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![(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&quality=89&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&quality=89&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&quality=89&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&quality=89&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&quality=89&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 […] -
Curbside Outtake: The First Nissan Leaf I’ve Stopped To Shoot
Posted on January 29, 2021 | 14 CommentsAre these wheel covers an attempt to make it more aerodynamic, or just for fun? -
![posted by William Oliver Why do I struggle so much with these mid-70s Fords and Mercurys? Is it their overwrought but underachieving styling? Their sodden handling? Their limp engines? […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/50885655056_8862381900_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day #2: 1973 Mercury Mercury Montego Wagon – I Hate To Be A Killbuzz, But…")
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day #2: 1973 Mercury Mercury Montego Wagon – I Hate To Be A Killbuzz, But…
Posted on January 29, 2021 | 67 Commentsposted by William Oliver Why do I struggle so much with these mid-70s Fords and Mercurys? Is it their overwrought but underachieving styling? Their sodden handling? Their limp engines? […] -
![I meant to put something up on this story yesterday, but we decided to go snowshoeing; keeping our priorities straight. So it’s old news now, unless you get CC delivered […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GM-electric-future.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Newsstand: GM Plans To Stop Selling Gasoline Vehicles By 2035, Be Carbon Neutral by 2040")
Curbside Newsstand: GM Plans To Stop Selling Gasoline Vehicles By 2035, Be Carbon Neutral by 2040
Posted on January 29, 2021 | 82 CommentsI meant to put something up on this story yesterday, but we decided to go snowshoeing; keeping our priorities straight. So it’s old news now, unless you get CC delivered […] -
![Yes, I’ve still got Ramblers on the brain. That explains why as soon as I saw this madly cute Bianchina at the Cohort, posted by J.C., the original 1950 Rambler […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/48890820523_ff3410e3b9_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Autobianchi Bianchina Trasformabile – The Italian Rambler Convertible Landau")
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Autobianchi Bianchina Trasformabile – The Italian Rambler Convertible Landau
Posted on January 29, 2021 | 13 CommentsYes, I’ve still got Ramblers on the brain. That explains why as soon as I saw this madly cute Bianchina at the Cohort, posted by J.C., the original 1950 Rambler […] -
![Ford and Chevrolet had been locked in mortal combat since at least the late 1920s. From that point through the 1970’s it was more often than not that Chevrolet came […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/1973-Ford-F-150-08.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 Ford F-100 Ranger XLT – Slow And Steady Wins The Race")
Curbside Classic: 1973 Ford F-100 Ranger XLT – Slow And Steady Wins The Race
Posted on January 29, 2021 | 45 CommentsFord and Chevrolet had been locked in mortal combat since at least the late 1920s. From that point through the 1970’s it was more often than not that Chevrolet came […] -
![(first posted 12/7/2011) If I had a magic wish, one of them would be to be able to get into every Curbside Classic I find and take it for a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/CC-33-086-1000.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1936 Plymouth – I Can Take It For A Spin?")
Curbside Classic: 1936 Plymouth – I Can Take It For A Spin?
Posted on January 28, 2021 | 41 Comments(first posted 12/7/2011) If I had a magic wish, one of them would be to be able to get into every Curbside Classic I find and take it for a […] -
![(first posted 1/28/2015) Jackie or Marilyn? Rolling Stones or Beatles? Mustang or Camaro? These epic comparisons often border on epic rivalries that in turn, lead to die hard fans. While […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Camcord-comparison.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: 1997 Toyota Camry and 1998 Honda Accord – Two Very Different Paths")
Curbside Classics: 1997 Toyota Camry and 1998 Honda Accord – Two Very Different Paths
Posted on January 28, 2021 | 168 Comments(first posted 1/28/2015) Jackie or Marilyn? Rolling Stones or Beatles? Mustang or Camaro? These epic comparisons often border on epic rivalries that in turn, lead to die hard fans. While […] -
![cozy even in Antarctica If I had a dollar for every comment I’ve read over the years about the terrible/non-existent heaters in old air-cooled VWs, I’d be…a few thousand dollars […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/VW-antarctica.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Why Millions Of People Think Air Cooled VWs Had Terrible Heating – Operator Error")
Why Millions Of People Think Air Cooled VWs Had Terrible Heating – Operator Error
Posted on January 28, 2021 | 74 Commentscozy even in Antarctica If I had a dollar for every comment I’ve read over the years about the terrible/non-existent heaters in old air-cooled VWs, I’d be…a few thousand dollars […] -
![A previous post featured a GAZ 13 Chaika, but these photos I discovered on eBay show a much nicer example, with a lot of detailed, close-up shots. So I thought […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/s-l16001-22.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "eBay Classic: It’s Not a Packard–It’s a ’63 Chaika! $220,000!!")
eBay Classic: It’s Not a Packard–It’s a ’63 Chaika! $220,000!!
Posted on January 28, 2021 | 50 CommentsA previous post featured a GAZ 13 Chaika, but these photos I discovered on eBay show a much nicer example, with a lot of detailed, close-up shots. So I thought […]
