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![NADA, the National Automobile Dealers Association, has released its 2020 survey of financial results of its members, and the numbers are as big as the trucks and SUVs they’re selling. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Casa-de-cadillac.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Newsstand: What Pandemic? Dealer Profits Surge 48% To Record Highs – Suddenly It’s 1947!")
Curbside Newsstand: What Pandemic? Dealer Profits Surge 48% To Record Highs – Suddenly It’s 1947!
Posted on March 1, 2021 | 13 CommentsNADA, the National Automobile Dealers Association, has released its 2020 survey of financial results of its members, and the numbers are as big as the trucks and SUVs they’re selling. […] -
![I’m a bit tired of all the big vs. little pickup thing, but I couldn’t pass up this shot a couple of days ago; it was just too good. The […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ford-trucks-big-and-small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: Ford Pickups – Big and Small")
Curbside Outtake: Ford Pickups – Big and Small
Posted on March 1, 2021 | 53 CommentsI’m a bit tired of all the big vs. little pickup thing, but I couldn’t pass up this shot a couple of days ago; it was just too good. The […] -
![Twentysomething white Mitsubishi wagons are not what one might call an exciting find. But if you don’t take the time to look at the absence of excitement, it can seem […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_20210218_100234-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1999 Mitsubishi Libero – Surrender To The Void")
CC Capsule: 1999 Mitsubishi Libero – Surrender To The Void
Posted on March 1, 2021 | 11 CommentsTwentysomething white Mitsubishi wagons are not what one might call an exciting find. But if you don’t take the time to look at the absence of excitement, it can seem […] -
![When I saw that Jim Klein had a 2021 Chevy 2500HD crew cab pickup to review, it reminded me that I had recently shot this 1986 GMC 2500 crew cab. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CC-434-100-crop-vert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Comparison: 1986 GMC High Sierra 2500 3+3 and 2021 Chevy Silverado 2500HD – The Changing Shape Of Pickups")
Curbside Comparison: 1986 GMC High Sierra 2500 3+3 and 2021 Chevy Silverado 2500HD – The Changing Shape Of Pickups
Posted on March 1, 2021 | 14 CommentsWhen I saw that Jim Klein had a 2021 Chevy 2500HD crew cab pickup to review, it reminded me that I had recently shot this 1986 GMC 2500 crew cab. […] -
![When I was a small kid, I thought and believed that only two types of vehicles should always be bright red, those of course being sports cars and fire engines. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_9795-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Review: 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 4WD LTZ Crew Cab – The Not So Little Red Wagon")
Curbside Review: 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 4WD LTZ Crew Cab – The Not So Little Red Wagon
Posted on March 1, 2021 | 52 CommentsWhen I was a small kid, I thought and believed that only two types of vehicles should always be bright red, those of course being sports cars and fire engines. […] -
![(first posted 2/28/2011) Wow! Leave it to the Australians to outdo anything Madison Avenue ever came up for the Pinto Cruising Wagon. These ads for the Holden Sandman were sent […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/a-hold.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Holden Sandman: The Aussies Blow Away The Pinto Cruising Wagon")
Holden Sandman: The Aussies Blow Away The Pinto Cruising Wagon
Posted on February 28, 2021 | 26 Comments(first posted 2/28/2011) Wow! Leave it to the Australians to outdo anything Madison Avenue ever came up for the Pinto Cruising Wagon. These ads for the Holden Sandman were sent […] -
![(first posted 2/28/2015) Free from its relationship with Ford, Mazda is forging ahead as an independent against unfavorable odds. Perhaps it’s only natural for a carmaker born out of Hiroshima’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/a-mpv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989 Mazda MPV – A Flash In The Minivan Pan")
Curbside Classic: 1989 Mazda MPV – A Flash In The Minivan Pan
Posted on February 28, 2021 | 58 Comments(first posted 2/28/2015) Free from its relationship with Ford, Mazda is forging ahead as an independent against unfavorable odds. Perhaps it’s only natural for a carmaker born out of Hiroshima’s […] -
![William Oliver has found something quite exceptional: a Wartburg Camping Limousine. A little worse for wear, but I suspect this is just awaiting its restoration. This is way too rare […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/50902125438_77d9dc561a_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Wartburg 312/5 Camping Limousine – The East German Vista Cruiser")
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Wartburg 312/5 Camping Limousine – The East German Vista Cruiser
Posted on February 28, 2021 | 28 CommentsWilliam Oliver has found something quite exceptional: a Wartburg Camping Limousine. A little worse for wear, but I suspect this is just awaiting its restoration. This is way too rare […] -
![We’ve paid homage to the early Falcon on quite a few occasions. But they’re rather irresistible when encountering them at the Cohort, like this wagon shot in B.C. by robadr. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/50977956911_457aeee108_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1962 Ford Falcon Wagon – America’s Best Selling Compact Wagon, Not Surprisingly")
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1962 Ford Falcon Wagon – America’s Best Selling Compact Wagon, Not Surprisingly
Posted on February 28, 2021 | 36 CommentsWe’ve paid homage to the early Falcon on quite a few occasions. But they’re rather irresistible when encountering them at the Cohort, like this wagon shot in B.C. by robadr. […] -
![While I have a reverence for the past, as I suspect most regular visitors to this site share, I’ve always focused on the present and future. “Straight ahead,” I often […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/GTI.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1983 VW GTI – A Fit Like a Custom Made Glove")
COAL: 1983 VW GTI – A Fit Like a Custom Made Glove
Posted on February 28, 2021 | 30 CommentsWhile I have a reverence for the past, as I suspect most regular visitors to this site share, I’ve always focused on the present and future. “Straight ahead,” I often […] -
![This is the picture I was looking for. Why? Wishful thinking – on a rainy dark afternoon – what else? It’s how I would have liked to spend Saturday mornings…or […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Life-1950s-Alta-dena-CA-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Saturday Morning, Altadena CA 1950")
Saturday Morning, Altadena CA 1950
Posted on February 27, 2021 | 15 CommentsThis is the picture I was looking for. Why? Wishful thinking – on a rainy dark afternoon – what else? It’s how I would have liked to spend Saturday mornings…or […] -
![(first posted 2/27/2015) Here’s a thought for the day: Ever since man achieved powered flight, pilots and engineers have dreamed of taking off and landing vertically, but there has only […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/a-hawk.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Rampside Classic: 1968 Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR3 – When It Is Easier To Stop And Land Than It Is To Land And Stop.")
Rampside Classic: 1968 Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR3 – When It Is Easier To Stop And Land Than It Is To Land And Stop.
Posted on February 27, 2021 | 54 Comments(first posted 2/27/2015) Here’s a thought for the day: Ever since man achieved powered flight, pilots and engineers have dreamed of taking off and landing vertically, but there has only […] -
![Lew Williams Chevrolet, Eugene, OR 1960 (first published in 2007) Three days after our psychedelic nocturnal arrival in America, my family arrived at our final destination: Iowa City. The transition […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Chevrolet-dealer-1960-Eugene-former-Romania.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: Getting Religion")
Auto-Biography: Getting Religion
Posted on February 27, 2021 | 70 CommentsLew Williams Chevrolet, Eugene, OR 1960 (first published in 2007) Three days after our psychedelic nocturnal arrival in America, my family arrived at our final destination: Iowa City. The transition […] -
![Driving through the little town of Eaton, Colorado the other evening I passed by this pairing that was well worthy of a quick stop. Arranged as they were it could […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_0047.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Conundrum: 1964 Buick Riviera Or 1972 Ford Ranchero 500 – Eeny Meeny Miny Moe…")
Curbside Conundrum: 1964 Buick Riviera Or 1972 Ford Ranchero 500 – Eeny Meeny Miny Moe…
Posted on February 27, 2021 | 35 CommentsDriving through the little town of Eaton, Colorado the other evening I passed by this pairing that was well worthy of a quick stop. Arranged as they were it could […] -
![For those of you the other day who were debating whether the ’41 Buick Roadmaster or a comparable Packard were the best looking cars of the time, how about a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/50934183621_3d2eabac49_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Buickard Shriner Parade Vehicle – The Best of the Best")
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Buickard Shriner Parade Vehicle – The Best of the Best
Posted on February 27, 2021 | 16 CommentsFor those of you the other day who were debating whether the ’41 Buick Roadmaster or a comparable Packard were the best looking cars of the time, how about a […]
