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![When Toyota introduced the Sportivo variants of its XV40-series Camry and Aurion, they gave them what’s often referred to as a hero color – that color that’ll feature most prominently […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/toyota-camry-sportivo.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Toyota Sportivos In Cyber Green – It Ain’t Exactly British Racing Green")
CC Outtake: Toyota Sportivos In Cyber Green – It Ain’t Exactly British Racing Green
Posted on March 20, 2019 | 29 CommentsWhen Toyota introduced the Sportivo variants of its XV40-series Camry and Aurion, they gave them what’s often referred to as a hero color – that color that’ll feature most prominently […] -
![Do you like big trucks? I’m talking about a Really Big Truck. The Biggest Truck in the World. Here it is: the Marion Power Shovel Company’s 1965 Missile Crawler Transporter […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Crawler_Transporter_Space_Shuttle.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Marion MCTF Flatbed Truck – A Truck So Big It’s a Place")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Marion MCTF Flatbed Truck – A Truck So Big It’s a Place
Posted on March 20, 2019 | 36 CommentsDo you like big trucks? I’m talking about a Really Big Truck. The Biggest Truck in the World. Here it is: the Marion Power Shovel Company’s 1965 Missile Crawler Transporter […] -
![The skies were grey and the roads were slick. Storms had lashed Brisbane before easing into a mere drizzle and the endless concrete and bitumen of Gympie Road looked dreary […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1971-buick-electra-profile.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC For Sale: 1971 Buick Electra 225 – A Solid Texan Socialite")
CC For Sale: 1971 Buick Electra 225 – A Solid Texan Socialite
Posted on March 20, 2019 | 65 CommentsThe skies were grey and the roads were slick. Storms had lashed Brisbane before easing into a mere drizzle and the endless concrete and bitumen of Gympie Road looked dreary […] -
COAW – Car Of A Week – 2006 Toyota 4Runner
Posted on March 19, 2019 | 24 CommentsHere it is March Break, and this year I’m not in Costa Rica. I’m at work staring out my window at the snow, and at my 4Runner. -
![As I was driving back with my wife from our weekly restaurant breakfast-date last Friday, I noticed a very familiar, not to say iconic shape arriving on the other side […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Untitled-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Dash-Cam Outtake: Porsche 911 – Not Quite Original As It Looks")
Dash-Cam Outtake: Porsche 911 – Not Quite Original As It Looks
Posted on March 19, 2019 | 5 CommentsAs I was driving back with my wife from our weekly restaurant breakfast-date last Friday, I noticed a very familiar, not to say iconic shape arriving on the other side […] -
![Tim Finn posted some shots from a recent Cars and Coffee event in Portland, and this is what caught my eye. It takes the typical low sedan – high 4×4 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/33520389208_66d07d6e06_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: A Study In Contrasts")
Cohort Outtake: A Study In Contrasts
Posted on March 19, 2019 | 21 CommentsTim Finn posted some shots from a recent Cars and Coffee event in Portland, and this is what caught my eye. It takes the typical low sedan – high 4×4 […] -
![For the past three years or so I’ve been meaning to take a trip up to the local convention center when they host their annual auto show. Circumstances forced me […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20190310_130209.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic Visits The 2019 Hudson Valley Auto Show, Part 1: General Motors, Nissan, Acura, And Mazda")
Curbside Classic Visits The 2019 Hudson Valley Auto Show, Part 1: General Motors, Nissan, Acura, And Mazda
Posted on March 19, 2019 | 41 CommentsFor the past three years or so I’ve been meaning to take a trip up to the local convention center when they host their annual auto show. Circumstances forced me […] -
![I’ve been meaning to write this one up. This is another ‘80s Pug from Provence, as per the 104 I wrote about a few months ago. It’s a little harder […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IMG_20180827_103206-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Peugeot 305 Break GLD – Gimme A Break")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Peugeot 305 Break GLD – Gimme A Break
Posted on March 19, 2019 | 33 CommentsI’ve been meaning to write this one up. This is another ‘80s Pug from Provence, as per the 104 I wrote about a few months ago. It’s a little harder […] -
![It’s not the first time I’ve said it, but for me, 1954-1956 was the high water mark for Cadillac in the post war era. The ’48-’49s were handsome, but a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CC-236-186.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cadillac Day Finale: This Is the One For Me – 1955 Series 62 Convertible")
Cadillac Day Finale: This Is the One For Me – 1955 Series 62 Convertible
Posted on March 18, 2019 | 51 CommentsIt’s not the first time I’ve said it, but for me, 1954-1956 was the high water mark for Cadillac in the post war era. The ’48-’49s were handsome, but a […] -
![It’s likely to sell reasonably well in its biggest market, China, but I’m having a hard time seeing the new Cadillac XT5 find a lot of traction in the US, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Cadillac-2020-CT5-fq.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Newsstand: Cadillac Shows New CT5 Sedan – Goodbye Arts and Science – And Mercedes Will Build Its Uber-Luxury Maybach SUV in Alabama")
CC Newsstand: Cadillac Shows New CT5 Sedan – Goodbye Arts and Science – And Mercedes Will Build Its Uber-Luxury Maybach SUV in Alabama
Posted on March 18, 2019 | 88 CommentsIt’s likely to sell reasonably well in its biggest market, China, but I’m having a hard time seeing the new Cadillac XT5 find a lot of traction in the US, […] -
![Foden Alpha left this comment with these pictures of his 1986 Cimarron: Finally decided to put on my custom made license plate frame for my Cimarron that I ordered last […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/a-cim-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: But Shouldn’t the License Plate Frame Be “Cimarron by Cadillac”?")
Cohort Outtake: But Shouldn’t the License Plate Frame Be “Cimarron by Cadillac”?
Posted on March 18, 2019 | 60 CommentsFoden Alpha left this comment with these pictures of his 1986 Cimarron: Finally decided to put on my custom made license plate frame for my Cimarron that I ordered last […] -
![I’m in the middle of reading Thomas Bonsall’s excellent Cadillac: The American Standard. Published in 1993, it arrived at my local library by interlibrary loan from the Michigan Historical Library […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/001-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1941 Cadillac Series 67–General Motors Asserts Its Dominance in Yet Another Niche")
Car Show Classic: 1941 Cadillac Series 67–General Motors Asserts Its Dominance in Yet Another Niche
Posted on March 18, 2019 | 27 CommentsI’m in the middle of reading Thomas Bonsall’s excellent Cadillac: The American Standard. Published in 1993, it arrived at my local library by interlibrary loan from the Michigan Historical Library […] -
![I’ve had a real taste for steak, lately. I don’t know what it is about colder weather that brings out the carnivore in me, but it does. Maybe it’s the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1968-Cadillac-Eldorado-3-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado – Steak Knife")
Curbside Classic: 1968 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado – Steak Knife
Posted on March 18, 2019 | 53 CommentsI’ve had a real taste for steak, lately. I don’t know what it is about colder weather that brings out the carnivore in me, but it does. Maybe it’s the […] -
![Growing up in the ’80s as a Mopar fan was challenging. (see what I did there?) While my GM friends had their Grand Nationals, Corvettes, IROCs and Monte Carlo SS’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IMG-20140202-00004.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2010 Dodge Challenger R/T – The Misfit")
COAL: 2010 Dodge Challenger R/T – The Misfit
Posted on March 17, 2019 | 53 CommentsGrowing up in the ’80s as a Mopar fan was challenging. (see what I did there?) While my GM friends had their Grand Nationals, Corvettes, IROCs and Monte Carlo SS’s […] -
![I was hard set on never owning a Honda as I’m a Nissan fan, but having this one around made me realize why so many people own and love […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2001_honda_civic_lx_gold_in_tampa_florida_1910005481246065684.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2001 Honda Civic – The Mistress; A Breakup Story")
COAL: 2001 Honda Civic – The Mistress; A Breakup Story
Posted on March 17, 2019 | 26 CommentsI was hard set on never owning a Honda as I’m a Nissan fan, but having this one around made me realize why so many people own and love […]
