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Curbside Classics Archives
Vintage Reviews Archive
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![Road and Track preference for sports cars, import sedans and domestic compacts was all-too obvious, as its founder and publisher John Bond clearly had no truck with large domestic cars. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Chevelle-1a.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Road Test: 1968 Chevelle Malibu 327 – “…An Unusually Satisfactory Car”")
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1968 Chevelle Malibu 327 – “…An Unusually Satisfactory Car”
Posted on April 29, 2022 | 29 CommentsRoad and Track preference for sports cars, import sedans and domestic compacts was all-too obvious, as its founder and publisher John Bond clearly had no truck with large domestic cars. […] -
![(first posted 4/28/2016) As the 1970s unfolded, Car and Driver introduced new terminology to define an emerging class of cars targeting driving enthusiasts: Super Coupes. It was a far […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/a-sspf.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Comparison Test: 1972 Super Coupes – Car and Driver Evaluates A New Class Of Small Sporty Cars")
Vintage Comparison Test: 1972 Super Coupes – Car and Driver Evaluates A New Class Of Small Sporty Cars
Posted on April 28, 2022 | 108 Comments(first posted 4/28/2016) As the 1970s unfolded, Car and Driver introduced new terminology to define an emerging class of cars targeting driving enthusiasts: Super Coupes. It was a far […] -
![(first posted 4/27/2016) For the April 1971 issue, Road Test Magazine took a sneak peek at a newly introduced German car from GM, the Opel Ascona, which would soon be […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/saaasc.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review And Commentary: 1971 Opel Ascona – The “Buick” That Should Have Been A Chevy")
Vintage Review And Commentary: 1971 Opel Ascona – The “Buick” That Should Have Been A Chevy
Posted on April 27, 2022 | 91 Comments(first posted 4/27/2016) For the April 1971 issue, Road Test Magazine took a sneak peek at a newly introduced German car from GM, the Opel Ascona, which would soon be […] -
![My main memory of reading about the new TR-250 was: we got cheated! While the rest of the world got the TR-5, with its new 2.5 L inline six sporting […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/TR-250-1-top.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Road Test: 1967 Triumph TR-250 – Where’s Our TR-5?")
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1967 Triumph TR-250 – Where’s Our TR-5?
Posted on April 27, 2022 | 14 CommentsMy main memory of reading about the new TR-250 was: we got cheated! While the rest of the world got the TR-5, with its new 2.5 L inline six sporting […] -
![(first posted 4/26/2016) In the April 1971 issue, Road Test Magazine was rather pleased to find a relatively “normal” Javelin available for testing from AMC. After all, press cars were […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/RT0471Javelin360MainImage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Road Test: 1971 AMC Javelin – Road Test Magazine Evaluates A Regular Pony Car")
Vintage Road Test: 1971 AMC Javelin – Road Test Magazine Evaluates A Regular Pony Car
Posted on April 26, 2022 | 86 Comments(first posted 4/26/2016) In the April 1971 issue, Road Test Magazine was rather pleased to find a relatively “normal” Javelin available for testing from AMC. After all, press cars were […] -
![These two imports, one from Great Britain and one form Germany, represented the beginning of a new breed of European low-cost cars, having applied the same formula as American muscle […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Kadett-Cortina-1-top.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Comparison: 1967 Opel Kadett Rallye & Ford Cortina GT – Mini Muscle Cars")
Vintage R&T Comparison: 1967 Opel Kadett Rallye & Ford Cortina GT – Mini Muscle Cars
Posted on April 24, 2022 | 29 CommentsThese two imports, one from Great Britain and one form Germany, represented the beginning of a new breed of European low-cost cars, having applied the same formula as American muscle […] -
![The AMX was a product of the same thinking that created the Gremlin: a bit of body surgery will allow us to create a vehicle to compete in a totally […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/AMX-1a.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Road Test: 1968 American Motors AMX – The Gremlin’s Predecessor")
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1968 American Motors AMX – The Gremlin’s Predecessor
Posted on April 23, 2022 | 42 CommentsThe AMX was a product of the same thinking that created the Gremlin: a bit of body surgery will allow us to create a vehicle to compete in a totally […] -
![(first posted 4/22/2016) In spite of the fiendish (and controversial) name, most Dodge Demons were quite benign machines, as epitomized by this “little old lady from Pasadena” survivor, likely […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cccccvb.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Road Test: 1971 Dodge Demon 340 – Road Test Magazine Takes A Real Devil For A Spin")
Vintage Road Test: 1971 Dodge Demon 340 – Road Test Magazine Takes A Real Devil For A Spin
Posted on April 22, 2022 | 55 Comments(first posted 4/22/2016) In spite of the fiendish (and controversial) name, most Dodge Demons were quite benign machines, as epitomized by this “little old lady from Pasadena” survivor, likely […] -
![We know that cars aged more rapidly in the good old days, but that’s not to say folks didn’t keep them going. This entertaining but factual article covers the author’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/55-Chevy-1-top.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Feature: 1955 Chevrolet Six – Keeping A 12 year Old Chevy With 180k Miles Going")
Vintage R&T Feature: 1955 Chevrolet Six – Keeping A 12 year Old Chevy With 180k Miles Going
Posted on April 21, 2022 | 23 CommentsWe know that cars aged more rapidly in the good old days, but that’s not to say folks didn’t keep them going. This entertaining but factual article covers the author’s […] -
![CAR magazine may now be one of the UK’s major motoring enthusiasts’ monthlies, but it has an interesting back story. It was founded in 1962, and has always tried to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cover-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Magazine Rewind: CAR’s Good, Bad and Ugly, June 1977 – Some You’d Expect, Some Surprises, But Nothing Bland")
Magazine Rewind: CAR’s Good, Bad and Ugly, June 1977 – Some You’d Expect, Some Surprises, But Nothing Bland
Posted on April 9, 2022 | 29 CommentsCAR magazine may now be one of the UK’s major motoring enthusiasts’ monthlies, but it has an interesting back story. It was founded in 1962, and has always tried to […] -
![(first posted 4/4/2016) Rest assured, this is not a belated April Fool’s Day post. In the August 1973 issue of Car and Driver, the editors lined up a rather […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/0873CDmainImage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage C&D Comparison: 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon Versus 1973 Mercedes 450SE – No Joke, Car And Driver Compares A Colonnade To An S-Class")
Vintage C&D Comparison: 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon Versus 1973 Mercedes 450SE – No Joke, Car And Driver Compares A Colonnade To An S-Class
Posted on April 4, 2022 | 111 Comments(first posted 4/4/2016) Rest assured, this is not a belated April Fool’s Day post. In the August 1973 issue of Car and Driver, the editors lined up a rather […] -
![This is the third and final of the three GM “mid-sized” cars that R&T tested in 1973, following the Grand Am and Cutlass Salon. Their motivation was to determine just […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/monte-1a.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Road Test: 1973 Chevrolet Monte Carlo – “Underneath Baroque Architecture, Some Nice Chassis Engineering”")
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1973 Chevrolet Monte Carlo – “Underneath Baroque Architecture, Some Nice Chassis Engineering”
Posted on April 4, 2022 | 53 CommentsThis is the third and final of the three GM “mid-sized” cars that R&T tested in 1973, following the Grand Am and Cutlass Salon. Their motivation was to determine just […] -
![(Note: the title is incorrect; it’s actually an L-82 engine) The C3 Corvette’s first significant change on what was to be its long life came in 1973, when it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/vette-1a.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Road Test: 1973 Corvette – “Changes For 1973 Produce Mixed Results”")
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1973 Corvette – “Changes For 1973 Produce Mixed Results”
Posted on April 2, 2022 | 20 Comments(Note: the title is incorrect; it’s actually an L-82 engine) The C3 Corvette’s first significant change on what was to be its long life came in 1973, when it […] -
![Yes, there was a time when it wasn’t exactly hard to identify “the world’s best sedan”, and with the arrival of the newest w116 S-Class Mercedes, it was pretty much […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cover.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Road Test: 1973 Mercedes 450 SE – “World’s Best Sedan?” Did You Have To Ask?")
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1973 Mercedes 450 SE – “World’s Best Sedan?” Did You Have To Ask?
Posted on April 1, 2022 | 39 CommentsYes, there was a time when it wasn’t exactly hard to identify “the world’s best sedan”, and with the arrival of the newest w116 S-Class Mercedes, it was pretty much […] -
![Austin had once been the best selling import brand in the US for a number of years in the immediate post-war era, until it was taken down by VW in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/marina-top.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Road Test: 1973 Austin Marina GT – Dead Before Arrival")
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1973 Austin Marina GT – Dead Before Arrival
Posted on March 31, 2022 | 45 CommentsAustin had once been the best selling import brand in the US for a number of years in the immediate post-war era, until it was taken down by VW in […]
