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  • Owning a Japanese kei car in the United States is an adventure most drivers never experience. When skyrocketing used-car prices led me to import a 1996 Subaru Vivio Bistro from […]

    My 1996 Subaru Vivio Bistro: A Tiny Japanese Kei Car Takes on American Roads

    Posted on August 2, 2026 | 16 Comments
    Owning a Japanese kei car in the United States is an adventure most drivers never experience. When skyrocketing used-car prices led me to import a 1996 Subaru Vivio Bistro from […]

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  • Excepting the Series 75 limousines and formal sedans, Cadillac offered only hardtops and convertibles from 1957 through 1964. Although the plush Fleetwood Sixty Special would become a pillared sedan in […]

    1964 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special: The Last Fleetwood Four-Door Hardtop

    Posted on August 2, 2026 | 10 Comments
    Excepting the Series 75 limousines and formal sedans, Cadillac offered only hardtops and convertibles from 1957 through 1964. Although the plush Fleetwood Sixty Special would become a pillared sedan in […]

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  • (Updated 8/1/2026)        I really don’t know why the universe wanted me to encounter one of these bastardized Biturbos again. I thought I had made myself clear the […]

    Curbside Find: 1997 Maserati Ghibli GT – The Last Vulgarati

    Posted on August 1, 2026 | 43 Comments
    (Updated 8/1/2026)        I really don’t know why the universe wanted me to encounter one of these bastardized Biturbos again. I thought I had made myself clear the […]

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  • (Updated 8/1/2026)       For me, getting back behind the wheel of the 1999 Subaru Forester S was like coming home again. It was one of the first vehicles I […]

    Classic CARmentary: 1999 Subaru Forester S — Quietly Years Ahead of Its Time

    Posted on August 1, 2026 | 17 Comments
    (Updated 8/1/2026)       For me, getting back behind the wheel of the 1999 Subaru Forester S was like coming home again. It was one of the first vehicles I […]

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  • Text by Patrick Bell. Two and three tone color applications were very popular during the 1950’s and catch much of the attention now, but that does not mean they were […]

    A Rainbow Of 1950s Cars — Remember When Cars Weren’t Just Black, White, and Gray?

    Posted on August 1, 2026 | 13 Comments
    Text by Patrick Bell. Two and three tone color applications were very popular during the 1950’s and catch much of the attention now, but that does not mean they were […]

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  • Sometimes a car is more than just transportation. Sometimes it arrives at exactly the moment you need it most. What began as a favor to help my dad sell his […]

    My 2012 Mini Cooper S Convertible Highgate Edition: Sometimes a Therapist Has Four Wheels and a Turbocharger

    Posted on August 1, 2026 | 11 Comments
    Sometimes a car is more than just transportation. Sometimes it arrives at exactly the moment you need it most. What began as a favor to help my dad sell his […]

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  • I needed to smell life again. Not the stale stench of grease, cigarettes and weak coffee at the Hamburg Inn, the musty-sour smell of my rumpled sheets, the rotting vegetables […]

    Auto-Biography: A Two-Month $125 Hitchhiking Tour of the West in 1972 – An Epic Adventure And A Preview Of Coming Attractions

    Posted on August 1, 2026 | 49 Comments
    I needed to smell life again. Not the stale stench of grease, cigarettes and weak coffee at the Hamburg Inn, the musty-sour smell of my rumpled sheets, the rotting vegetables […]

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  • New for 1963, the Buick Riviera offered a unique combination of style, speed, luxury, and glamour almost unrivaled among domestic cars of its era. What would it be like to […]

    1963 Buick Riviera: Shopping For America’s Most Satisfying Car Of 1963

    Posted on August 1, 2026 | 7 Comments
    New for 1963, the Buick Riviera offered a unique combination of style, speed, luxury, and glamour almost unrivaled among domestic cars of its era. What would it be like to […]

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  • (Updated 7/31/2026)          Four-door family sedans weren’t supposed to be exciting, yet manufacturers spent much of the 1990s trying to prove otherwise. Nissan had the Maxima, Mazda […]

    Classic CARmentary: 1999 Mitsubishi Galant GTZ — Mitsubishi’s Last Great Family Sedan

    Posted on July 31, 2026 | 10 Comments
    (Updated 7/31/2026)          Four-door family sedans weren’t supposed to be exciting, yet manufacturers spent much of the 1990s trying to prove otherwise. Nissan had the Maxima, Mazda […]

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  • (Updated 7/31/2026)        For many years, Ford called themselves the “Wagonmaster” and perhaps it was deservedly so. Even though most years Chevrolet led the overall sales race, examining […]

    1991 Ford Crown Victoria LX Station Wagon – Last Hurrah for the Wagonmaster

    Posted on July 31, 2026 | 63 Comments
    (Updated 7/31/2026)        For many years, Ford called themselves the “Wagonmaster” and perhaps it was deservedly so. Even though most years Chevrolet led the overall sales race, examining […]

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  • We started this little prewar escapade in a big beautiful British blue-blood coachbuilt in two-tones-of-blue, and we’ll end it that way. Only this superlative slab of British beef will be […]

    Car Show Classic: 1928 Rolls-Royce Twenty Phaeton by Barker – Once In A Blue Rolls

    Posted on July 31, 2026 | 6 Comments
    We started this little prewar escapade in a big beautiful British blue-blood coachbuilt in two-tones-of-blue, and we’ll end it that way. Only this superlative slab of British beef will be […]

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  • Photos from the CC Cohort by Eric Clem I guess this is the only way one of these last-generation Buick Centurys can get me to stop and take a look: […]

    Curbside Find: 2000 Buick Century — From Retirement Cruiser to Road Warrior

    Posted on July 31, 2026 | 7 Comments
    Photos from the CC Cohort by Eric Clem I guess this is the only way one of these last-generation Buick Centurys can get me to stop and take a look: […]

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  • First-generation Mustang coupes are everywhere, an archetype of the American collector car; heck, I have one that is almost identical to this burgundy 1965 model in my garage. But this […]

    1965 Ford T5: How The Mustang Lost Its Name In Germany

    Posted on July 31, 2026 | 34 Comments
    First-generation Mustang coupes are everywhere, an archetype of the American collector car; heck, I have one that is almost identical to this burgundy 1965 model in my garage. But this […]

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  •   Here’s an interesting comparison:  a base model 1956 Clipper Deluxe vs. a loaded 1958 Packard.  Isn’t it ironic that the Clipper—very much a genuine Packard—lacks its maker’s famous name […]

    1956 Clipper And 1958 Packard–A Genuine Packard Without The Name And A Packard In Name Only

    Posted on July 31, 2026 | 15 Comments
      Here’s an interesting comparison:  a base model 1956 Clipper Deluxe vs. a loaded 1958 Packard.  Isn’t it ironic that the Clipper—very much a genuine Packard—lacks its maker’s famous name […]

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  • (Updated 7/30/2026)         “The perfect car,” that’s what the ad for the then-current 3-series, which I remember running on MTV between segments of The Real World San Francisco […]

    Curbside Classic: 1994 BMW 325i (E36) – Have We Moved On?

    Posted on July 30, 2026 | 63 Comments
    (Updated 7/30/2026)         “The perfect car,” that’s what the ad for the then-current 3-series, which I remember running on MTV between segments of The Real World San Francisco […]

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