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Vintage Reviews Archive
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![Over the years here at CC, there’s few subjects that have created more controversy and misunderstanding than Chevy’s (mostly) unloved Powerglide. Even my post on the Powerglide was titled “A […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Bel-air-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1966 Chevrolet Bel Air Six With Powerglide – Just How Slow Was It?")
Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1966 Chevrolet Bel Air Six With Powerglide – Just How Slow Was It?
Posted on January 12, 2023 | 90 CommentsOver the years here at CC, there’s few subjects that have created more controversy and misunderstanding than Chevy’s (mostly) unloved Powerglide. Even my post on the Powerglide was titled “A […] -
![(first posted 1/10/2017) Pontiac enjoyed tremendous success in the 1960s by delivering dramatic styling, strong performance and a youthful attitude. The mid-size Tempest/LeMans series, with the halo GTO coupes and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RT0672LuxuryLeMans-Main-Image.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review & Commentary: 1972 Pontiac Luxury LeMans – Motown’s Mid-Size Rebel Gets Broughamed")
Vintage Review & Commentary: 1972 Pontiac Luxury LeMans – Motown’s Mid-Size Rebel Gets Broughamed
Posted on January 10, 2023 | 73 Comments(first posted 1/10/2017) Pontiac enjoyed tremendous success in the 1960s by delivering dramatic styling, strong performance and a youthful attitude. The mid-size Tempest/LeMans series, with the halo GTO coupes and […] -
![The original Triumph GT6 was of course a Spitfire with a fastback fixed roof and the larger 2 liter inline six from the Vitesse. It was of course faster, but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GT6-1-a.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Road Test: 1969 Triumph GT6+ — Some Genuine Pluses")
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1969 Triumph GT6+ — Some Genuine Pluses
Posted on January 10, 2023 | 16 CommentsThe original Triumph GT6 was of course a Spitfire with a fastback fixed roof and the larger 2 liter inline six from the Vitesse. It was of course faster, but […] -
![For all the endless bitching I’ve done over the years about the lack of a proper manual gearbox with a wide spread of ratios, why do I keep forgetting about […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1963-03_CL_AMC_Ambassador_990_V8_Road_Test_1-51024_11.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1963 Rambler Ambassador 990 Twin-Stick – Only Rambler Offered A “5-Speed Manual”")
Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1963 Rambler Ambassador 990 Twin-Stick – Only Rambler Offered A “5-Speed Manual”
Posted on January 8, 2023 | 46 CommentsFor all the endless bitching I’ve done over the years about the lack of a proper manual gearbox with a wide spread of ratios, why do I keep forgetting about […] -
![(first posted 1/7/2017) Car and Driver started its 10Best list in 1983, but Road and Track had been doing something similarly for some time earlier, although not regularly. Their first […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ten-best-cars-900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Feature: 10 Best Cars For a Changing World 1975")
Vintage R&T Feature: 10 Best Cars For a Changing World 1975
Posted on January 7, 2023 | 79 Comments(first posted 1/7/2017) Car and Driver started its 10Best list in 1983, but Road and Track had been doing something similarly for some time earlier, although not regularly. Their first […] -
![(first posted 1/5/2017) In the early 1970s, Road Test Magazine could always be counted on to review rather obscure models that were studiously avoided by the other buff books. Case […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/RT0672SportaboutMainImage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1972 AMC Hornet Gucci Sportabout – Road Test Drives A Designer Edition")
Vintage Review: 1972 AMC Hornet Gucci Sportabout – Road Test Drives A Designer Edition
Posted on January 5, 2023 | 42 Comments(first posted 1/5/2017) In the early 1970s, Road Test Magazine could always be counted on to review rather obscure models that were studiously avoided by the other buff books. Case […] -
![The Fiberfab Jamaican was a seductive thing, bot in appearance and its come-on: “If you can’t afford $21,900 for a Lamborghini how about $895 for a Fiberfab Jamaican?” How irresistible, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Jamacain-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Road Test: 1969 Fiberfab Jamaican-Buick V8 – Beauty Is Only Skin Deep, Part 2")
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1969 Fiberfab Jamaican-Buick V8 – Beauty Is Only Skin Deep, Part 2
Posted on January 5, 2023 | 8 CommentsThe Fiberfab Jamaican was a seductive thing, bot in appearance and its come-on: “If you can’t afford $21,900 for a Lamborghini how about $895 for a Fiberfab Jamaican?” How irresistible, […] -
![I absolutely drooled over the Mangusta when I first saw it in magazines in 1967. Which means I spilled a lot of bodily fluids that year, as I had a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Mangusta-1-a.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Road Test: DeTomaso Mangusta – Even Stunning Beauty Is Only Skin Deep")
Vintage R&T Road Test: DeTomaso Mangusta – Even Stunning Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
Posted on January 4, 2023 | 20 CommentsI absolutely drooled over the Mangusta when I first saw it in magazines in 1967. Which means I spilled a lot of bodily fluids that year, as I had a […] -
![(first posted 1/3/2017) I thought this would make an interesting counterpoint to yesterday’s Mark IV CC. I suspect that the usable interior space in the Mark isn’t all […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Pacer-1-a-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Road Test: 1975 AMC Pacer – “The World’s Biggest Small Car?” More Like The World’s Shortest Big Car")
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1975 AMC Pacer – “The World’s Biggest Small Car?” More Like The World’s Shortest Big Car
Posted on January 3, 2023 | 100 Comments(first posted 1/3/2017) I thought this would make an interesting counterpoint to yesterday’s Mark IV CC. I suspect that the usable interior space in the Mark isn’t all […] -
![(first posted 12/22/2016) 1975 was in the midst of the great import mini-pickup boom. Starting with Datsun selling a few of its trucklets in 1959, the interest in these small […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Toyota-SR5-pickup0001-900-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Review: 1975 Toyota SR-5 Pickup – “A Surprising Combination of Utility and Driving Pleasure”")
Vintage R&T Review: 1975 Toyota SR-5 Pickup – “A Surprising Combination of Utility and Driving Pleasure”
Posted on December 22, 2022 | 55 Comments(first posted 12/22/2016) 1975 was in the midst of the great import mini-pickup boom. Starting with Datsun selling a few of its trucklets in 1959, the interest in these small […] -
![(first posted 12/21/2016) R&T decided to identify and compare the nine smallest economy sold in the US in 1975, none of which were domestics. The line up includes the smallest […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Cover-900-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Comparison: The Nine Smallest 1975 Economy Cars")
Vintage R&T Comparison: The Nine Smallest 1975 Economy Cars
Posted on December 21, 2022 | 103 Comments(first posted 12/21/2016) R&T decided to identify and compare the nine smallest economy sold in the US in 1975, none of which were domestics. The line up includes the smallest […] -
![The Rover 2000 came out if that very fertile period that saw the BMC Mini/1100, the Corvair, the “rope drive” Tempest, and others on both sides of the pond. It […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Rover-1-a.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Road Test: 1969 Rover 2000TC – “A Highly Individual Car”")
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1969 Rover 2000TC – “A Highly Individual Car”
Posted on December 21, 2022 | 19 CommentsThe Rover 2000 came out if that very fertile period that saw the BMC Mini/1100, the Corvair, the “rope drive” Tempest, and others on both sides of the pond. It […] -
![The TR-6 was a quick and fairly cheap way to get a bit more life out of the venerable TR series that dated back to 1953 (TR-2). It involved new […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/TR6-1-a.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Road Test: 1969 Triumph TR-6 – The End Of The Road")
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1969 Triumph TR-6 – The End Of The Road
Posted on December 19, 2022 | 12 CommentsThe TR-6 was a quick and fairly cheap way to get a bit more life out of the venerable TR series that dated back to 1953 (TR-2). It involved new […] -
![(first posted 12/18/2016) The new 1975 Corolla was the third generation of what had become an instant hit for Toyota from the first year it was introduced in the US […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Toyota-Corolla-SR50001-a-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Review: 1975 Corolla SR-5 Coupe – Still The Best In Class Despite a Bit of Bloat")
Vintage R&T Review: 1975 Corolla SR-5 Coupe – Still The Best In Class Despite a Bit of Bloat
Posted on December 18, 2022 | 34 Comments(first posted 12/18/2016) The new 1975 Corolla was the third generation of what had become an instant hit for Toyota from the first year it was introduced in the US […] -
![(first posted 12/15/2016) The Bricklin was the hot automotive story of 1975. How often does a completely new American car come along? Especially one that pushed all the hot […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Bricklin0001-crop-a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Review: The Bricklin – Great Job or Con Job?")
Vintage R&T Review: The Bricklin – Great Job or Con Job?
Posted on December 15, 2022 | 42 Comments(first posted 12/15/2016) The Bricklin was the hot automotive story of 1975. How often does a completely new American car come along? Especially one that pushed all the hot […]
