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Curbside Classics Archives
GM Brands 1980s Archive
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![Every once in a while, disasters are worth revisiting. Not only in an attempt to analyze what happened but also, because they are fascinating to our collective psyche. Success and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Untitled-1-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car And Driver Review: 1986 Buick Riviera T-Type – What Is This Car Supposed To Be?")
Vintage Car And Driver Review: 1986 Buick Riviera T-Type – What Is This Car Supposed To Be?
Posted on November 30, 2023 | 26 CommentsEvery once in a while, disasters are worth revisiting. Not only in an attempt to analyze what happened but also, because they are fascinating to our collective psyche. Success and […] -
![Time to revisit a GM model that gets little love. An offering that seemed to click a few right buttons while missing on its ultimate mission; to bring new buyers […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Scan-220812-0007-copia.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car And Driver Review: 1986 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale – Personality Crisis")
Vintage Car And Driver Review: 1986 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale – Personality Crisis
Posted on May 26, 2023 | 47 CommentsTime to revisit a GM model that gets little love. An offering that seemed to click a few right buttons while missing on its ultimate mission; to bring new buyers […] -
![(first posted 4/26/2017) During the 1980s, Consumer Guide’s Auto Test Series offered consistent, clear and comprehensive evaluations of new cars, testing a broad array of models and providing “real world” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/TTypeMainImage.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1987 Buick LeSabre T-Type and Buick Riviera T-Type – Missing The Target")
Vintage Review: 1987 Buick LeSabre T-Type and Buick Riviera T-Type – Missing The Target
Posted on April 26, 2023 | 79 Comments(first posted 4/26/2017) During the 1980s, Consumer Guide’s Auto Test Series offered consistent, clear and comprehensive evaluations of new cars, testing a broad array of models and providing “real world” […] -
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1985 Chevrolet Corvette – Smoother, Faster And Better Than Ever
Posted on January 29, 2022 | 28 Comments(first posted 1/29/2016) More of an update than a full-on road test, this one is of the much-improved 1985 C4. -
Vintage R&T Comparison: 1984 Camaro IROC-Z vs Mustang GT – Showdown
Posted on January 27, 2022 | 85 Comments(first posted 1/27/2016) This comparison road test confronts two of America’s most known Pony cars- in their highest performance models. -
Vintage R&T Comparison: 1983 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer, Bronco II and Montero – The New Compact SUVs
Posted on January 23, 2022 | 36 Comments(first posted 1/23/2016) It’s time for new SUVs, fit for the Eighties. R&T compares them in the 1983 July issue. -
![(first posted 1/21/2016) Two Road Tests from R&T’s 1983 July Issue; These cars might be similar in size, but could not be anymore different from each other in every other […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/444.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Road Tests: 1983 Chevrolet Cavalier CS & BMW 318i")
Vintage R&T Road Tests: 1983 Chevrolet Cavalier CS & BMW 318i
Posted on January 21, 2022 | 44 Comments(first posted 1/21/2016) Two Road Tests from R&T’s 1983 July Issue; These cars might be similar in size, but could not be anymore different from each other in every other […] -
Vintage Road Test: Pontiac Phoenix X-Car
Posted on November 29, 2021 | 93 CommentsThis road test will interest many of you, given the comments to the X-cars’ post. -
![(first posted 11/20/2015) In their comparison test of the 1979 Ford LTD sedan versus the 1979 Chevrolet Caprice sedan, Motor Trend gave the victory to the Blue Oval. To say […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/hhhg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1980 Caprice versus 1980 LTD – Rematch!")
Vintage Review: 1980 Caprice versus 1980 LTD – Rematch!
Posted on November 20, 2021 | 94 Comments(first posted 11/20/2015) In their comparison test of the 1979 Ford LTD sedan versus the 1979 Chevrolet Caprice sedan, Motor Trend gave the victory to the Blue Oval. To say […] -
Vintage R&T Review: Chevrolet Citation X-11 and GM X-Bodies Technical Analysis – “This May Be The Best Car To Ever Come Out Of Detroit”
Posted on October 21, 2021 | 83 Comments(first posted 10/21/2015) This post is a combination of two articles from R&T’s May 1979 issue, featuring “the best ever car out of Detroit”. -
![(first posted 10/16/2015) Though the downsized Caprice/Impala had been an enormous success since being introduced in 1977, market conditions were changing quickly as the 1970s came to a close. In […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/c643be335b9a5db461e74f37591e6ce5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1980 Chevrolet Caprice – The Times They Are A-Changin’")
Vintage Review: 1980 Chevrolet Caprice – The Times They Are A-Changin’
Posted on October 16, 2021 | 76 Comments(first posted 10/16/2015) Though the downsized Caprice/Impala had been an enormous success since being introduced in 1977, market conditions were changing quickly as the 1970s came to a close. In […] -
![(first posted 1/21/2020) If yesterday’s Curbside Capsule of a 1988 Cadillac Cimarron whet your appetite for Cadillac’s 1980’s flagship of mediocrity, this should be just the main course to satisfy […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Scan-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Reviews: Cadillac Cimarron 1982-1985 – Clippings From The Mediocrity Files")
Vintage Reviews: Cadillac Cimarron 1982-1985 – Clippings From The Mediocrity Files
Posted on December 30, 2020 | 96 Comments(first posted 1/21/2020) If yesterday’s Curbside Capsule of a 1988 Cadillac Cimarron whet your appetite for Cadillac’s 1980’s flagship of mediocrity, this should be just the main course to satisfy […] -
![The hopes were so high. And the expectations even higher. GM was finally going to take the Honda Accord and the other Japanese in its class head-on. “We’re going to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/J2000-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Review: 1982 Pontiac J2000 – Off To A Deadly Slow Start")
Vintage R&T Review: 1982 Pontiac J2000 – Off To A Deadly Slow Start
Posted on December 21, 2020 | 71 CommentsThe hopes were so high. And the expectations even higher. GM was finally going to take the Honda Accord and the other Japanese in its class head-on. “We’re going to […] -
![(first posted 8/20/2014) With Robert’s post about the Toronado and his parents’ Omega fiasco, I couldn’t help but post this comparison between the Omega and another of GM’s downsizing-round-one cars, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/SCAN01811.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1981 Malibu Classic Versus Omega ES2800 – Old School vs. New School")
Vintage Review: 1981 Malibu Classic Versus Omega ES2800 – Old School vs. New School
Posted on August 20, 2020 | 84 Comments(first posted 8/20/2014) With Robert’s post about the Toronado and his parents’ Omega fiasco, I couldn’t help but post this comparison between the Omega and another of GM’s downsizing-round-one cars, […] -
![The Fiero is a polarizing subject. I obviously see mainly its negatives, as brought forth in my DS. The 149 comments there attest to that quite colorfully. But I can […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Colore-Fireo-scans0001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "R&T Vintage Introduction and Review: 1984 Pontiac Fiero – Early Enthusiasm, But I Sense Some Equivocating")
R&T Vintage Introduction and Review: 1984 Pontiac Fiero – Early Enthusiasm, But I Sense Some Equivocating
Posted on August 10, 2020 | 22 CommentsThe Fiero is a polarizing subject. I obviously see mainly its negatives, as brought forth in my DS. The 149 comments there attest to that quite colorfully. But I can […]
