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Curbside Classics Archives
Curbside Classics Archive
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![(first posted 5/14/2013) Obviously, when folks think “Dodge Challenger”, they tend to think of the original and the current one. But in between was the gen2 Challenger, a rebadged Mitsubishi […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CC-SM74-103-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic Capsule: 1981 Dodge Challenger – That Thing Does Got A Hemi")
Curbside Classic Capsule: 1981 Dodge Challenger – That Thing Does Got A Hemi
Posted on December 2, 2022 | 63 Comments(first posted 5/14/2013) Obviously, when folks think “Dodge Challenger”, they tend to think of the original and the current one. But in between was the gen2 Challenger, a rebadged Mitsubishi […] -
![(first posted 12/2/2016) Some cars are so monumental in automotive history that it’s easy to write about them. While a 1969 Riviera will never have to endure accusations […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_2174.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 Buick Riviera – A Discourse About Awkwardness, Pragmatism, Family Dynamics, and Buicks")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Buick Riviera – A Discourse About Awkwardness, Pragmatism, Family Dynamics, and Buicks
Posted on December 2, 2022 | 57 Comments(first posted 12/2/2016) Some cars are so monumental in automotive history that it’s easy to write about them. While a 1969 Riviera will never have to endure accusations […] -
![I had just gotten out of my car to capture a few snaps, while not far away, both mechanics stopped working. One of them, the pick-up’s owner, approached me with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_20220612_141627632_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: ’61-’63 Datsun Pickup (320) – “Victory Won’t Be Taken Away…”")
Curbside Classic: ’61-’63 Datsun Pickup (320) – “Victory Won’t Be Taken Away…”
Posted on November 30, 2022 | 12 CommentsI had just gotten out of my car to capture a few snaps, while not far away, both mechanics stopped working. One of them, the pick-up’s owner, approached me with […] -
![(first posted 11/29/2016) General Motors has produced quite a few deadly sins, as well as numerous greatest hits. Then there are the cars in between. Neither trend-setting nor fatally flawed, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/LF-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1985 Oldsmobile Toronado Caliente – Middle Ground Never Looked So Good")
Curbside Classic: 1985 Oldsmobile Toronado Caliente – Middle Ground Never Looked So Good
Posted on November 29, 2022 | 128 Comments(first posted 11/29/2016) General Motors has produced quite a few deadly sins, as well as numerous greatest hits. Then there are the cars in between. Neither trend-setting nor fatally flawed, […] -
![(first posted 11/16/2016) As a car-crazed kid growing up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, I was always envious of other people who came from “car towns”. Detroit was, of course, the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1976InternationalScout05.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 International Scout Terra – The Hometown Truck")
Curbside Classic: 1976 International Scout Terra – The Hometown Truck
Posted on November 24, 2022 | 79 Comments(first posted 11/16/2016) As a car-crazed kid growing up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, I was always envious of other people who came from “car towns”. Detroit was, of course, the […] -
![“You know what I got me, Raúl? These cool aftermarket… Uh, rams, or rockets. Don’t really know what they’re… but remember my Corona? Man, that’s gonna be one sweet ride […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_20221109_161653963_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: ’64-’67 Toyota Corona – Ready For Take Off!")
Curbside Classic: ’64-’67 Toyota Corona – Ready For Take Off!
Posted on November 23, 2022 | 14 Comments“You know what I got me, Raúl? These cool aftermarket… Uh, rams, or rockets. Don’t really know what they’re… but remember my Corona? Man, that’s gonna be one sweet ride […] -
![(first posted 12/17/2013) The story of the Seville has five chapters, and unfortunately most of them are rather sad. By far the most depressing one is Chapter Three, which covers […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/trrt.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986-1991 Seville – GM’s Deadly Sin #21; And To Think That I Had One (Briefly)!")
Curbside Classic: 1986-1991 Seville – GM’s Deadly Sin #21; And To Think That I Had One (Briefly)!
Posted on November 21, 2022 | 158 Comments(first posted 12/17/2013) The story of the Seville has five chapters, and unfortunately most of them are rather sad. By far the most depressing one is Chapter Three, which covers […] -
![(first posted 10/10/2013) The real test of a great company is the ability to precisely define the vision for its products and then execute it with the least possible deviation. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/CC-203-077-925.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1984 Pontiac Fiero – GM’s Deadly Sin #19 – Give Us Five Years To Get It Almost Right And Then We’ll Kill It")
Curbside Classic: 1984 Pontiac Fiero – GM’s Deadly Sin #19 – Give Us Five Years To Get It Almost Right And Then We’ll Kill It
Posted on November 19, 2022 | 157 Comments(first posted 10/10/2013) The real test of a great company is the ability to precisely define the vision for its products and then execute it with the least possible deviation. […] -
![(first posted 3/19/2012) There were innumerable milestones in GM’s terminal decline, but the Cadillac Seville makes for a very convenient set of markers. In its four incarnations as GM’s most […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/CC-12-086-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1980-1985 Cadillac Seville – GM’s Deadly Sin No. 17 – From Halo To Devil’s Pitchfork")
Curbside Classic: 1980-1985 Cadillac Seville – GM’s Deadly Sin No. 17 – From Halo To Devil’s Pitchfork
Posted on November 17, 2022 | 207 Comments(first posted 3/19/2012) There were innumerable milestones in GM’s terminal decline, but the Cadillac Seville makes for a very convenient set of markers. In its four incarnations as GM’s most […] -
![(first posted 11/22/2011) The question of when exactly GM first started committing its many Deadly Sins is subject to debate, although I did make a stab at it once. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/CC-50-016-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado – GM’s Deadly Sin #16 – Let’s Try A Different Position For A Change")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado – GM’s Deadly Sin #16 – Let’s Try A Different Position For A Change
Posted on November 16, 2022 | 161 Comments(first posted 11/22/2011) The question of when exactly GM first started committing its many Deadly Sins is subject to debate, although I did make a stab at it once. […] -
![(first posted 3/30/2011. Revised 11/14/2016) It was the rear door that did it. I should never have opened it. Yes, these mega-size GM cars have gotten a lot of love […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CC-132-198-8001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 – GM’s Deadly Sin #15 – GM Discovers Rubbermaid")
Curbside Classic: 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 – GM’s Deadly Sin #15 – GM Discovers Rubbermaid
Posted on November 15, 2022 | 129 Comments(first posted 3/30/2011. Revised 11/14/2016) It was the rear door that did it. I should never have opened it. Yes, these mega-size GM cars have gotten a lot of love […] -
![(first posted 2/26/2013) Foreign travel has a way of making you see your own local surroundings differently, with a bit more insight and clarity. Seeing familiar American cars in a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/1-Maverick.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classico do Brasil: Ford Maverick GT")
Curbside Classico do Brasil: Ford Maverick GT
Posted on November 14, 2022 | 96 Comments(first posted 2/26/2013) Foreign travel has a way of making you see your own local surroundings differently, with a bit more insight and clarity. Seeing familiar American cars in a […] -
![(first posted 3/2/2011) Having repeatedly been confronted with the picture of the 1963 Grand Prix in other articles the last couple of days made me think: when exactly did […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CC-SanMateo-047-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978 Pontiac Grand Prix – GM’s Deadly Sin #14 – Thou Shalt Not Take Thy Own Name In Vain")
Curbside Classic: 1978 Pontiac Grand Prix – GM’s Deadly Sin #14 – Thou Shalt Not Take Thy Own Name In Vain
Posted on November 14, 2022 | 82 Comments(first posted 3/2/2011) Having repeatedly been confronted with the picture of the 1963 Grand Prix in other articles the last couple of days made me think: when exactly did […] -
![(first posted in 2010 at TTAC; 8/13/2013 at CC) Between the years 1988 and 1993, GM decided to use Americans in a mass experiment, in which I found myself […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/CC-39-003-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1990 Pontiac LeMans – The Lows And Rocky Mountain Highs Of GM’s Deadly Sin #12")
Curbside Classic: 1990 Pontiac LeMans – The Lows And Rocky Mountain Highs Of GM’s Deadly Sin #12
Posted on November 12, 2022 | 143 Comments(first posted in 2010 at TTAC; 8/13/2013 at CC) Between the years 1988 and 1993, GM decided to use Americans in a mass experiment, in which I found myself […] -
![(first posted in 2010 at TTAC; on 9/6/2012 at CC. Undoubtedly my most controversial and least understood GM DS. The comments are even better than the post itself.) In 1977, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/CC-45-Duo.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976-1979 Cadillac Seville – GM’s Deadly Sin #11 – The Sin of Underachieving")
Curbside Classic: 1976-1979 Cadillac Seville – GM’s Deadly Sin #11 – The Sin of Underachieving
Posted on November 11, 2022 | 287 Comments(first posted in 2010 at TTAC; on 9/6/2012 at CC. Undoubtedly my most controversial and least understood GM DS. The comments are even better than the post itself.) In 1977, […]
