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![What was tiny, budget-minded, German-built, powered by an air-cooled rear engine, and sold in the U.S. back in the day—but was not a VW Beetle? If you dig a little […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/55562663827_10f62bfc8f_k-115x115.jpg "Curbside Find: 1960 NSU Prinz – A Little German Classic Waiting for Its Next Owner")
Curbside Find: 1960 NSU Prinz – A Little German Classic Waiting for Its Next Owner
Posted on October 30, 2026 | 18 CommentsWhat was tiny, budget-minded, German-built, powered by an air-cooled rear engine, and sold in the U.S. back in the day—but was not a VW Beetle? If you dig a little […] -
![I’ll come right out and say it: I don’t quite understand why Mercury sold only 2,592 Monterey Convertibles in 1964 when their intracorporate rivals at Ford sold 37,311 Galaxie 500 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/64-Mercury-1-115x115.webp "1964 Mercury Monterey Convertible: A One-Owner, 48,000-Mile Rarity")
1964 Mercury Monterey Convertible: A One-Owner, 48,000-Mile Rarity
Posted on October 30, 2026 | 28 CommentsI’ll come right out and say it: I don’t quite understand why Mercury sold only 2,592 Monterey Convertibles in 1964 when their intracorporate rivals at Ford sold 37,311 Galaxie 500 […] -
![I’d never been to this Cars and Coffee car gathering in Lafayette, barely ten minutes from home, partly because I didn’t know it existed and partly because it’s usually at […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/rsz_traveler_1980_002a-115x115.jpg "1980 International Scout II Traveler Turbodiesel: A Rare Survivor, Still With Its Original Nissan-Sourced Turbodiesel")
1980 International Scout II Traveler Turbodiesel: A Rare Survivor, Still With Its Original Nissan-Sourced Turbodiesel
Posted on October 30, 2026 | 16 CommentsI’d never been to this Cars and Coffee car gathering in Lafayette, barely ten minutes from home, partly because I didn’t know it existed and partly because it’s usually at […] -
![(Updated 10/29/2026) “I like a car I can leave out in the street all night and which will start at once in the morning and still go a hundred miles […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ian-fleming-in-car.jpg "Ian Fleming – The Man Who Loved Thunderbirds")
Ian Fleming – The Man Who Loved Thunderbirds
Posted on October 29, 2026 | 62 Comments(Updated 10/29/2026) “I like a car I can leave out in the street all night and which will start at once in the morning and still go a hundred miles […] -
![(Updated 10/29/2026) The Infiniti M45 was a curious thing, looking so much like an American four door hardtop, which of course hadn’t existed since […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CC-428-018.jpg "Curbside Find: 2003 Infiniti M45 – Easy To Mistake For An American Four Door Hardtop")
Curbside Find: 2003 Infiniti M45 – Easy To Mistake For An American Four Door Hardtop
Posted on October 29, 2026 | 32 Comments(Updated 10/29/2026) The Infiniti M45 was a curious thing, looking so much like an American four door hardtop, which of course hadn’t existed since […] -
![Whereas VWs always made people think of various kinds of insects, little Fiats were more mammalian in the public’s imagination. Hence the 1935-55 Fiat 500 Topolino, or “little mouse,” the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/IMG20260524084351_edited-115x115.jpg "1964 Autobianchi Bianchina 4-Posti – Lipstick On A Mouse")
1964 Autobianchi Bianchina 4-Posti – Lipstick On A Mouse
Posted on October 29, 2026 | 25 CommentsWhereas VWs always made people think of various kinds of insects, little Fiats were more mammalian in the public’s imagination. Hence the 1935-55 Fiat 500 Topolino, or “little mouse,” the […] -
Oldsmobile Dealers In Vintage Postcards–1950s – 1960s
Posted on October 29, 2026 | 18 CommentsJones Oldsmobile, Philadelphia, PA. -
![Is the Jeep Wagoneer the greatest piece of peacetime industrial design in the automotive world? I think so, and why not? It’s the prototype for the modern SUV, but its […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/75-Jeep-1-115x115.webp "1975 Jeep Wagoneer Custom: A 401-Powered, No-Reserve Example Of America’s Greatest Automotive Industrial Design")
1975 Jeep Wagoneer Custom: A 401-Powered, No-Reserve Example Of America’s Greatest Automotive Industrial Design
Posted on October 29, 2026 | 25 CommentsIs the Jeep Wagoneer the greatest piece of peacetime industrial design in the automotive world? I think so, and why not? It’s the prototype for the modern SUV, but its […] -
![When you hear the name “Lincoln”, these 1949-51 “torpedoes” are not usually the cars that come to mind. I myself didn’t even know they existed until I found them in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-nLiiV16a4nX-115x115.jpg "1950 Lincoln Cosmopolitan and 1951 Lincoln Coupe: Streamlined Postwar Luxury From Ford Motor Company")
1950 Lincoln Cosmopolitan and 1951 Lincoln Coupe: Streamlined Postwar Luxury From Ford Motor Company
Posted on October 29, 2026 | 30 CommentsWhen you hear the name “Lincoln”, these 1949-51 “torpedoes” are not usually the cars that come to mind. I myself didn’t even know they existed until I found them in […] -
![(Updated 10/28/2026) In 1997, Ford decided that its time and resources would be much better spent designing and developing a gigantic SUV that you could buy with a 6.8L […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2003_Ford_Thunderbird_Supercharged_concept3.jpg "Curbside Classic: 2003 Ford Thunderbird – Retro Styling, Luxury Pricing, and a Short Life")
Curbside Classic: 2003 Ford Thunderbird – Retro Styling, Luxury Pricing, and a Short Life
Posted on October 28, 2026 | 109 Comments(Updated 10/28/2026) In 1997, Ford decided that its time and resources would be much better spent designing and developing a gigantic SUV that you could buy with a 6.8L […] -
![(Updated 10/28/2026) Volkswagen’s EuroVan was never the obvious choice for American minivan buyers, but that was part of its charm. When it returned to the U.S. market […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/VW_NGW6_T4-Lifestyle-Heritage_EurovanVan_Life-115x115.webp "Classic CARmentary: 1999 Volkswagen EuroVan MV — Back With More Power and the Same Old Downsides")
Classic CARmentary: 1999 Volkswagen EuroVan MV — Back With More Power and the Same Old Downsides
Posted on October 28, 2026 | 15 Comments(Updated 10/28/2026) Volkswagen’s EuroVan was never the obvious choice for American minivan buyers, but that was part of its charm. When it returned to the U.S. market […] -
![Varkenshandel Tijs Haarle B.V. from the east of the Netherlands specializes in pig trading, the company name says it all. One of their vehicles was present at a September 2026 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/IMG_5460-115x115.jpg "2018 Scania S500 6×2*4 Livestock Truck – A Triple-Decker With a Liftable Roof")
2018 Scania S500 6×2*4 Livestock Truck – A Triple-Decker With a Liftable Roof
Posted on October 28, 2026 | 7 CommentsVarkenshandel Tijs Haarle B.V. from the east of the Netherlands specializes in pig trading, the company name says it all. One of their vehicles was present at a September 2026 […] -
![Text by Patrick Bell. Today we are going to tour some vintage neighborhoods and soak in these sights of the 1950s – 1970s. There is a lot to see with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Screenshot_20251117-000258-115x115.png "The Cars That Lived In Our Neighborhoods In The 1950s – 1970s")
The Cars That Lived In Our Neighborhoods In The 1950s – 1970s
Posted on October 28, 2026 | 16 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. Today we are going to tour some vintage neighborhoods and soak in these sights of the 1950s – 1970s. There is a lot to see with […] -
![There was a trend in England in the late ’90s to buy cars in Europe where list prices were much lower and then personally import them. Relaxations in exchange controls […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/61-115x115.jpg "Our New Alfa Romeo Number Was 156 and What a Great Number That Was")
Our New Alfa Romeo Number Was 156 and What a Great Number That Was
Posted on October 28, 2026 | 8 CommentsThere was a trend in England in the late ’90s to buy cars in Europe where list prices were much lower and then personally import them. Relaxations in exchange controls […] -
![The automobile industry’s retro craze of the late 1990s and early 2000s reminds me to some extent of the swing revival of roughly the same time period. It seemed cool […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/04-SSR-1-scaled-e1792618894343-115x115.jpg "2004 Chevrolet SSR: A Convertible Two-Seater Truck? A Retro Curiosity Worth A Second Look")
2004 Chevrolet SSR: A Convertible Two-Seater Truck? A Retro Curiosity Worth A Second Look
Posted on October 28, 2026 | 21 CommentsThe automobile industry’s retro craze of the late 1990s and early 2000s reminds me to some extent of the swing revival of roughly the same time period. It seemed cool […]
