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![(first posted 3/5/2014) The Porsche 928 is perhaps more maligned than the recently featured 924. Water-cooling, an engine in the front and jelly-mould styling have all contributed to this car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Por928S4b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Porsche 928 – Blasphemy With a Big Butt")
Curbside Classic: Porsche 928 – Blasphemy With a Big Butt
Posted on January 23, 2025 | 132 Comments(first posted 3/5/2014) The Porsche 928 is perhaps more maligned than the recently featured 924. Water-cooling, an engine in the front and jelly-mould styling have all contributed to this car […] -
![(first posted 1/23/2019) Today’s featured categories from Motor Trend‘s 1959 World Show issue represented the stuff of dreams: Sports Cars and GT cars. What they gave up […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Main-Image.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Article: Motor Trend’s 1959 World Cars Issue – Grand Touring And Sports Cars")
Vintage Article: Motor Trend’s 1959 World Cars Issue – Grand Touring And Sports Cars
Posted on January 23, 2025 | 12 Comments(first posted 1/23/2019) Today’s featured categories from Motor Trend‘s 1959 World Show issue represented the stuff of dreams: Sports Cars and GT cars. What they gave up […] -
![Let’s delve, once again, into the world of small cars thanks to this short festival of Kia Prides found in San Salvador. A model that you all knew -at some […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20220901_120951932_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Finds: A Brief Kia Pride Festiva(l) – Your 4-Door Festivas Are Here")
Curbside Finds: A Brief Kia Pride Festiva(l) – Your 4-Door Festivas Are Here
Posted on January 23, 2025 | 9 CommentsLet’s delve, once again, into the world of small cars thanks to this short festival of Kia Prides found in San Salvador. A model that you all knew -at some […] -
Vintage Snapshots: Southern California In The Early 1970s
Posted on January 23, 2025 | 46 CommentsMain St., Garden Grove. -
![What does 1966 mean to you? Are there any special memories, or maybe was it before your time? My dad was one of four boys, but growing up in an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/66Merc5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: Let’s Visit 1966")
CC In Scale: Let’s Visit 1966
Posted on January 23, 2025 | 30 CommentsWhat does 1966 mean to you? Are there any special memories, or maybe was it before your time? My dad was one of four boys, but growing up in an […] -
![In the fall of 1978, Cadillac rolled out the model that would become one of its greatest all-time hits: the 1979 Cadillac Eldorado — newly downsized and a half-ton lighter, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CD1979-05-vignette.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "Vintage C/D Review: 1979 Cadillac Eldorado – A Brilliant False Dawn")
Vintage C/D Review: 1979 Cadillac Eldorado – A Brilliant False Dawn
Posted on January 23, 2025 | 51 CommentsIn the fall of 1978, Cadillac rolled out the model that would become one of its greatest all-time hits: the 1979 Cadillac Eldorado — newly downsized and a half-ton lighter, […] -
![(first posted 3/27/2014) A couple of weeks ago, we covered the Dodge Colt lineup of Chrysler’s captive Mitsubishi products with a nine part series on the many variations available (describing both the Galant and Lancer […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Plymouth-Arrow-Front-3-quarter.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 Plymouth Arrow GS – Celeste Before the Fire")
Curbside Classic: 1977 Plymouth Arrow GS – Celeste Before the Fire
Posted on January 22, 2025 | 85 Comments(first posted 3/27/2014) A couple of weeks ago, we covered the Dodge Colt lineup of Chrysler’s captive Mitsubishi products with a nine part series on the many variations available (describing both the Galant and Lancer […] -
![(first posted 1/22/2019) The Dodge Avenger was the very bottom of the barrel in the mid-size sedan segment when it was launched. It excelled at nothing and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dodge-avenger-7.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Chrysler’s Deadly Sin #5: 2008-10 Dodge Avenger – Automotive Journalists’ Whipping Boy, And Deservedly So")
Chrysler’s Deadly Sin #5: 2008-10 Dodge Avenger – Automotive Journalists’ Whipping Boy, And Deservedly So
Posted on January 22, 2025 | 50 Comments(first posted 1/22/2019) The Dodge Avenger was the very bottom of the barrel in the mid-size sedan segment when it was launched. It excelled at nothing and […] -
Wordless Outtake: Three Volkswagens of Different Size, Shape, and Decade
Posted on January 22, 2025 | 8 Comments -
Vintage Photos: Chevrolet Dealers In The 1960s
Posted on January 22, 2025 | 44 CommentsPhelps Chevrolet, Greenville, NC. -
![Most fans of the Pontiac GTO have heard of the legendary Royal Bobcat tuning kit for Pontiac 389 and 421 engines. In the June 1963 Car Life, automotive writer […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/1964-Pontiac-Tempest-GTO-coupe-Royal-Bobcat-decal-Mecum.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "CC Tech: Pontiac Royal Bobcat Kit – “The Screwdriver Tune-Up” For Hot 389s And 421s")
CC Tech: Pontiac Royal Bobcat Kit – “The Screwdriver Tune-Up” For Hot 389s And 421s
Posted on January 22, 2025 | 21 CommentsMost fans of the Pontiac GTO have heard of the legendary Royal Bobcat tuning kit for Pontiac 389 and 421 engines. In the June 1963 Car Life, automotive writer […] -
![Dreaming of Freedom Your first car. Your first car. The dreaming and anticipation – later you realize it’s the freedom that we’re dreaming for, or at least I was. I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Rim.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "My 1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme International – There is a Special Feel in an Oldsmobile")
My 1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme International – There is a Special Feel in an Oldsmobile
Posted on January 22, 2025 | 22 CommentsDreaming of Freedom Your first car. Your first car. The dreaming and anticipation – later you realize it’s the freedom that we’re dreaming for, or at least I was. I […] -
![(first posted 1/21/2019) This week, let’s spin the clock back 60 years and check out the January 1959 issue of Motor Trend, which they dubbed their “World Show […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/MT0159-Front-Cover-Main-Image.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Article: Motor Trend’s 1959 World Cars Issue – New Features Overview And Plenty Of Ads")
Vintage Article: Motor Trend’s 1959 World Cars Issue – New Features Overview And Plenty Of Ads
Posted on January 21, 2025 | 48 Comments(first posted 1/21/2019) This week, let’s spin the clock back 60 years and check out the January 1959 issue of Motor Trend, which they dubbed their “World Show […] -
![(first posted 1/21/2019) Recently, there have been a few things from my early childhood that have come back into my present consciousness, eliciting genuine affection. Having been […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1979-Pontiac-Bonneville-4-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 Pontiac Bonneville – Yacht Rock")
Curbside Classic: 1979 Pontiac Bonneville – Yacht Rock
Posted on January 21, 2025 | 57 Comments(first posted 1/21/2019) Recently, there have been a few things from my early childhood that have come back into my present consciousness, eliciting genuine affection. Having been […] -
![Text by Patrick Bell. A polar vortex has tightened its grip on much of the U.S. once again so let’s escape to some better weather trips to the woods. These […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-01-11-22.29.49.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Cars In The Woods In The ’50s and ’60s")
Vintage Snapshots: Cars In The Woods In The ’50s and ’60s
Posted on January 21, 2025 | 10 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. A polar vortex has tightened its grip on much of the U.S. once again so let’s escape to some better weather trips to the woods. These […]
