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![Closing on 2019, here’s another batch of captured CCs and the like from Israel. This time it’s mostly (one) video originating from my trusty dash-cam, with an addition of one […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cover.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CCs In Israel: December 2019: The Variety Continues")
CCs In Israel: December 2019: The Variety Continues
Posted on January 14, 2020 | 3 CommentsClosing on 2019, here’s another batch of captured CCs and the like from Israel. This time it’s mostly (one) video originating from my trusty dash-cam, with an addition of one […] -
![2019 wasn’t particularly terrible for General Motors. The company’s four brands posted a combined 2.3% decline as demand for GM’s sedans decreased significantly. Like Ford and Hyundai, it doesn’t seem […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20190425_112745.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Newsstand: 2019 US Auto Sales Coverage, Part 6: General Motors Saved By Crossovers And Pickups; Sales Down 2.3%")
Curbside Newsstand: 2019 US Auto Sales Coverage, Part 6: General Motors Saved By Crossovers And Pickups; Sales Down 2.3%
Posted on January 14, 2020 | 22 Comments2019 wasn’t particularly terrible for General Motors. The company’s four brands posted a combined 2.3% decline as demand for GM’s sedans decreased significantly. Like Ford and Hyundai, it doesn’t seem […] -
![I live in an area of Chicago called Edgewater, which is the second-northernmost neighborhood bordering Lake Michigan within city limits. Evanston, the city just north of Chicago, is technically not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_0081-1967-Pontiac-Tempest-GTO.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac GTO – No Supplements Needed")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac GTO – No Supplements Needed
Posted on January 14, 2020 | 46 CommentsI live in an area of Chicago called Edgewater, which is the second-northernmost neighborhood bordering Lake Michigan within city limits. Evanston, the city just north of Chicago, is technically not […] -
![After nine years, the site was pretty badly in need of a makeover. That includes a new logo that better represents what we’ve become, as well as a number of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Curbside-logo-full-width.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Welcome to CURBSIDE – A New Logo, Menu, and More To Come")
Welcome to CURBSIDE – A New Logo, Menu, and More To Come
Posted on January 13, 2020 | 34 CommentsAfter nine years, the site was pretty badly in need of a makeover. That includes a new logo that better represents what we’ve become, as well as a number of […] -
![(first posted 7/11/2011) Pity the poor Barracuda. It beat the Mustang to market in 1964 by 16 days, but was utterly trounced by that seminal (and genre name-giving) pony car. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/CC-127-006-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic/Auto-Biography: 1965 Plymouth Barracuda – Better Than A Mustang In Horse Country")
Curbside Classic/Auto-Biography: 1965 Plymouth Barracuda – Better Than A Mustang In Horse Country
Posted on January 13, 2020 | 70 Comments(first posted 7/11/2011) Pity the poor Barracuda. It beat the Mustang to market in 1964 by 16 days, but was utterly trounced by that seminal (and genre name-giving) pony car. […] -
![The recent hook-up of FCA and PSA has a lot of folks worried that some of the old names we hold dear are going to get the chop in due […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_20200102_155748-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1983 “Lancia” A112 Elite – Fiat Kills Two Marques With One Clone")
CC Capsule: 1983 “Lancia” A112 Elite – Fiat Kills Two Marques With One Clone
Posted on January 13, 2020 | 21 CommentsThe recent hook-up of FCA and PSA has a lot of folks worried that some of the old names we hold dear are going to get the chop in due […] -
![Posted by Nifty 43 (Nifticus) My parents married in October 1968. Sometime during the late afternoon of that particular Saturday a connecting rod in the engine of my mother’s 1962 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/49103044576_c8537afa75_c.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Alternate History: 1969 Dodge Charger – Setting The Bar For Fifty-One Years")
Cohort Alternate History: 1969 Dodge Charger – Setting The Bar For Fifty-One Years
Posted on January 13, 2020 | 34 CommentsPosted by Nifty 43 (Nifticus) My parents married in October 1968. Sometime during the late afternoon of that particular Saturday a connecting rod in the engine of my mother’s 1962 […] -
![Since this will be my last post featuring pictures from the Facebook group “Missouri’s Historic Highways”, it just seems right to have something memorable for the finale. So what could […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/flood-howard-county-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Flooding")
Vintage Snapshots: Flooding
Posted on January 13, 2020 | 16 CommentsSince this will be my last post featuring pictures from the Facebook group “Missouri’s Historic Highways”, it just seems right to have something memorable for the finale. So what could […] -
![With a competitive roster of crossovers – especially two highly discussed three-rows utilities – Hyundai Motor Company scored a major victory for 2019. Their new products were very well received. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20190425_111100.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Newsstand/2019 US Auto Sales Coverage, Part 5: Kia Telluride, Hyundai Palisade, Genesis Brand Propel Hyundai Motor Company 3.8 Percent")
Curbside Newsstand/2019 US Auto Sales Coverage, Part 5: Kia Telluride, Hyundai Palisade, Genesis Brand Propel Hyundai Motor Company 3.8 Percent
Posted on January 13, 2020 | 13 CommentsWith a competitive roster of crossovers – especially two highly discussed three-rows utilities – Hyundai Motor Company scored a major victory for 2019. Their new products were very well received. […] -
![(More from David Halberstam’s “The Reckoning”) Having excoriated Ford’s finance guys for skimping out on E-Coat, today we turn the tables and find a very unlikely hero in the battle […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Ford-taurus-1986-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The Ford Taurus Almost Had Rear Wheel Drive")
Automotive History: The Ford Taurus Almost Had Rear Wheel Drive
Posted on January 13, 2020 | 37 Comments(More from David Halberstam’s “The Reckoning”) Having excoriated Ford’s finance guys for skimping out on E-Coat, today we turn the tables and find a very unlikely hero in the battle […] -
CC Capsule: 1958-1960 Armstrong Siddeley Star Sapphire
Posted on January 12, 2020 | 94 Comments(first posted 12/16/2013) I know what you’re thinking: not again, not ANOTHER Armstrong Siddeley Star Sapphire. Bear with me. I like the two tone green and can’t help myself. -
![I never meant for this Tercel to live long. It was purchased as a donor car for the Innocenti but somehow eked its way into our lives as the new […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20191102_165853.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1996 Toyota Tercel – Donor Turned Kids’ Car")
COAL: 1996 Toyota Tercel – Donor Turned Kids’ Car
Posted on January 12, 2020 | 8 CommentsI never meant for this Tercel to live long. It was purchased as a donor car for the Innocenti but somehow eked its way into our lives as the new […] -
![I don’t know enough about these Caprice Cruisers to nail down the exact model year, but clearly it’s old enough to have been auctioned off to a private party buyer. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Caprice-Cruiser.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 2011-17 Chevrolet Caprice PPV")
Curbside Outtake: 2011-17 Chevrolet Caprice PPV
Posted on January 12, 2020 | 26 CommentsI don’t know enough about these Caprice Cruisers to nail down the exact model year, but clearly it’s old enough to have been auctioned off to a private party buyer. […] -
![not the best picture, but the best that Google could find It’s always very satisfying to get a proper explanation to phenomena that has been described repeatedly. The endless stream […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Ford-Bronco-1978-rusty.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Why Fords Were the Worst Rusters in the Mid-Late ’60s and the ’70s")
Automotive History: Why Fords Were the Worst Rusters in the Mid-Late ’60s and the ’70s
Posted on January 12, 2020 | 114 Commentsnot the best picture, but the best that Google could find It’s always very satisfying to get a proper explanation to phenomena that has been described repeatedly. The endless stream […] -
![This is my next to last post of pictures from the Facebook group “Missouri’s Historic Highways”. The Standard station touting the Big Bonus is true, but not in the way […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/auto-carrier-2-edsels.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: The Auto Carriers")
Vintage Snapshots: The Auto Carriers
Posted on January 12, 2020 | 14 CommentsThis is my next to last post of pictures from the Facebook group “Missouri’s Historic Highways”. The Standard station touting the Big Bonus is true, but not in the way […]
