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- Randerson on Car Show Classic: 1980 Daimler Double Six – This Was The Best Car In The World
- Paul Pellandine on Curbside Classic: 1959 Edsel Daily Driver With Turbo 2.3 L Four – 100% Better Mileage And Quicker Too
- Andrea Enthal on Curbside Classic: 1959 Edsel Daily Driver With Turbo 2.3 L Four – 100% Better Mileage And Quicker Too
- SubGothius on Curbside Classic: 1987 Volkswagen Santana Xi5 Autobahn DOHC – Nissan’s Quantum Entanglement
- Johannes Dutch on Wordless Outtake: ‘Our Twins Are Turning 20 This Year’
- slow_joe_crow on Curbside Classic: 1976 BMW 1502 – Poverty Speck
- Gray Walters on My 2006 Toyota Corolla – Cheap Car Blues
- SubGothius on Our 1981 Ford Corcel II L – A Renord, a Forault… A Car To Remember
- Martin on Vintage R/T Review: 1979 Buick Riviera S Type – The “S” Stands For “Sharp,” Not “Sporty”
- Lawrence R Copley on Wordless Outtake: ‘Our Twins Are Turning 20 This Year’
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Curbside Classic: 1987 Volkswagen Santana Xi5 Autobahn DOHC – Nissan’s Quantum Entanglement
Posted on February 7, 2025 | 15 CommentsWhether you know this car as the Santana, the Quantum, the Corsar, the Carat or the Passat, you know it was made by the good people at Volkswagen. Sometimes in […] -
My 1997 Chevrolet Blazer – When The Need For A New Vehicle Comes At Unexpected Times
Posted on February 7, 2025 | 17 Comments’97 Blazer image from period advertising. I’m proud of my driving. I’ve honed my skills and driven some just under 3 million miles with only one chargeable accident and two […] -
COAL: 1962 Triumph TR4 – Know When To Hold ‘Em…
Posted on February 6, 2025 | 46 Comments(first posted 1/3/2015) As the Gambler sang: “You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, know when to walk away, know when to […] -
Curbside Classic: 1988-1991 Buick Reatta – GM’s Deadly Sin #30 – The Death of Sex and Soul
Posted on February 6, 2025 | 105 Comments(first posted 2/8/2019) During the 1980s, GM had its greatest loss of market share ever, setting the stage for its ultimate demise. It was a remarkable performance, […] -
Junkyard Classic: 1978 Pontiac Phoenix — Grady’s Fall From Grace
Posted on February 6, 2025 | 22 CommentsSometimes, individual cars tell a story by representing profound corporate triumph or failure. Other times, cars seem to speak to the conditions they lived their life in. Occasionally, they can […] -
Vintage Dealer Photos: Studebaker In The 1940s-1950s
Posted on February 6, 2025 | 20 CommentsStewart Jones Motors, St. Petersburg, FL. -
Which Car Had The Longest Rear Overhang? The Top 10 In Absolute Length And Percentage Of Body Length
Posted on February 6, 2025 | 48 CommentsStarting in 1948, American cars entered a new developmental phase marked by the sprouting of curious and rather excessive body extensions at their rear ends, often adorned by fins, […] -
Vintage C/D Road Test: 1990 Volkswagen Corrado G60: “Machinelike In A Somewhat Agricultural Way”
Posted on February 6, 2025 | 21 CommentsA year after its European debut, Volkswagen’s chunky new Corrado coupe came to the U.S., powered by a 1.8-liter four with VW’s unusual G-Lader supercharger. Car and Driver tested the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V Collector’s Series – The Mayor of Brougham City?
Posted on February 5, 2025 | 113 Comments(first posted 5/2/2014) We all like to talk about the great brougham epoch, and we have an idea of when and how it began, but establishing its peak–and more importantly, […] -
Curbside Classic: GMC Syclone – GM Blazes a Trail and Abandons It
Posted on February 5, 2025 | 104 Comments(first posted 4/28/2014) The short-lived GMC Syclone pickup and Typhoon SUV, which burst onto the automotive scene in 1991 only to disappear after 1993, turned the usual modus operandi of […] -
Curbside Classic: 1999 Chrysler Cirrus LXi – Remember When Chrysler Showed Hope?
Posted on February 5, 2025 | 52 Comments(first posted 2/6/2019) These days, it’s rather hard to imagine a time when Chrysler’s future looked bright and optimistic. It’s even more difficult to imagine a time when […] -
Vintage Snapshots: Black Americans And Their Cars – 1950s-1970s
Posted on February 5, 2025 | 16 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. Today we are going to add another chapter to our series on Black Americans and their cars, with some new photos added to the topic plus […] -
CC In Scale: Luxury Cars – American Style Luxury
Posted on February 5, 2025 | 31 CommentsWhile preparing this selection, I’ve had to face the question: just what is a luxury car? In some countries, any full-size American or Canadian car is a de facto luxury […] -
Curbside Classic: 1976 BMW 1502 – Poverty Speck
Posted on February 5, 2025 | 19 CommentsWhat do you do when you have just launched a brand-new smaller model, but you are still in the process of ramping up production and need to keep your hungry […]