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![These PR movies the manufacturers used to make are a hoot; or a joke, more accurately.Ok, some of the points seem a bit more valid than others, but one always […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras-3.0.3/images/thumbnail.png "CC Cinema Not-So-Verite: “Duel In The Desert” – Chevrolet Gives Us Unbiased and Objective Proof Of Its Superiority Over the Competition")
CC Cinema Not-So-Verite: “Duel In The Desert” – Chevrolet Gives Us Unbiased and Objective Proof Of Its Superiority Over the Competition
Posted on May 23, 2017 | 25 CommentsThese PR movies the manufacturers used to make are a hoot; or a joke, more accurately.Ok, some of the points seem a bit more valid than others, but one always […] -
![An Audi C3 lover lives here. The 5000 Quattro is gathering moss. The 200 Quattro looks a bit more roadworthy, but then there’s that almost flat rear tire. That leaves […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/CC-321-039.jpg "CC Outtake: So Which One Is The Daily Driver?")
CC Outtake: So Which One Is The Daily Driver?
Posted on May 23, 2017 | 35 CommentsAn Audi C3 lover lives here. The 5000 Quattro is gathering moss. The 200 Quattro looks a bit more roadworthy, but then there’s that almost flat rear tire. That leaves […] -
![So Cal Metro posted this shot from San Diego of three of GM’s finest, all of them sporting Oregon license plates. Hmm. Are the Southern Californians buying up our finest […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Lover-GM.jpg "Cohort Outtake: Oregon’s CC Treasures Are Ending Up In San Diego")
Cohort Outtake: Oregon’s CC Treasures Are Ending Up In San Diego
Posted on May 22, 2017 | 35 CommentsSo Cal Metro posted this shot from San Diego of three of GM’s finest, all of them sporting Oregon license plates. Hmm. Are the Southern Californians buying up our finest […] -
![Image: NASA/JPL – CalTech Launched on November 6, 2011, and alighting on Mars’ surface on August 6 of the following year, the most recent US rover to reach the fourth planet was the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/supersonic-parachute.jpg "Craterside Classic: Off-Roading on Mars, 20th Anniversary Edition (Part 3 of 3)")
Craterside Classic: Off-Roading on Mars, 20th Anniversary Edition (Part 3 of 3)
Posted on May 22, 2017 | 12 CommentsImage: NASA/JPL – CalTech Launched on November 6, 2011, and alighting on Mars’ surface on August 6 of the following year, the most recent US rover to reach the fourth planet was the […] -
CC Outtake: (Former) 1987-1991 Honda CRX: X Marks The Spot
Posted on May 22, 2017 | 14 CommentsUnfortunately, it was the wrong spot in this case. -
Reinforcing Stereotypes Wordless Outtake (Update: With Strap Holding Up Exhaust)
Posted on May 20, 2017 | 39 CommentsUpdate: the only reason I shot this is because of the fabric strap from the trunk holding up the exhaust pipe. But nobody else seems to have noticed it too. -
![CC reader Murilo sent me a link to an ad for a rather unusual vehicle. It’s called a “Barbada Studebaker Surburban”. Let’s take it from the top: On line translators […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Studebaker-Suburban-Brazil.jpg "Rare CC For Sale in Brazil: 1950 Barbada Studebaker Suburban – Bearded or Bargain? Factory or Custom Body? Studebaker or Chevrolet?")
Rare CC For Sale in Brazil: 1950 Barbada Studebaker Suburban – Bearded or Bargain? Factory or Custom Body? Studebaker or Chevrolet?
Posted on May 19, 2017 | 11 CommentsCC reader Murilo sent me a link to an ad for a rather unusual vehicle. It’s called a “Barbada Studebaker Surburban”. Let’s take it from the top: On line translators […] -
![My drive home from work takes me through some hilly roads. In order to ease their exit from their driveway, some people have mounted on poles the bullseye mirrors that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_6656.jpg "QOTD: Best Non-Automotive Use of Car Parts")
QOTD: Best Non-Automotive Use of Car Parts
Posted on May 18, 2017 | 26 CommentsMy drive home from work takes me through some hilly roads. In order to ease their exit from their driveway, some people have mounted on poles the bullseye mirrors that […] -
![Image: NASA/JPL; Spirit Launched in June and July, respectively, of 2003, the twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity became the second successful mission(s) to land mobile planetary probes on the surface […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Mars-Spirit.jpg "Craterside Classics: Off-Roading on Mars, 20th Anniversary Edition (Part 2 of 3)")
Craterside Classics: Off-Roading on Mars, 20th Anniversary Edition (Part 2 of 3)
Posted on May 18, 2017 | 4 CommentsImage: NASA/JPL; Spirit Launched in June and July, respectively, of 2003, the twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity became the second successful mission(s) to land mobile planetary probes on the surface […] -
![I’d like to begin this post with an apology. Over the past several years I’ve developed a minimum standard for auto show coverage: document all the new or interesting products […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1280,height=960,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/20170414_134347.jpg "Curbside Classic Visits The 2017 New York International Auto Show, Part 3")
Curbside Classic Visits The 2017 New York International Auto Show, Part 3
Posted on May 18, 2017 | 26 CommentsI’d like to begin this post with an apology. Over the past several years I’ve developed a minimum standard for auto show coverage: document all the new or interesting products […] -
Roadside Classics: America Through the Lens of Carol Highsmith at the Library of Congress
Posted on May 17, 2017 | 16 CommentsSweetwater County, Wyoming -
![When I lived in Hannibal, there was a running joke how the drinking water, pulled straight from the Mississippi River, was only slightly less thick than a milkshake as the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/12-oz-mason-jar-mug.jpg "The 2017 Loafers Car Show In Hannibal, Missouri – Like The Water, Filtered For Your Enjoyment")
The 2017 Loafers Car Show In Hannibal, Missouri – Like The Water, Filtered For Your Enjoyment
Posted on May 17, 2017 | 27 CommentsWhen I lived in Hannibal, there was a running joke how the drinking water, pulled straight from the Mississippi River, was only slightly less thick than a milkshake as the […] -
![Here’s a first, for me anyway: a lifted Lexus LS400, with side pipes for the shortened exhaust too. And from the look of the mud on it, it looks like […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/CC-326-010.jpg "CC Outtake: Lifted Lexus LS400 – Off-Roading In Comfort")
CC Outtake: Lifted Lexus LS400 – Off-Roading In Comfort
Posted on May 16, 2017 | 28 CommentsHere’s a first, for me anyway: a lifted Lexus LS400, with side pipes for the shortened exhaust too. And from the look of the mud on it, it looks like […] -
CC Video: How Cars Are Made Today – Ride Down The Assembly Line In One of Ford’s Most Automated Plants in China
Posted on May 15, 2017 | 16 CommentsI ran across this today, and it’s a nice contrast to some of the 1930s vintage automobile factory videos we’ve looked at here today. The spread of automation is relentless, […] -
![Image: NASA To date, NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in California, have launched three successful mobile exploratory missions to the surface of Mars. A total of four wheeled […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Mars-pathfinder-1.jpg "Craterside Classic: Off-Roading on Mars, 20th Anniversary Edition (Part 1 of 3)")
Craterside Classic: Off-Roading on Mars, 20th Anniversary Edition (Part 1 of 3)
Posted on May 15, 2017 | 12 CommentsImage: NASA To date, NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in California, have launched three successful mobile exploratory missions to the surface of Mars. A total of four wheeled […]
