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CC Twofer: 1987 Nissan Skyline (R31) Excel Saloon & 1994 Ford Mustang Convertible – Beauty And The Beast, But Which Is Which?
Posted on June 29, 2022 | 12 CommentsNow that’s a two-car garage I’m sure many at CC would approve of! Perhaps neither car would be anyone’s first choice – Mustangs of this era are a bit blobby […] -
Cohort Classic: 1990 Eagle Talon TSi AWD – The Eagle Has Landed
Posted on June 28, 2022 | 51 Comments1990 Eagle Talon cohort photos by cjcz92 (first posted 6/28/2016) Take a compact sports coupe designed and engineered in Japan, manufacture it in the United States through a joint Chrysler-Mitsubishi […] -
Curbside Classic: 1992 Toyota MR2 – A Camry In Italian Drag
Posted on June 25, 2022 | 39 Comments(first posted 2/13/2011): If a picture is really worth a thousand words, I might as well stop right now and just leave you with this one. It says it all. […] -
CC Capsule: 1978 Toyota Corona Mark II (X30) GL 2000 – Out In The Open
Posted on June 24, 2022 | 11 CommentsWell, this was a first. Finding a 45-year-old car just sitting on someone’s front porch (if you can call it that) is one thing, but this one was more gaping […] -
Curbside Classic: 2002 Toyota Prius – Toyota’s Big Hybrid Gamble Pays Off
Posted on June 20, 2022 | 163 Comments(first posted 8/19/2013. Update 6/18/2022: this same Prius is still there at this address) A happy marriage isn’t exactly the easiest thing to engineer. And gasoline and electricity are about […] -
Curbside Classic: 1994 Honda Civic (EF2) Shuttle 4WD – The MVP Of Proto-MPVs
Posted on June 20, 2022 | 4 CommentsEarlier this week, we had a look at two examples of a now relatively rare sub-niche, namely affordable stretched saloons. Those still exist – barely, in most markets, but they’re […] -
A Gallery Of Curbside Toyota Vans: The (Former) Official Van Of Eugene
Posted on June 19, 2022 | 46 Commentsin front of town founder Eugene Skinner’s cabin (first posted 8/19/2013. The Previa took its place some years back, but there’s still a few soldiering on) Stereotypes inevitably fail. Eugene […] -
Curbside Classic: Subaru XT – Forward To The Future In 1985
Posted on June 18, 2022 | 57 Comments(first posted 10/22/2012) Nineteen eighty-five. The year of Back to the Future and The Goonies. The year of songs like “Born in the USA” and “Take on Me”. What better […] -
Car Show Classic: 1960 Buick LeSabre Convertible – I’d Really Rather Have This
Posted on June 16, 2022 | 78 Comments(first posted 10/23/2012) We’re rapidly approaching the end of Convertible Season here in the Bay Area. Just about a year ago, I profiled a Mercury Monterey Convertible and now, to commemorate the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1996 Nissan Cedric (Y31) Brougham L – Just A Little More
Posted on June 14, 2022 | 10 CommentsFollowing from yesterday’s Volvo S90 Royal, here is the JDM equivalent of the stretched Swede. This Cedric Brougham L is comparable in almost every respect with the Volvo: same ‘90s […] -
Curbside Classic: 1971 Toyota Corona Mark II – Some Things Never Change
Posted on June 13, 2022 | 48 Comments(first posted 8/20/2013) Forty (update: fifty) years is an instant, and an eternity; so many things change, but others hardly change at all. One minute, I’m with a girlfriend, […] -
CC Capsule: 1991 Mitsubishi GTO (Z16A) – Peak Mitsubishi
Posted on June 10, 2022 | 17 CommentsWas this the car that should have heralded a parallel universe wherein Mitsubishi played the role of the cool Japanese carmaker? I was still a bit young when this car […] -
Curbside Classic: 1994 Toyota Corona Exiv (ST200) TR-R – The Four-Door Celica
Posted on June 6, 2022 | 12 CommentsI keep surprising myself with how many variations on the oxymoronic “pillared hardtop” theme bloomed across the Toyota range in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Well, I say Toyota because we’re […] -
Curbside Classic: 1993-94 Autozam AZ-1 – Small Wonder
Posted on June 2, 2022 | 11 CommentsIt’s always good policy to keep the best for last, so after having examined the minutiae of the Suzuki Cappuccino and put the Honda Beat under the microscope, time has […] -
Curbside Musings: 2004 Kia Sedona LX – Vacation Attire
Posted on May 31, 2022 | 37 CommentsI went recently to a Secretary Of State office in downtown Chicago to get my Real ID. Part of my thought process was that since I had all of the […]
![CC Twofer: 1987 Nissan Skyline (R31) Excel Saloon & 1994 Ford Mustang Convertible – Beauty And The Beast, But Which Is Which? Now that’s a two-car garage I’m sure many at CC would approve of! Perhaps neither car would be anyone’s first choice – Mustangs of this era are a bit blobby […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20220423_130552-copy.jpg)
![Cohort Classic: 1990 Eagle Talon TSi AWD – The Eagle Has Landed 1990 Eagle Talon cohort photos by cjcz92 (first posted 6/28/2016) Take a compact sports coupe designed and engineered in Japan, manufacture it in the United States through a joint Chrysler-Mitsubishi […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/27059541942_cc6139fa2a_k.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1992 Toyota MR2 – A Camry In Italian Drag (first posted 2/13/2011): If a picture is really worth a thousand words, I might as well stop right now and just leave you with this one. It says it all. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CC-125-069-800.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1978 Toyota Corona Mark II (X30) GL 2000 – Out In The Open Well, this was a first. Finding a 45-year-old car just sitting on someone’s front porch (if you can call it that) is one thing, but this one was more gaping […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20220520_143107-copy.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 2002 Toyota Prius – Toyota’s Big Hybrid Gamble Pays Off (first posted 8/19/2013. Update 6/18/2022: this same Prius is still there at this address) A happy marriage isn’t exactly the easiest thing to engineer. And gasoline and electricity are about […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ttpo.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1994 Honda Civic (EF2) Shuttle 4WD – The MVP Of Proto-MPVs Earlier this week, we had a look at two examples of a now relatively rare sub-niche, namely affordable stretched saloons. Those still exist – barely, in most markets, but they’re […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20220314_091226-copy.jpg)
![A Gallery Of Curbside Toyota Vans: The (Former) Official Van Of Eugene in front of town founder Eugene Skinner’s cabin (first posted 8/19/2013. The Previa took its place some years back, but there’s still a few soldiering on) Stereotypes inevitably fail. Eugene […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/zxcv.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: Subaru XT – Forward To The Future In 1985 (first posted 10/22/2012) Nineteen eighty-five. The year of Back to the Future and The Goonies. The year of songs like “Born in the USA” and “Take on Me”. What better […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/xttttyg.jpg)
![Car Show Classic: 1960 Buick LeSabre Convertible – I’d Really Rather Have This (first posted 10/23/2012) We’re rapidly approaching the end of Convertible Season here in the Bay Area. Just about a year ago, I profiled a Mercury Monterey Convertible and now, to commemorate the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/yyyygh.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1996 Nissan Cedric (Y31) Brougham L – Just A Little More Following from yesterday’s Volvo S90 Royal, here is the JDM equivalent of the stretched Swede. This Cedric Brougham L is comparable in almost every respect with the Volvo: same ‘90s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20211107_102141-copy.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1971 Toyota Corona Mark II – Some Things Never Change (first posted 8/20/2013) Forty (update: fifty) years is an instant, and an eternity; so many things change, but others hardly change at all. One minute, I’m with a girlfriend, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CC-126-019-800.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1991 Mitsubishi GTO (Z16A) – Peak Mitsubishi Was this the car that should have heralded a parallel universe wherein Mitsubishi played the role of the cool Japanese carmaker? I was still a bit young when this car […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20220602_104723-copy.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1994 Toyota Corona Exiv (ST200) TR-R – The Four-Door Celica I keep surprising myself with how many variations on the oxymoronic “pillared hardtop” theme bloomed across the Toyota range in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Well, I say Toyota because we’re […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20211030_162918-copy.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1993-94 Autozam AZ-1 – Small Wonder It’s always good policy to keep the best for last, so after having examined the minutiae of the Suzuki Cappuccino and put the Honda Beat under the microscope, time has […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220412_132244-copy.jpg)
![Curbside Musings: 2004 Kia Sedona LX – Vacation Attire I went recently to a Secretary Of State office in downtown Chicago to get my Real ID. Part of my thought process was that since I had all of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/011-2004-Kia-Sedona-LX-CC.jpg)


