instant my eyes fell on this picture at the Cohort by robadr titled “Porsche 1600 Super” I knew it was a fake. Which is perfectly all right, as Porsche […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/50134667942_7fe86c9210_k.jpg)
![Ten Days, Ten Corvettes: Day 4, C4 Covina Ten Corvettes in ten days, from the start of this endeavor, I have been favoring the C5 and C6 over the C4 on the basis that late ’90s and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c4-y.jpg)


![CC Outtake: Two Sets of Twins There is a certain novelty in seeing twins. I work with a set of twins, I went to elementary school with several sets of twins, and two great-aunts had twins. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_1142.jpg)
![CC Twofer: 1990 Nissan Skyline (R32) Saloon & GT-R Coupé – The Most Exciting Car Of A Lousy Era The year 1990, as I’ve written several times before, is situated right in the middle of a most inauspicious period in automotive design. Even Jaguars looked ugly back then, for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_20200604_115437-copy.jpg)
![Ten Days, Ten Corvettes: Day 3 – C6 North Hollywood As a lifelong Europhile, the cars I look at always come with inevitable and costly problems. And the standard wisdom says Corvettes balance fun with reliability at some […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c6.jpg)
![Curbside Weekend Reads: “How Tesla Cracked the Code of Automobile Innovation” as Well as Two Others Avoiding the vortex of the Tesla haters/lovers and reading about what it is that really sets the company so far apart from the rest of the industry is not always […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/tesla-model-3-social-2.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day #2: Ford Had A Massive Head Start On Making The Ugliest 5-Mile Bumpers posted by Fred Oliver Ok, the headline is a (rare) bit of click bait. But this aftermarket continental spare kit on this otherwise quite fine ’62 Sunliner does rather remind […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/50113578218_d6f45b6a2c_k.jpg)
![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Honda-Jazz-2020.jpg)
![Ten Days, Ten Corvettes: Day 2 North Hollywood I have never seen a green Corvette with a tan interior. This particular C5 could almost be called classy. But no, like most used Vettes, this one has […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/EB87360C-EC4D-42C9-977E-E9F07327B6E0_1_105_c.jpeg)



