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1970 Oldsmobile Toronado GT: 400 Horsepower And A Face Only A Mother Could Love
Posted on October 21, 2026 | 42 CommentsThe 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 […] -
Looking For One Or Two COALers
Posted on October 20, 2026 | 2 CommentsAs 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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
Stripes, Scoops, and Cartoon Dust Trails: 1970 Muscle Cars in Scale
Posted on October 20, 2026 | 21 CommentsLast 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 […] -
1968 Chrysler 300 Convertible: The Last Stop Before The Fuselage Chrysler
Posted on October 20, 2026 | 16 CommentsThe “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 […] -
1966 AMC Ambassador DPL Hardtop: American’s Dressed-Up Intermediate, Masquerading As A Full-Size Car
Posted on October 20, 2026 | 19 CommentsAlthough 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 […] -
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 […] -
CC’s No AI Policy: Not In The Content, Images Or The Comments
Posted on October 19, 2026 | 60 CommentsAI 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 […] -
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 […] -
Curbside Find: 1965 Ford Lotus Cortina – Cor Blimey, More Like
Posted on October 19, 2026 | 10 CommentsMk1 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 […] -
Vintage Photos Of Street Cars and Interurbans In Traffic – 1960s & 1970s
Posted on October 19, 2026 | 21 CommentsText 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 […] -
1970 Pontiac Firebird Esprit: A Bright Red Two-Family Firebird From One Of Its Greatest Years
Posted on October 19, 2026 | 14 CommentsThe 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 […] -
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 CommentsI 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 […] -
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 […]
![1970 Oldsmobile Toronado GT: 400 Horsepower And A Face Only A Mother Could Love 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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/1970-Oldsmobile-Toronado-Burnished-Gold-Bring-a-Trailer-4-front-3q-right-115x115.webp)
![Looking For One Or Two COALers 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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/21161619cefe1eb48a970f696630e8b6-115x115.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1983 Mitsubishi Starion – Or Is It Stallion? Did I Finally Solve The Mystery Of Its Name? (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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/CC-144-283.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: c. 1990 Cadillac Allanté – All Around The World (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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2011-03-28-Monday-1990-Cadillac-Allante-1-CC.jpg)
![Stripes, Scoops, and Cartoon Dust Trails: 1970 Muscle Cars in Scale 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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/70SuperbeePink1-115x115.jpg)
![1968 Chrysler 300 Convertible: The Last Stop Before The Fuselage Chrysler 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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/68-300-1-e1792325429109-115x115.webp)
![1966 AMC Ambassador DPL Hardtop: American’s Dressed-Up Intermediate, Masquerading As A Full-Size Car 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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/1966-AMC-Ambassador-DPL-Frost-White-Bring-a-Trailer-front-3q-left-with-interior-inset-2-115x115.webp)
![1971 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus: Chrysler Jumps The Shark (Again) With A Tip Of The Hat To Virgil Exner and Marcello Gandini (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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/CC-236-041-1200-1.jpg)
![CC’s No AI Policy: Not In The Content, Images Or The 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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/a-no-ai-115x115.png)
![Curbside Classic: 1985 BMW 524td – The Ultimate Diesel Driving Machine (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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CC-419-031.jpg)
![Curbside Find: 1965 Ford Lotus Cortina – Cor Blimey, More Like 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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/IMG20260802081944_edited-115x115.jpg)
![Vintage Photos Of Street Cars and Interurbans In Traffic – 1960s & 1970s 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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-10-05-18.54.08-115x115.png)
![1970 Pontiac Firebird Esprit: A Bright Red Two-Family Firebird From One Of Its Greatest Years 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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/70-Firebird-1-e1792177773363-115x115.avif)
![Car Show Classics: The Ferraris Of Como Park, Part 3 (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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/a-fer.jpg)


