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Blog Archive
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Weekend Classifieds/QOTD: Five Volkswagens – Which VW Is For You?
Posted on April 20, 2019 | 50 CommentsThose of you who are easily tempted by classified ads, look away. Those of you whose spouse is already grumbling you have too many cars, click on another article. Here […] -
MM-QOTD: We’re Time Traveling Back to the 1980s; Which Big American Car Will Be Your Daily Driver?
Posted on April 19, 2019 | 95 CommentsThe 1980s were not exactly the golden years for the big American RWD car. The second energy crisis in 1979 really put the kibosh on the genre, and throughout the […] -
QOTD: Would You Buy A Diesel?
Posted on April 19, 2019 | 82 CommentsGiven the whole VW Dieselgate scandal, memories of black smoke puffing troublesome diesel Oldsmobiles from the early 1980s, and many people’s (at least in North America) general unfamiliarity with diesels, […] -
Cohort Wordless Outtake: Gives New Meaning to the Term “Plastiwood”
Posted on April 19, 2019 | 12 Commentsposted at the Cohort by Michael Courtney -
Cohort Capsule: 1978 Buick Skylark – New York Brownstone
Posted on April 19, 2019 | 20 CommentsOK, it’s not really a brownstone, but that’s what first came to mind when I saw this shot posted at the Cohort by William Oliver. And although New York’s brownstones, […] -
CC Capsule: 1977 to 1979 Lincoln Continental – Sunshine On My Shoulder Makes Me Happy
Posted on April 18, 2019 | 24 CommentsWe’ve seen a number of examples of this vintage Lincoln over time, a car that was the end of an era for big bodies, delightfully large displacement engines, and bold […] -
CC Newsstand: The Pickup Truck Pricing Backlash Has Begun, And Owners Aren’t Happy
Posted on April 17, 2019 | 55 CommentsThere’s been a disturbance in the Force. Pickup truck owners are increasingly less satisfied with their purchasing decisions and are more likely to jump ship to a smaller vehicle than […] -
CC Outtakes: 2004 and 2019 Lexus LS – Does It Really Matter Anymore?
Posted on April 17, 2019 | 66 CommentsSad as it may be, sedans are a dying breed. If there’s any indication of the sedan’s ever-diminishing importance to most automakers, it’s in the smaller-than-ever scale of new model […] -
CC Capsule: 1990 Ford Ranger XLT – Direct from Pizza Planet
Posted on April 17, 2019 | 42 CommentsI’m a fan of the first-generation Ford Ranger, especially post-facelift when they got the composite headlamps. This is just a good-looking little truck. And this one is in surprisingly good […] -
CC Outtake: New Holland Machine Mover
Posted on April 15, 2019 | 5 CommentsFour-wheel-drive farm tractors are widely used here in the earthmoving business, either to move earth or machinery. This New Holland T7030 tractor brings a Doosan crawler excavator to a construction […] -
Cohort Outtake: 1966 Dodge Coronet Deluxe – A Farewell To A Poly 318
Posted on April 15, 2019 | 40 Commentsposted at the Cohort by Canadiancatgreen This ’66 Coronet looks familiar, as I used to drive a taxicab just like it. It even had a V8 in it, the last […] -
On The Go Outtake: LTD II, Take II
Posted on April 15, 2019 | 23 CommentsDouble my pleasure…there’s another LTD II in town. I was pretty chuffed to find the one I wrote up last year. I called it “The Longest Mid-Sized Car Ever”. A […] -
In-Motion Classic: 1980 Chevrolet Malibu Coupe – Designer Shoes (Or, How Joe Dennis Hit The Lotto)
Posted on April 15, 2019 | 45 CommentsThere are four stores that specialize in shoes near the intersection where I deboard my morning Red Line subway train and walk toward the office during the week: Nike, Skechers, […] -
MM-QOTD: We’re Time Traveling Back to the 1960s; Which Big American Car Will Be Your Daily Driver?
Posted on April 14, 2019 | 152 CommentsYou know the rules now, and it’s time to trade in your 1950s love object for one from the 1960s. And you’re going to be driving it until the next […] -
CC Global: The Fuerte RoRo-Ship – The Fiesta Deck Is Fully Occupied By Ford Europe’s Bestseller
Posted on April 13, 2019 | 26 CommentsExactly one month after I saw a herd of Deere sailing down the river, another load coming from Germany caught my eye. The upper deck of the Fuerte RoRo-ship was […]
![Weekend Classifieds/QOTD: Five Volkswagens – Which VW Is For You? Those of you who are easily tempted by classified ads, look away. Those of you whose spouse is already grumbling you have too many cars, click on another article. Here […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/volkswagens-on-craigslist.jpg)
![MM-QOTD: We’re Time Traveling Back to the 1980s; Which Big American Car Will Be Your Daily Driver? The 1980s were not exactly the golden years for the big American RWD car. The second energy crisis in 1979 really put the kibosh on the genre, and throughout the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Chevrolet-1980-9C1.jpg)

![Cohort Capsule: 1978 Buick Skylark – New York Brownstone OK, it’s not really a brownstone, but that’s what first came to mind when I saw this shot posted at the Cohort by William Oliver. And although New York’s brownstones, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/32645477147_6e64a03087_k.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1977 to 1979 Lincoln Continental – Sunshine On My Shoulder Makes Me Happy We’ve seen a number of examples of this vintage Lincoln over time, a car that was the end of an era for big bodies, delightfully large displacement engines, and bold […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMG_0107.jpg)
![CC Newsstand: The Pickup Truck Pricing Backlash Has Begun, And Owners Aren’t Happy There’s been a disturbance in the Force. Pickup truck owners are increasingly less satisfied with their purchasing decisions and are more likely to jump ship to a smaller vehicle than […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/20180402_110736.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1990 Ford Ranger XLT – Direct from Pizza Planet I’m a fan of the first-generation Ford Ranger, especially post-facelift when they got the composite headlamps. This is just a good-looking little truck. And this one is in surprisingly good […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ranger3.jpg)
![CC Outtake: New Holland Machine Mover Four-wheel-drive farm tractors are widely used here in the earthmoving business, either to move earth or machinery. This New Holland T7030 tractor brings a Doosan crawler excavator to a construction […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMG_7859.jpg)
![Cohort Outtake: 1966 Dodge Coronet Deluxe – A Farewell To A Poly 318 posted at the Cohort by Canadiancatgreen This ’66 Coronet looks familiar, as I used to drive a taxicab just like it. It even had a V8 in it, the last […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/46717013461_031b0dad91_k.jpg)
![On The Go Outtake: LTD II, Take II Double my pleasure…there’s another LTD II in town. I was pretty chuffed to find the one I wrote up last year. I called it “The Longest Mid-Sized Car Ever”. A […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/CC-378-016-crop.jpg)
![In-Motion Classic: 1980 Chevrolet Malibu Coupe – Designer Shoes (Or, How Joe Dennis Hit The Lotto) There are four stores that specialize in shoes near the intersection where I deboard my morning Red Line subway train and walk toward the office during the week: Nike, Skechers, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1980-Chevrolet-Malibu-Coupe-2-CC.jpg)
![MM-QOTD: We’re Time Traveling Back to the 1960s; Which Big American Car Will Be Your Daily Driver? You know the rules now, and it’s time to trade in your 1950s love object for one from the 1960s. And you’re going to be driving it until the next […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Plymouth-1962-s-fury-361.jpg)
![CC Global: The Fuerte RoRo-Ship – The Fiesta Deck Is Fully Occupied By Ford Europe’s Bestseller Exactly one month after I saw a herd of Deere sailing down the river, another load coming from Germany caught my eye. The upper deck of the Fuerte RoRo-ship was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMG_7767.jpg)


