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  • While the 1990s were not the most exciting times for Buick, they were nonetheless good years to Buick from a sales and profitability standpoint. Unlike other GM brands, Buick had […]

    1996 Buick Regal GS: Trying To Wear Too Many Hats

    Posted on October 28, 2025 | 12 Comments
    While the 1990s were not the most exciting times for Buick, they were nonetheless good years to Buick from a sales and profitability standpoint. Unlike other GM brands, Buick had […]

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  • (Updated 10/28/2025)        Here’s one that I had to be reminded about when I saw it earlier this year – a Neckar Weinsberg Coupe.

    1964 Neckar Weinsberg: A DeLuxe Fiat 500 For Germany

    Posted on October 28, 2025 | 49 Comments
    (Updated 10/28/2025)        Here’s one that I had to be reminded about when I saw it earlier this year – a Neckar Weinsberg Coupe.

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  • Let’s see, what is (probably still) reliable, offers open air riding, a cargo bed, and (cosmetic) performance bragging rights? A third-generation Toyota Truck custom job, of course! And here is […]

    Curbside Find: Toyota Sturdiness, Open Air & (Cosmetic) Performance

    Posted on October 28, 2025 | 12 Comments
    Let’s see, what is (probably still) reliable, offers open air riding, a cargo bed, and (cosmetic) performance bragging rights? A third-generation Toyota Truck custom job, of course! And here is […]

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  • I almost gagged on my breakfast muesli when this vision demonic first appeared on the screen of my device a little over a week ago. If only I could unsee […]

    Vision Iconic – Mercedes’ Desperate Pander To Its Heritage And China

    Posted on October 28, 2025 | 46 Comments
    I almost gagged on my breakfast muesli when this vision demonic first appeared on the screen of my device a little over a week ago. If only I could unsee […]

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  • Text by Patrick Bell. Our feature today is the grand opening of a new building for Jackson Motor Company, a dealer in Walla Walla, Washington, which had a very unusual […]

    Opening Day: A Look At a Lincoln-Mercury AND Rambler Dealer Debut

    Posted on October 28, 2025 | 9 Comments
    Text by Patrick Bell. Our feature today is the grand opening of a new building for Jackson Motor Company, a dealer in Walla Walla, Washington, which had a very unusual […]

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  • My late, beloved grandma almost always had gum or mints in her purse.  It was part of the Sunday morning ritual when my family would visit for a roll of […]

    Curbside Musings: 1983 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency – The Whole Gum

    Posted on October 28, 2025 | 46 Comments
    My late, beloved grandma almost always had gum or mints in her purse.  It was part of the Sunday morning ritual when my family would visit for a roll of […]

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  • (Updated 10/27/2025)  Here it is, the car to which most of my male peers aspired during my 1980s teenagerhood: the second-generation Camaro. The Colonnade Cutlass Supreme may have been the […]

    1980 Chevrolet Camaro and Camaro RS: The Object Of High-School Dreams

    Posted on October 27, 2025 | 48 Comments
    (Updated 10/27/2025)  Here it is, the car to which most of my male peers aspired during my 1980s teenagerhood: the second-generation Camaro. The Colonnade Cutlass Supreme may have been the […]

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  • (Updated 10/27/2025)       Surprisingly, the first-generation Audi TT has rarely appeared at Curbside Classic, despite no fewer than two of this site’s contributors having owned one at some point […]

    2000 Audi TT: Blues In Praise Of The Iconic Slow Seller

    Posted on October 27, 2025 | 31 Comments
    (Updated 10/27/2025)       Surprisingly, the first-generation Audi TT has rarely appeared at Curbside Classic, despite no fewer than two of this site’s contributors having owned one at some point […]

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  • The usual trope is that Italian cars are all styled to be classically delicate and beautiful, like they’re the automotive expression of the Sistine Chapel. But the Italians do brutalist […]

    1993 Alfa Romeo RZ: Radically Zagatopped

    Posted on October 27, 2025 | 5 Comments
    The usual trope is that Italian cars are all styled to be classically delicate and beautiful, like they’re the automotive expression of the Sistine Chapel. But the Italians do brutalist […]

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  • If you’ve been around me for a while, you’ll have noticed that I don’t get over-excited about the Exotics. Or the Classics. Or the Big-name-anything that gets other people foaming […]

    Scale Models Of 1960s And 1970s Exotics: A Tiny Tribute To Speed

    Posted on October 27, 2025 | 21 Comments
    If you’ve been around me for a while, you’ll have noticed that I don’t get over-excited about the Exotics. Or the Classics. Or the Big-name-anything that gets other people foaming […]

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  • One can take a maxims a bit too far. One of mine is if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Just exactly when is a clutch considered “broken”? When it […]

    My xB Gets A New Clutch (And More) – Yes, It Really Was Broken

    Posted on October 27, 2025 | 22 Comments
    One can take a maxims a bit too far. One of mine is if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Just exactly when is a clutch considered “broken”? When it […]

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  • Most Cadillac fans are aware that for about six and a half years, many Cadillac models were available with the unfortunate Oldsmobile 5.7-liter diesel V-8. Towards the end of that […]

    1985 Cadillac De Ville 4.3 V-6 Diesel: The Most Underpowered Cadillac Since Before WW2

    Posted on October 27, 2025 | 45 Comments
    Most Cadillac fans are aware that for about six and a half years, many Cadillac models were available with the unfortunate Oldsmobile 5.7-liter diesel V-8. Towards the end of that […]

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  • (Updated 10/26/2025)      Full-size pickup trucks may be a uniquely American thing, but as someone who has lived my entire life in the United States, it’s a vehicle whose […]

    1997 Toyota T100 Pickup: Small Can Be A Big Problem

    Posted on October 26, 2025 | 99 Comments
    (Updated 10/26/2025)      Full-size pickup trucks may be a uniquely American thing, but as someone who has lived my entire life in the United States, it’s a vehicle whose […]

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  •  The phrase “Here come da judge” is a good indicator of a person’s age.  If this phrase means nothing to you, then you are likely under the age of fifty.  […]

    1969 Pontiac GTO The Judge: Here Come Da Judge!

    Posted on October 26, 2025 | 9 Comments
     The phrase “Here come da judge” is a good indicator of a person’s age.  If this phrase means nothing to you, then you are likely under the age of fifty.  […]

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  • Frequent Cohort contributor Ralf K (Don Kincl), a favorite of ours, has been busy these past few weeks sharing recent finds. Time for another catch up session, this time featuring […]

    Time Stopped: Vintage Cars And Patina, As Captured By Ralf K

    Posted on October 26, 2025 | 7 Comments
    Frequent Cohort contributor Ralf K (Don Kincl), a favorite of ours, has been busy these past few weeks sharing recent finds. Time for another catch up session, this time featuring […]

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