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![It’s the first Mitsuoka of the year, and boy is it a whopper. Looks like this was fished out of the Marianna Trench, underwent some sort of explosive decompression along […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_20210117_154303-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2008 Mitsuoka Orochi – Kill It Before It Spreads")
Curbside Classic: 2008 Mitsuoka Orochi – Kill It Before It Spreads
Posted on February 1, 2021 | 32 CommentsIt’s the first Mitsuoka of the year, and boy is it a whopper. Looks like this was fished out of the Marianna Trench, underwent some sort of explosive decompression along […] -
![(first posted 1/31/2015) The 1956 “Power Look” Chrysler Windsor debuted just over 16 years before I did, representing a light update the 1955 “Hundred Million Dollar Look” Windsor Deluxe, as spotted […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/a-ch.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1956 Chrysler Windsor (and the Poly Engine) – The Semi-Hemi")
Curbside Classic: 1956 Chrysler Windsor (and the Poly Engine) – The Semi-Hemi
Posted on January 31, 2021 | 47 Comments(first posted 1/31/2015) The 1956 “Power Look” Chrysler Windsor debuted just over 16 years before I did, representing a light update the 1955 “Hundred Million Dollar Look” Windsor Deluxe, as spotted […] -
![still rolling coal in 2035 I regret not having had more time to properly analyze GM’s announcement last week. There’s a few key issues that are important to note: GM […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Chevrolet-pickup-2021-HD.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Newsstand Update: GM’s EV-Only “Aspirations” Only Impact Light Duty Vehicles – And Is Of Course Subject To Change, As Are All “Aspirations”")
Curbside Newsstand Update: GM’s EV-Only “Aspirations” Only Impact Light Duty Vehicles – And Is Of Course Subject To Change, As Are All “Aspirations”
Posted on January 31, 2021 | 41 Commentsstill rolling coal in 2035 I regret not having had more time to properly analyze GM’s announcement last week. There’s a few key issues that are important to note: GM […] -
![The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is my country’s best selling full-size van. In that segment, it also predominates the market for taxicabs and ambulances. This 4,325 mm (170.3”) long wheelbase Sprinter taxi […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_9328.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2016 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 314 CDI Wheelchair-Accessible Taxicab – Big Brown Taxi")
CC Global: 2016 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 314 CDI Wheelchair-Accessible Taxicab – Big Brown Taxi
Posted on January 31, 2021 | 12 CommentsThe Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is my country’s best selling full-size van. In that segment, it also predominates the market for taxicabs and ambulances. This 4,325 mm (170.3”) long wheelbase Sprinter taxi […] -
![another CC is photobombing in the background (first posted 8/11/2011) Everybody wants a Ferrari, at least at some point in their life. Once most of us get old enough […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/CC-143-057.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1964 Fiat 1500 Spider/Cabriolet – The Ferrari 250 GT Wanna-Be")
Curbside Classic: 1964 Fiat 1500 Spider/Cabriolet – The Ferrari 250 GT Wanna-Be
Posted on January 31, 2021 | 50 Commentsanother CC is photobombing in the background (first posted 8/11/2011) Everybody wants a Ferrari, at least at some point in their life. Once most of us get old enough […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day #2: Chrysler Cordoba, Round Eye Version
Posted on January 31, 2021 | 31 CommentsHere’s something to enjoy over breakfast: a very fine round-eye Cordoba, by John Baker. -
![My main desktop PC is going through a very protracted and long dreaded update to Windows 10, from my dearly beloved W7. In fact, it’s stuck at “Working on udpated […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/48891470882_f091aaa269_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day #1: Lancia Fulvia Sport")
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day #1: Lancia Fulvia Sport
Posted on January 31, 2021 | 24 CommentsMy main desktop PC is going through a very protracted and long dreaded update to Windows 10, from my dearly beloved W7. In fact, it’s stuck at “Working on udpated […] -
![“First things first, but not necessarily in that order. – Dr. Who Authors note: I kind of half thought about approaching my return to this series chronologically, like an old-time […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_7030_LI.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2004 PT Cruiser: 21st Century Answer to a Question No One Asked? or, Just Because You Can, Does It Mean You Should?")
COAL: 2004 PT Cruiser: 21st Century Answer to a Question No One Asked? or, Just Because You Can, Does It Mean You Should?
Posted on January 31, 2021 | 48 Comments“First things first, but not necessarily in that order. – Dr. Who Authors note: I kind of half thought about approaching my return to this series chronologically, like an old-time […] -
![(first posted 9/5/2011) Being a true multi-national, the Jensen Interceptor has many facets to its complex personality. If you were a pessimist you’d say it has the electrical system of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/a-jen.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Jensen Interceptor – The Handsome Anglo-Italo-American Mashup")
Curbside Classic: Jensen Interceptor – The Handsome Anglo-Italo-American Mashup
Posted on January 30, 2021 | 54 Comments(first posted 9/5/2011) Being a true multi-national, the Jensen Interceptor has many facets to its complex personality. If you were a pessimist you’d say it has the electrical system of […] -
![(first posted 1/30/2015) The Chrysler 180 and 2-Litre saloons: Where do you start, and where did they go? After all, they could claim French and British ancestry and development, American […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Chrysler-180-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Carshow Classic: 1973 Chrysler 180 – British, French, American…Or Just Forgotten?")
Carshow Classic: 1973 Chrysler 180 – British, French, American…Or Just Forgotten?
Posted on January 30, 2021 | 62 Comments(first posted 1/30/2015) The Chrysler 180 and 2-Litre saloons: Where do you start, and where did they go? After all, they could claim French and British ancestry and development, American […] -
![The transition to electric power in our automobiles just got a big boost with GM’s recent announcement that their entire fleet of cars and light trucks will be all-electric by […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/1910-model-63.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: What Will Be the Last Internal Combustion Powered Car?")
QOTD: What Will Be the Last Internal Combustion Powered Car?
Posted on January 30, 2021 | 102 CommentsThe transition to electric power in our automobiles just got a big boost with GM’s recent announcement that their entire fleet of cars and light trucks will be all-electric by […] -
![Remember the Great SUV Boom? I mean old-school Body-On-Frame SUVs, that were mostly just a truck with a longer body. Yes, there’s still a few around, but they’re mostly on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/CC-432-062.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic Lite: 1997 Mitsubishi Montero Sport – Almost Forgotten Veteran Of The Great SUV Boom")
Curbside Classic Lite: 1997 Mitsubishi Montero Sport – Almost Forgotten Veteran Of The Great SUV Boom
Posted on January 30, 2021 | 18 CommentsRemember the Great SUV Boom? I mean old-school Body-On-Frame SUVs, that were mostly just a truck with a longer body. Yes, there’s still a few around, but they’re mostly on […] -
![Taking our Sunday walk recently, the wife and I played a little game we sometimes engage in – count the car we most frequently encounter in our small suburb here […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PXL_20210125_072306597-1-e1611714813343.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 2002-2021 Toyota Probox – Just the Basics")
Curbside Outtake: 2002-2021 Toyota Probox – Just the Basics
Posted on January 30, 2021 | 21 CommentsTaking our Sunday walk recently, the wife and I played a little game we sometimes engage in – count the car we most frequently encounter in our small suburb here […] -
COAL: 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass – Weren’t They All That Colour?
Posted on January 30, 2021 | 83 CommentsMother threw a high holy tantrum shortly after we got to Denver in the Spring of 1980. The thing of it was, we hadn’t quite exactly moved to Denver; we’d -
![(first posted 1/29/2015) I want to make something very clear. From that title, it sounds like I’m criticizing this generation of Chevrolet’s personal luxury coupe for losing the rear-wheel-drive layout […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/chevrolet-monte-carlo-ls-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1995-99 Chevrolet Monte Carlo – Lumina Coupe Two")
Curbside Classic: 1995-99 Chevrolet Monte Carlo – Lumina Coupe Two
Posted on January 29, 2021 | 82 Comments(first posted 1/29/2015) I want to make something very clear. From that title, it sounds like I’m criticizing this generation of Chevrolet’s personal luxury coupe for losing the rear-wheel-drive layout […]
