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Blog Archive
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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; […] -
Car Show Classics: Last Days Of The American Supercar At Motorclassica
Posted on November 29, 2018 | 32 CommentsThis special class will resonate with a lot of CC readers I expect, even if these cars aren’t likely to be spotted at the curbside any more. Last Days of […] -
Industry News: The Rivian R1S Looks Ready To Shake Up The Three Row Luxury SUV Segment
Posted on November 29, 2018 | 36 CommentsRivian Automotive revealed the Rivian R1T on Monday with the promise that the SUV variant would be announced later in the week. Sure enough, they delivered. And it looks just […] -
Street Cars in New York From Around 1900 – Do They Suggest a Good Use For Autonomous Vehicles? An Urban Designer Seems To Thinks So
Posted on November 28, 2018 | 32 CommentsIn the last hour or so before I retire, while Stephanie takes her lengthy bath, I often surf YouTube. One of my favorite subjects are very old films. This one, […] -
Today’s Industry News: GM Still Has Massive Overcapacity Issues; Toyota Launches Several New Sedan Variants
Posted on November 28, 2018 | 71 CommentsPrius AWD-e GM’s announcement on Monday to not allocate new product to five plants as well as slash its white collar workforce doesn’t nearly address all of its overcapacity problems, […] -
Roadside Diner Classic: The “Five Easy Pieces” Diner Scene was Shot Here
Posted on November 28, 2018 | 24 CommentsWhen it comes to movies, Eugene is famous for being the home of National Lampoon’s “Animal House”. Unfortunately, the actual animal house was torn down shortly after the movie was […] -
CC Outtake: Bottom of the Range BMW
Posted on November 28, 2018 | 33 CommentsIt’s always funny to me how BMW is such a different brand in the US than on its home turf. Here is your front wheel drive hatchback Bimmer pumping out […] -
Housekeeping: We’ve Raised the Speed Limit – No More “You’re Posting Too Fast”, At Least For Now
Posted on November 27, 2018 | 10 CommentsWe’ve made some changes under the hood, which should eliminate the annoying warnings some of you have been getting, and that chewed up your thoughtful comments. An explanation from David […] -
CC Outtake: Smart Enough to Crawl Rocks
Posted on November 27, 2018 | 10 CommentsThe Smart Car hasn’t been exactly popular here in the USA . Although I’ve never had the chance to drive one, their reputation is not good. I have heard they […] -
Industry News: GM Has Cancelled A Substantial Portion Of Its Passenger Car Lineup
Posted on November 26, 2018 | 176 CommentsBig news from GM today: In an effort to restructure, the company will kill off a number of its slow selling passenger cars by the end of 2019 and also […] -
Industry News: The Rivian R1T Will Probably Be The First Fully Electric American Pickup
Posted on November 26, 2018 | 46 CommentsAs a lead up to the L.A. Auto Show, Rivian Automotive officially announced the R1T, a fully electric pickup truck set to debut some time in 2020. While traditional pickup […] -
Monday Funnies: Headlamp Hassles
Posted on November 26, 2018 | 47 CommentsOver seventeen years’ time, a lot of technical innovation and technological progress can happen. Can, that is, but not necessarily will, and when something comes kicking stalled evolution in the […] -
QOTD: What Was Your Best/Worst Winter Vehicle?
Posted on November 26, 2018 | 105 CommentsWith winter this year hitting early and with a vengeance, I have already had to deal with winter driving conditions. In fact, this is the earliest I have ever had to […] -
CC Road Trip (Part 1): Ten Days Through The German, Austrian, and Italian Alps
Posted on November 26, 2018 | 39 CommentsMaterial objects certainly have their virtues, but as I’ve grown older I’ve come to value the significance of worldly experiences. Travelling has indeed become a great passion of mine […] -
Used Car Review: BMW 328i (F30): An Anti-Acura, for Better and Worse
Posted on November 25, 2018 | 41 CommentsLast week I wrote my impressions of the Acura TSX after an impulsive test drive of a high mileage example, and concluded that it had the wrong transmission and wrong […]
![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)
![Car Show Classics: Last Days Of The American Supercar At Motorclassica This special class will resonate with a lot of CC readers I expect, even if these cars aren’t likely to be spotted at the curbside any more. Last Days of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/MC200-American-Supercar.jpg)
![Industry News: The Rivian R1S Looks Ready To Shake Up The Three Row Luxury SUV Segment Rivian Automotive revealed the Rivian R1T on Monday with the promise that the SUV variant would be announced later in the week. Sure enough, they delivered. And it looks just […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/r1s1.jpg)
![Street Cars in New York From Around 1900 – Do They Suggest a Good Use For Autonomous Vehicles? An Urban Designer Seems To Thinks So In the last hour or so before I retire, while Stephanie takes her lengthy bath, I often surf YouTube. One of my favorite subjects are very old films. This one, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Calthorpe-merlin_145797789_08102b3e-dc5c-40b6-9d99-4f0d8f75fad6-jumbo.jpg)
![Today’s Industry News: GM Still Has Massive Overcapacity Issues; Toyota Launches Several New Sedan Variants Prius AWD-e GM’s announcement on Monday to not allocate new product to five plants as well as slash its white collar workforce doesn’t nearly address all of its overcapacity problems, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/GM-tubes.jpg)
![Roadside Diner Classic: The “Five Easy Pieces” Diner Scene was Shot Here When it comes to movies, Eugene is famous for being the home of National Lampoon’s “Animal House”. Unfortunately, the actual animal house was torn down shortly after the movie was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/CC-377-048.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Bottom of the Range BMW It’s always funny to me how BMW is such a different brand in the US than on its home turf. Here is your front wheel drive hatchback Bimmer pumping out […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/image-44.jpeg)
![Housekeeping: We’ve Raised the Speed Limit – No More “You’re Posting Too Fast”, At Least For Now We’ve made some changes under the hood, which should eliminate the annoying warnings some of you have been getting, and that chewed up your thoughtful comments. An explanation from David […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/no-speed-limit.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Smart Enough to Crawl Rocks The Smart Car hasn’t been exactly popular here in the USA . Although I’ve never had the chance to drive one, their reputation is not good. I have heard they […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_20180907_121440288_HDR-2.jpg)
![Industry News: GM Has Cancelled A Substantial Portion Of Its Passenger Car Lineup Big news from GM today: In an effort to restructure, the company will kill off a number of its slow selling passenger cars by the end of 2019 and also […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1424.jpeg)
![Industry News: The Rivian R1T Will Probably Be The First Fully Electric American Pickup As a lead up to the L.A. Auto Show, Rivian Automotive officially announced the R1T, a fully electric pickup truck set to debut some time in 2020. While traditional pickup […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screenshot_2018-11-26-Rivian-R1T-The-Electric-Pickup-With-a-Front-Trunk-That-Does-0-to-60-MPH-in-3-Seconds.jpg)
![Monday Funnies: Headlamp Hassles Over seventeen years’ time, a lot of technical innovation and technological progress can happen. Can, that is, but not necessarily will, and when something comes kicking stalled evolution in the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Cartoon1.jpg)
![QOTD: What Was Your Best/Worst Winter Vehicle? With winter this year hitting early and with a vengeance, I have already had to deal with winter driving conditions. In fact, this is the earliest I have ever had to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Blizzard-of-1978.jpg)
![Used Car Review: BMW 328i (F30): An Anti-Acura, for Better and Worse Last week I wrote my impressions of the Acura TSX after an impulsive test drive of a high mileage example, and concluded that it had the wrong transmission and wrong […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2018-Volkswagen-Golf-GTI-129.jpg)


