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GM Brands 1960s Archive
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![A year after their disappointing initial test of the new turbocharged Chevrolet Corvair Monza Spyder, Motor Trend tried a convertible version and came away impressed. Not only was it significantly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1963-Chevrolet-Corvair-Monza-Spyder-convert-Ember-Red-Mecum-Auctions-W93-front-3q-right-MT-vignette.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage M/T Road Test: 1963 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Spyder Convertible – “A Real Enthusiast’s Machine”")
Vintage M/T Road Test: 1963 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Spyder Convertible – “A Real Enthusiast’s Machine”
Posted on October 16, 2025 | 11 CommentsA year after their disappointing initial test of the new turbocharged Chevrolet Corvair Monza Spyder, Motor Trend tried a convertible version and came away impressed. Not only was it significantly […] -
![Based on the compact Opel Kadett, but looking like a miniature C3 Corvette, the Opel GT offered decent performance and exotic looks for under $3,500, with the promise of easy […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1969-Opel-GT-Cardinal-Red-Davidsclassiccars-front-3q-left-headlights-Car-Life.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Review: 1969 Opel GT – “The Mini-Brute’s Mini-Vette”")
Vintage Car Life Review: 1969 Opel GT – “The Mini-Brute’s Mini-Vette”
Posted on September 18, 2025 | 27 CommentsBased on the compact Opel Kadett, but looking like a miniature C3 Corvette, the Opel GT offered decent performance and exotic looks for under $3,500, with the promise of easy […] -
![Never as popular or familiar as its Pontiac rival, the Oldsmobile 4-4-2 was a highly competent player in the midsize muscle car field, with above-average handling for its class. For […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1966-Oldsmobile-4-4-2-2HT-red-Orlando-Classic-Cars-front-3q-right-with-CL-banner.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Review: 1966 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 L69 Tri-Carb – “Out-GTOs the Pontiac GTO”")
Vintage Car Life Review: 1966 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 L69 Tri-Carb – “Out-GTOs the Pontiac GTO”
Posted on September 12, 2025 | 7 CommentsNever as popular or familiar as its Pontiac rival, the Oldsmobile 4-4-2 was a highly competent player in the midsize muscle car field, with above-average handling for its class. For […] -
![From 1940 to 1996, the Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight was the biggest, plushest full-size Olds model. In April 1962, Car Life magazine tried the latest Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Holiday Sports Sedan and proclaimed […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1962-Oldsmobile-Ninety-Eight-4W4HT-Wedgewood-Mist-Provincial-White-Fast-Lane-front-3q-banner.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Review: 1962 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Holiday Sports Sedan – “Silent Splendor” For $1,000 Less Than A Cadillac")
Vintage Car Life Review: 1962 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Holiday Sports Sedan – “Silent Splendor” For $1,000 Less Than A Cadillac
Posted on August 20, 2025 | 20 CommentsFrom 1940 to 1996, the Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight was the biggest, plushest full-size Olds model. In April 1962, Car Life magazine tried the latest Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Holiday Sports Sedan and proclaimed […] -
![Mid-priced cars trying to poach buyers from the low-priced league was a familiar tactic even in the early ’60s, but the 1964 Oldsmobile Jetstar 88 was a new escalation: a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1964-Oldsmobile-Jetstar-88-2HT-Wedgewood-Mist-Mecum-Auctions-D129.1-front-3q-right.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage M/T Review: 1964 Oldsmobile Jetstar 88 – Oldsmobile Tries To Build An Impala")
Vintage M/T Review: 1964 Oldsmobile Jetstar 88 – Oldsmobile Tries To Build An Impala
Posted on August 7, 2025 | 8 CommentsMid-priced cars trying to poach buyers from the low-priced league was a familiar tactic even in the early ’60s, but the 1964 Oldsmobile Jetstar 88 was a new escalation: a […] -
![The full-size Oldsmobile line was all-new for 1965, with crisp new styling, a new engine, a new transmission, and a new mid-level trim series called Delta 88. Car Life […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1965-Oldsmobile-Dynamic-88-Delta-2HT-Lucerne-Mist-RD-Classics-CCA-front-3q-right.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Review: 1965 Oldsmobile Delta 88 — “The View Through GM-Colored Glasses”")
Vintage Car Life Review: 1965 Oldsmobile Delta 88 — “The View Through GM-Colored Glasses”
Posted on July 21, 2025 | 20 CommentsThe full-size Oldsmobile line was all-new for 1965, with crisp new styling, a new engine, a new transmission, and a new mid-level trim series called Delta 88. Car Life […] -
![In the mid-1960s, Pontiac was riding high on its sporty image. The full-size Pontiac Catalina was a big hit, and the muscular midsize Pontiac GTO was a great success, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1965-Pontiac-Catalina-2plus2-Fontaine-Blue-Mecum-Auctions-S87.1-front-3q-right.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Review: 1965 Pontiac Catalina 2+2 421 HO – 2 Plus 2 Does Not Equal GTO")
Vintage Car Life Review: 1965 Pontiac Catalina 2+2 421 HO – 2 Plus 2 Does Not Equal GTO
Posted on July 10, 2025 | 21 CommentsIn the mid-1960s, Pontiac was riding high on its sporty image. The full-size Pontiac Catalina was a big hit, and the muscular midsize Pontiac GTO was a great success, […] -
![Between 1965 and 1969, General Motors corporate policy limited most smaller GM cars to engines no bigger than 400 cubic inches, with no more than 1 rated horsepower per […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/1968-Hurst-Olds-AC-Mecum-Auctions-F233.1-front-3q-left.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage M/T Review: 1968 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds – Olds Breaks The Rules, Hurst Runs Interference")
Vintage M/T Review: 1968 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds – Olds Breaks The Rules, Hurst Runs Interference
Posted on June 18, 2025 | 18 CommentsBetween 1965 and 1969, General Motors corporate policy limited most smaller GM cars to engines no bigger than 400 cubic inches, with no more than 1 rated horsepower per […] -
![Dressed in bright orange (“Carousel Red”) and festooned with decals; offering flashy looks, high performance, and a lengthy list of gimmicks; and bearing a name inspired by a popular TV […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1969-Pontiac-GTO-Judge-RAIV-Carousel-Red-Mecum-Auctions-R309-front-3q-right.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Review: 1969 Pontiac GTO Ram Air IV – Here Come “The Judge”")
Vintage Car Life Review: 1969 Pontiac GTO Ram Air IV – Here Come “The Judge”
Posted on May 20, 2025 | 35 CommentsDressed in bright orange (“Carousel Red”) and festooned with decals; offering flashy looks, high performance, and a lengthy list of gimmicks; and bearing a name inspired by a popular TV […] -
![Pontiac was riding high in 1965, but the division’s big flagship Bonneville was in danger of getting lost in the shuffle. In August 1965, Car Life tested a Bonneville […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1965-Pontiac-Bonneville-Vista-4HT-Clasiq-Auctions-front-3q.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1965 Pontiac Bonneville Vista – “Excellent Within Reason”")
Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1965 Pontiac Bonneville Vista – “Excellent Within Reason”
Posted on April 21, 2025 | 47 CommentsPontiac was riding high in 1965, but the division’s big flagship Bonneville was in danger of getting lost in the shuffle. In August 1965, Car Life tested a Bonneville […] -
![Even before their test of a 1967 Ram Air GTO appeared in print, the editors of Car Life had gotten their hands on the redesigned 1968 Pontiac GTO. Their […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1968-Pontiac-GTO-Ram-Air-AutoHunter-front-3q.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1968 Pontiac GTO Ram Air – “It’s The Wildest”")
Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1968 Pontiac GTO Ram Air – “It’s The Wildest”
Posted on April 14, 2025 | 24 CommentsEven before their test of a 1967 Ram Air GTO appeared in print, the editors of Car Life had gotten their hands on the redesigned 1968 Pontiac GTO. Their […] -
![The Buick Riviera got a facelift for 1968, arguably a step in the wrong direction for one of GM’s most handsome cars. Car Life tested the new model in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1968-Buick-Riviera-Mecum-Auctions-front-3q.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Review: 1968 Buick Riviera – “Lots Of Sound, Well-Styled Automobile”")
Vintage Car Life Review: 1968 Buick Riviera – “Lots Of Sound, Well-Styled Automobile”
Posted on April 12, 2025 | 18 CommentsThe Buick Riviera got a facelift for 1968, arguably a step in the wrong direction for one of GM’s most handsome cars. Car Life tested the new model in […] -
![In another CC post a while back, I charted the decline of the stripped-down full-size Chevrolet throughout the 1960s, as more and more buyers ordered V-8 engines and convenience […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1967-Chevrolet-Impala-SS427-Mecum-Auctions-front-3q-left.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Review: 1967 Chevrolet Impala SS 427 – “A Family Car For A Swinging Family”")
Vintage Car Life Review: 1967 Chevrolet Impala SS 427 – “A Family Car For A Swinging Family”
Posted on April 4, 2025 | 41 CommentsIn another CC post a while back, I charted the decline of the stripped-down full-size Chevrolet throughout the 1960s, as more and more buyers ordered V-8 engines and convenience […] -
![Is this the grandest Grand Prix? If you could poll every living Pontiac fan, the 1969 GP would stand a good change of coming out on top for its […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1969_pontiac_bonneville_1969_pontiac_bonneville_575046f4-a70f-4d9f-b583-c884ce46a983-OrDfXV-27936-27937-scaled-1.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Review: 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix Model SJ – “Tiger In Tuxedo”")
Vintage Car Life Review: 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix Model SJ – “Tiger In Tuxedo”
Posted on March 31, 2025 | 37 CommentsIs this the grandest Grand Prix? If you could poll every living Pontiac fan, the 1969 GP would stand a good change of coming out on top for its […] -
![The Pontiac GTO arguably started the big-engined intermediate Supercar craze in 1964, and it was the one to beat in this hotly contested segment. Its performance didn’t always live […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1967-Pontiac-GTO-turquoise-Mecum-Auctions-front-3q-right.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Review: 1967 Pontiac GTO Ram Air – “King Of The Supercars”")
Vintage Car Life Review: 1967 Pontiac GTO Ram Air – “King Of The Supercars”
Posted on March 26, 2025 | 34 CommentsThe Pontiac GTO arguably started the big-engined intermediate Supercar craze in 1964, and it was the one to beat in this hotly contested segment. Its performance didn’t always live […]
