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Curbside Classics Archives
Curbside Classics Archive
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![(first posted 10/25/2017) Some cars are ahead of their time; some are behind the times. The AMC Eagle was both. Its overall shape and four-wheel drive system foreshadowed crossover […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/LR-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 AMC Eagle Wagon – Ahead Of Its Time, And Behind The Times")
Curbside Classic: 1986 AMC Eagle Wagon – Ahead Of Its Time, And Behind The Times
Posted on July 4, 2023 | 146 Comments(first posted 10/25/2017) Some cars are ahead of their time; some are behind the times. The AMC Eagle was both. Its overall shape and four-wheel drive system foreshadowed crossover […] -
![(first posted 1/23/2013) One of the American automobile industry’s most unlikely milestones was Renault’s alliance and eventual ownership stake in AMC, and one of its most unlikely results has itself become […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/CC-129-217-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1984 Jeep Cherokee – AMC’s Greatest Hit, Thanks To Renault")
Curbside Classic: 1984 Jeep Cherokee – AMC’s Greatest Hit, Thanks To Renault
Posted on June 29, 2023 | 120 Comments(first posted 1/23/2013) One of the American automobile industry’s most unlikely milestones was Renault’s alliance and eventual ownership stake in AMC, and one of its most unlikely results has itself become […] -
![(first posted 10/16/2013) In order to justify my headline, I have to make a few disclaimers and qualifications: by “compact”, I mean the Big Three’s low-end economy compacts that arrived […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/CC-59-036-925.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963½ Ford Falcon Futura V8 – The Economy Compacts Enter The V8 Era")
Curbside Classic: 1963½ Ford Falcon Futura V8 – The Economy Compacts Enter The V8 Era
Posted on June 28, 2023 | 52 Comments(first posted 10/16/2013) In order to justify my headline, I have to make a few disclaimers and qualifications: by “compact”, I mean the Big Three’s low-end economy compacts that arrived […] -
![(first posted 12/5/2012) Is it the goal of CC to document every make, model and generation of car? I don’t know, but if it is, I’m going to need some […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/CC-132-138-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1995 Pontiac Grand Prix – Neither Grand Nor Inspiring To Write About")
Curbside Classic: 1995 Pontiac Grand Prix – Neither Grand Nor Inspiring To Write About
Posted on June 26, 2023 | 155 Comments(first posted 12/5/2012) Is it the goal of CC to document every make, model and generation of car? I don’t know, but if it is, I’m going to need some […] -
![(first posted 11/10/2011) My mother famously hates the Toyota Corolla. You see our family owned a lightly used example back in 1984 when we moved to Houston, Texas for just […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Datsun-510-side.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: 1980 – 1983 Toyota Corolla – The Datsun 510 Doppelgänger")
Curbside Classics: 1980 – 1983 Toyota Corolla – The Datsun 510 Doppelgänger
Posted on June 25, 2023 | 69 Comments(first posted 11/10/2011) My mother famously hates the Toyota Corolla. You see our family owned a lightly used example back in 1984 when we moved to Houston, Texas for just […] -
![(first posted 8/17/2011) There have been very, very few vehicles produced in post WWII America that can be accurately described as unique. Not “sort of” unique, but unique in the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1961ChevroletCorvairRampside06.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Chevrolet Corvair 95 Rampside – It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Chevrolet Corvair 95 Rampside – It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
Posted on June 24, 2023 | 106 Comments(first posted 8/17/2011) There have been very, very few vehicles produced in post WWII America that can be accurately described as unique. Not “sort of” unique, but unique in the […] -
![(first posted 6/23/2017) We live in a day and age of opposites. You may say black while I say white. We have red states and blue states, Fox News […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/TwilightZone.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer – The Anti-Impala")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer – The Anti-Impala
Posted on June 23, 2023 | 133 Comments(first posted 6/23/2017) We live in a day and age of opposites. You may say black while I say white. We have red states and blue states, Fox News […] -
![(first posted 10/28/2013) The original military Jeep is rightfully considered one of the most iconic and influential vehicles ever built, right up there with the Ford Model T and Volkswagen […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/CC-133-085-925.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1946 Willys Jeep Station Wagon – The First Modern Station Wagon and SUV")
Curbside Classic: 1946 Willys Jeep Station Wagon – The First Modern Station Wagon and SUV
Posted on June 22, 2023 | 30 Comments(first posted 10/28/2013) The original military Jeep is rightfully considered one of the most iconic and influential vehicles ever built, right up there with the Ford Model T and Volkswagen […] -
![(first posted 6/20/2017) If one were to look for the most representative car of the 1970s, this may be it – a mid-sized, mid-priced, moderately-equipped sedan made in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/RF-3a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Ford Gran Torino – Symbol Of The Seventies")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Ford Gran Torino – Symbol Of The Seventies
Posted on June 20, 2023 | 156 Comments(first posted 6/20/2017) If one were to look for the most representative car of the 1970s, this may be it – a mid-sized, mid-priced, moderately-equipped sedan made in […] -
![(first posted 5/23/2013) By 1961, the Rootes Group was established as one of the Big Four in the UK, along with BMC (Austin/Morris/MG/Wolseley/Riley), Ford and Vauxhall (representing GM and then […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Hillman-Super-Minx-1966-fq.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Hillman Super Minx – Rooting For Rootes")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Hillman Super Minx – Rooting For Rootes
Posted on June 18, 2023 | 66 Comments(first posted 5/23/2013) By 1961, the Rootes Group was established as one of the Big Four in the UK, along with BMC (Austin/Morris/MG/Wolseley/Riley), Ford and Vauxhall (representing GM and then […] -
![first posted 22 May 2013 I’m walking to the the subway on a lovely May day, and a glimmer of chrome on powder blue in the distance hits me. It’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_5790.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 Volkswagen Automatic Stickshift · Chrysler’s Fluid Drive Returns In The Safer Käfer")
Curbside Classic: 1968 Volkswagen Automatic Stickshift · Chrysler’s Fluid Drive Returns In The Safer Käfer
Posted on June 17, 2023 | 103 Commentsfirst posted 22 May 2013 I’m walking to the the subway on a lovely May day, and a glimmer of chrome on powder blue in the distance hits me. It’s […] -
![Originally posted 16 June 2017 Here is a car I did not expect to ever see on the road: a Tesla Roadster! After initially thinking I was looking at a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2011-Tesla-Roadster.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2011 Tesla Roadster")
Curbside Classic: 2011 Tesla Roadster
Posted on June 16, 2023 | 42 CommentsOriginally posted 16 June 2017 Here is a car I did not expect to ever see on the road: a Tesla Roadster! After initially thinking I was looking at a […] -
![(first posted 5/23/2013) Take a compact economy car chassis and make it into an inexpensive utility vehicle for your country’s armed forces. In Germany, this formula produced the Volkswagen-based Kubelwagen […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1-Moke-front.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Austin Mini Moke – The Mini Thing")
Curbside Classic: Austin Mini Moke – The Mini Thing
Posted on June 15, 2023 | 62 Comments(first posted 5/23/2013) Take a compact economy car chassis and make it into an inexpensive utility vehicle for your country’s armed forces. In Germany, this formula produced the Volkswagen-based Kubelwagen […] -
![It was the late ’90s in San Francisco, and my then Puerto Rican girlfriend got a new part time job; one more of many menial chores she engaged in to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/38653603215_302f088bbb_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Jaguar X-Type – What’s In A Badge?")
Curbside Classic: Jaguar X-Type – What’s In A Badge?
Posted on June 14, 2023 | 23 CommentsIt was the late ’90s in San Francisco, and my then Puerto Rican girlfriend got a new part time job; one more of many menial chores she engaged in to […] -
![(first posted 5/23/2017) OK; old British cars have a rep, but this one has been defying it for many years. I’ve seen it coming and going on the streets of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CC-164-087-900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Triumph TR4A IRS – Stereotype Defying Tractor-Engined IRS Daily Driver")
Curbside Classic: Triumph TR4A IRS – Stereotype Defying Tractor-Engined IRS Daily Driver
Posted on June 9, 2023 | 54 Comments(first posted 5/23/2017) OK; old British cars have a rep, but this one has been defying it for many years. I’ve seen it coming and going on the streets of […]
