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  • The original Oldsmobile Toronado was a landmark design that Oldsmobile stylists spent the next four years undermining. By 1970, the final year of the first generation, the wine had definitely […]

    1970 Oldsmobile Toronado GT: 400 Horsepower And A Face Only A Mother Could Love

    Posted on October 21, 2026 | 42 Comments
    The original Oldsmobile Toronado was a landmark design that Oldsmobile stylists spent the next four years undermining. By 1970, the final year of the first generation, the wine had definitely […]

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  • As the year moves forward to its eventual end, so do some of our current Cars Of A Lifetime (COAL) series. That means we’re looking for one or two new […]

    Looking For One Or Two COALers

    Posted on October 20, 2026 | 2 Comments
    As the year moves forward to its eventual end, so do some of our current Cars Of A Lifetime (COAL) series. That means we’re looking for one or two new […]

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  • (Updated 10/20/2026) Stallion CC, Take Two: I just deleted the first three paragraphs of what I had written. Starting on a new CC is always a bit of a journey […]

    Curbside Classic: 1983 Mitsubishi Starion – Or Is It Stallion? Did I Finally Solve The Mystery Of Its Name?

    Posted on October 20, 2026 | 136 Comments
    (Updated 10/20/2026) Stallion CC, Take Two: I just deleted the first three paragraphs of what I had written. Starting on a new CC is always a bit of a journey […]

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  • (Updated 10/20/2026)        In Nineteen-Ninety, the approximate model year of the above car, I was a teenager and regular Billboard Magazine music chart devotee.  The local newspaper, the […]

    Curbside Classic: c. 1990 Cadillac Allanté – All Around The World

    Posted on October 20, 2026 | 42 Comments
    (Updated 10/20/2026)        In Nineteen-Ninety, the approximate model year of the above car, I was a teenager and regular Billboard Magazine music chart devotee.  The local newspaper, the […]

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  • Last time we covered the topic of pinstripes and trim, we left off in 1969, when muscle-car stripes were still relatively restrained. But by 1970, things were about to get […]

    Stripes, Scoops, and Cartoon Dust Trails: 1970 Muscle Cars in Scale

    Posted on October 20, 2026 | 21 Comments
    Last time we covered the topic of pinstripes and trim, we left off in 1969, when muscle-car stripes were still relatively restrained. But by 1970, things were about to get […]

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  • The “fuselage” Chrysler of 1969 is, if I may say so, a “love-it-or-hate-it” bodystyle, meaning that if you want a big collectible Chrysler from the 1960s, the sweet spot seems […]

    1968 Chrysler 300 Convertible: The Last Stop Before The Fuselage Chrysler

    Posted on October 20, 2026 | 16 Comments
    The “fuselage” Chrysler of 1969 is, if I may say so, a “love-it-or-hate-it” bodystyle, meaning that if you want a big collectible Chrysler from the 1960s, the sweet spot seems […]

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  • Although the mid-’60s AMC Ambassador was still firmly in the intermediate class in exterior size and interior space, American Motors encouraged buyers to compare the plush new Ambassador DPL with […]

    1966 AMC Ambassador DPL Hardtop: American’s Dressed-Up Intermediate, Masquerading As A Full-Size Car

    Posted on October 20, 2026 | 19 Comments
    Although the mid-’60s AMC Ambassador was still firmly in the intermediate class in exterior size and interior space, American Motors encouraged buyers to compare the plush new Ambassador DPL with […]

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  • (Updated 10/19/2026)     From the end of WWII until the minivan-Cherokee era, Chrysler rode a stylistic see-saw—as well as a financial one. One minute its designs were too conservative, the next […]

    1971 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus: Chrysler Jumps The Shark (Again) With A Tip Of The Hat To Virgil Exner and Marcello Gandini

    Posted on October 19, 2026 | 115 Comments
    (Updated 10/19/2026)     From the end of WWII until the minivan-Cherokee era, Chrysler rode a stylistic see-saw—as well as a financial one. One minute its designs were too conservative, the next […]

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  • AI is here to stay, getting better (in some applications), and maybe someday will mean the end of websites like CC—it’s already affecting us in a number of ways, all […]

    CC’s No AI Policy: Not In The Content, Images Or The Comments

    Posted on October 19, 2026 | 60 Comments
    AI is here to stay, getting better (in some applications), and maybe someday will mean the end of websites like CC—it’s already affecting us in a number of ways, all […]

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  • (Updated 10/19/2026)          I vividly remember reading in Auto Motor und Sport the first time about BMW’s plans to build a diesel. Oh no! How can they […]

    Curbside Classic: 1985 BMW 524td – The Ultimate Diesel Driving Machine

    Posted on October 19, 2026 | 24 Comments
    (Updated 10/19/2026)          I vividly remember reading in Auto Motor und Sport the first time about BMW’s plans to build a diesel. Oh no! How can they […]

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  • Mk1 Cortinas have me going full-on Brit, more than most English cars do. Minis and Range Rovers remind me of Paris, where they used to be default transportation in the […]

    Curbside Find: 1965 Ford Lotus Cortina – Cor Blimey, More Like

    Posted on October 19, 2026 | 10 Comments
    Mk1 Cortinas have me going full-on Brit, more than most English cars do. Minis and Range Rovers remind me of Paris, where they used to be default transportation in the […]

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  • Text by Patrick Bell. A streetcar tour is on the itinerary today, as we view some vintage streetcars at work in various sites across the U.S.  Of course there are […]

    Vintage Photos Of Street Cars and Interurbans In Traffic – 1960s & 1970s

    Posted on October 19, 2026 | 21 Comments
    Text by Patrick Bell. A streetcar tour is on the itinerary today, as we view some vintage streetcars at work in various sites across the U.S.  Of course there are […]

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  • The most obvious thing about the 1970 Pontiac Firebird is that it’s almost distractingly gorgeous. Pontiac styling chief Bill Porter, a man who could talk about styling as well as […]

    1970 Pontiac Firebird Esprit: A Bright Red Two-Family Firebird From One Of Its Greatest Years

    Posted on October 19, 2026 | 14 Comments
    The most obvious thing about the 1970 Pontiac Firebird is that it’s almost distractingly gorgeous. Pontiac styling chief Bill Porter, a man who could talk about styling as well as […]

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  • I thought finding this was a rare treat–1958 Studebakers are so rarely seen.  If you wanted to go one step up from the bare-bones Scotsman, this is what you could […]

    1958 Studebaker Champion Sedan: Flathead Six, Three On The Tree, Striking Two-Tone Colors – The Last “Big” Basic Studebaker

    Posted on October 19, 2026 | 20 Comments
    I thought finding this was a rare treat–1958 Studebakers are so rarely seen.  If you wanted to go one step up from the bare-bones Scotsman, this is what you could […]

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  • (Updated 10/18/2026)   Como Park is located across a narrow road from the very exclusive Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis Club. So a Ferrari-only day is an apt fit for […]

    Car Show Classics: The Ferraris Of Como Park, Part 3

    Posted on October 18, 2026 | 61 Comments
    (Updated 10/18/2026)   Como Park is located across a narrow road from the very exclusive Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis Club. So a Ferrari-only day is an apt fit for […]

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