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![Let’s say it’s the late 1950s and you need a car. However, you want a new car, and you only have about $2000 to spend. You shop around and discover, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/20191121_142345-1_resized.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Comparison: 1957 Ford Custom & 1958 Ford Custom 300 – Getting the Most For Your Money in the Late ’50s")
Curbside Comparison: 1957 Ford Custom & 1958 Ford Custom 300 – Getting the Most For Your Money in the Late ’50s
Posted on December 13, 2019 | 33 CommentsLet’s say it’s the late 1950s and you need a car. However, you want a new car, and you only have about $2000 to spend. You shop around and discover, […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1988 Cadillac DeVille Station Wagon With Large Luggage Rack
Posted on December 13, 2019 | 23 Commentsposted by Tim Finn -
![Even as I photographed this car, I was dreading having to write it up. I had seen these before many times and read up a few brief things on them, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_20190911_142057-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1999 Toyota Progrès NC 250 – Bland On The Run")
Curbside Classic: 1999 Toyota Progrès NC 250 – Bland On The Run
Posted on December 13, 2019 | 14 CommentsEven as I photographed this car, I was dreading having to write it up. I had seen these before many times and read up a few brief things on them, […] -
Curbside Newsflash! Cadillac To Ditch Alphanumeric Names in Transition To EVs
Posted on December 12, 2019 | 77 Commentsthe 2023 DeVille? Eldorado? Seville? Fleetwood? Cadillac’s much-reviled alphanumeric naming scheme will die along with its internal combustion engines. Of course that might be a mixed blessing for some. -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1974 Camaro with Owner – Got Patina?
Posted on December 12, 2019 | 13 Commentsposted at the Cohort by Ralph K (Don Kincl) -
![I was heading home from the grocery store about a mile from my house, when I thought I might take a slightly longer route home, and check out the ocean. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_aef0.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: Quick, Get Some Shots Before the Ice Cream Melts")
CC Outtakes: Quick, Get Some Shots Before the Ice Cream Melts
Posted on December 12, 2019 | 16 CommentsI was heading home from the grocery store about a mile from my house, when I thought I might take a slightly longer route home, and check out the ocean. […] -
![Toyota may be a bit behind the curve when it comes to fully electric vehicles, but with hybrids, they’ve always been at the top of their game. With the recent […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Screenshot_2019-12-03-Toyota-Revs-Up-Lineup-with-New-302-Horsepower-RAV4-Prime-Toyota-USA-Newsroom.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Newsstand: Toyota’s Non-Prius Hybrids Are Selling Extremely Well, And The 2021 RAV4 Prime Will Be The Plug-in Hybrid To Beat")
Curbside Newsstand: Toyota’s Non-Prius Hybrids Are Selling Extremely Well, And The 2021 RAV4 Prime Will Be The Plug-in Hybrid To Beat
Posted on December 12, 2019 | 58 CommentsToyota may be a bit behind the curve when it comes to fully electric vehicles, but with hybrids, they’ve always been at the top of their game. With the recent […] -
![Bloated, overweight, slow, wallowing. These are the words often used to describe Ford’s full-size cars of the 1970s. They have been described as being the poster child for the malaise […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Cover.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1976 Ford LTD – “All Is Well with the American Dream”")
Vintage Review: 1976 Ford LTD – “All Is Well with the American Dream”
Posted on December 12, 2019 | 92 CommentsBloated, overweight, slow, wallowing. These are the words often used to describe Ford’s full-size cars of the 1970s. They have been described as being the poster child for the malaise […] -
![Debuting for 1960 initially as a full-size model, the Dodge Dart was subsequently downsized to a midsize model in 1962, and then again in 1963 to a compact model where […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ahdG1odVTAW7WnodrmTsAQ_thumb_5589.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 Dodge Dart – A Car Of Few Words")
Curbside Classic: 1976 Dodge Dart – A Car Of Few Words
Posted on December 12, 2019 | 51 CommentsDebuting for 1960 initially as a full-size model, the Dodge Dart was subsequently downsized to a midsize model in 1962, and then again in 1963 to a compact model where […] -
![(first posted 10/30/2013. Author’s Note: Going to car shows in many areas brings the same worn out, ear-splitting songs nearly every time. So I’ve re-written a few songs you likely […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_0128.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1968 AMC Ambassador – Roy Drove His Ambassador to the Post Office One Rainy Day")
Car Show Classic: 1968 AMC Ambassador – Roy Drove His Ambassador to the Post Office One Rainy Day
Posted on December 11, 2019 | 64 Comments(first posted 10/30/2013. Author’s Note: Going to car shows in many areas brings the same worn out, ear-splitting songs nearly every time. So I’ve re-written a few songs you likely […] -
![I was in college when the second-generation Mitsubishi Eclipse made its debut for model year ’95. Having been a fan of the previous, first-generation of Diamond-Star coupes (which also included […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/045-1995-Mitsubishi-Eclipse-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse – Red With Envy")
In-Motion Classic: 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse – Red With Envy
Posted on December 11, 2019 | 14 CommentsI was in college when the second-generation Mitsubishi Eclipse made its debut for model year ’95. Having been a fan of the previous, first-generation of Diamond-Star coupes (which also included […] -
![Consumer Reports recently released its annual reliability survey. As always, newly introduced models performed poorly while older vehicles did well. There were some exceptions to that rule though. Some recent […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/20190425_114841-tile.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Newsstand: American Pickup Trucks, Newly Redesigned Models Stumble In Consumer Reports’ 2019 Reliability Survey")
Curbside Newsstand: American Pickup Trucks, Newly Redesigned Models Stumble In Consumer Reports’ 2019 Reliability Survey
Posted on December 11, 2019 | 52 CommentsConsumer Reports recently released its annual reliability survey. As always, newly introduced models performed poorly while older vehicles did well. There were some exceptions to that rule though. Some recent […] -
![American car makers really dragged their feet with the development of fully-synchronized manual transmissions. VW got its first gear synchronized in 1961, and most other Europeans did too by around […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/three-on-the-tree-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Transmission History: The Last Three Speed Manuals With Non-Synchronized First Gear – Grinding Gears Until 1976")
Transmission History: The Last Three Speed Manuals With Non-Synchronized First Gear – Grinding Gears Until 1976
Posted on December 11, 2019 | 55 CommentsAmerican car makers really dragged their feet with the development of fully-synchronized manual transmissions. VW got its first gear synchronized in 1961, and most other Europeans did too by around […] -
![We’ve had some superb recent posts on the Toyota Crown, which hit me as strangely coincidental as I sit and watch the current Netflix series “The Crown.” CC effect I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/60-3-e1576310873513.jpg?resize=115%2C113&ssl=1 "COAL: Three Generations of Toyota’s Crown – My Life Inside Japanese Royalty")
COAL: Three Generations of Toyota’s Crown – My Life Inside Japanese Royalty
Posted on December 11, 2019 | 15 CommentsWe’ve had some superb recent posts on the Toyota Crown, which hit me as strangely coincidental as I sit and watch the current Netflix series “The Crown.” CC effect I […] -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: International 1200 AWD Dual Cab Pickup – Predicting the Future
Posted on December 10, 2019 | 30 Commentsposted by Tim Finn
