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- Chuck on Vintage Snapshots: Gas Stations In The ’50s-’60s
- -Nate on 1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo: Olga’s Cars of a Lifetime – Part 1
- -Nate on The History of The Curious F-Head Engine
- -Nate on Curbside Classic: 1984 Toyota Corolla Diesel – Latecomer To The Diesel Party
- Lori H. on The Rapid Evolution Of American Cars, Part 3 of 4: 1920-1930
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- Laura on Curbside Classic: 1991 Chevrolet Lumina Euro – GM’s Deadly Sin # 18 – Where’s The Light?
- Eric703 on Vintage Snapshots: Corvairs And Their People In The ’60s-’70s
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1990 Archive
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Vintage C/D Road Test: 1990 Volkswagen Corrado G60: “Machinelike In A Somewhat Agricultural Way”
Posted on February 6, 2025 | 24 CommentsA year after its European debut, Volkswagen’s chunky new Corrado coupe came to the U.S., powered by a 1.8-liter four with VW’s unusual G-Lader supercharger. Car and Driver tested the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1989 Pontiac Bonneville LE – The Many Lives Of The ’80s Bonneville
Posted on December 13, 2024 | 117 Comments(first posted 3/11/2014) Some car models have very linear lives. Take the Lincoln Town Car. All throughout its long life, from Continental option package in 1969 through the final […] -
Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Buick Edition
Posted on June 22, 2023 | 106 Comments(first posted 6/22/2017) Welcome to the Buick Edition of our journey into shockingly low volume production cars produced between 1946 and 1995. As always, car models whose production is […] -
Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Oldsmobile Edition
Posted on May 31, 2023 | 67 Comments(first posted 5/31/2017) It’s time once again for our ongoing exploration of low volume regular production cars. Today, we look at Oldsmobile, one of the few car brands […] -
Curbside Classic: 1990 Honda Civic CRX Si – A Little Zip On The Commute
Posted on April 10, 2023 | 51 Comments(first posted 4/10/2017) I want a fun little car just to drive to work. Especially now: I just started a new job, as Director of Engineering for a software startup, […] -
Curbside Classic: 1990 Cadillac Brougham d’Elegance – Too Much Lipstick?
Posted on March 20, 2023 | 88 Comments(first posted 7/4/2011) I seem to have gotten carried away in a swoosh of nostalgia after seeing my old 89 Cadillac Brougham. The Cadillac Broughams got a more extensive treatment […] -
Curbside Classic: 1988 Mercury Colony Park – Colonizing Mercury
Posted on February 13, 2023 | 89 Comments(first posted 5/7/2012) The Mercury Colony Park was one of Mercury’s longest-lived models, lasting from 1957 to 1991. While it did have some Mercury identity (such as it is) early […] -
COAL: 1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata – Chapter 28, Zoom Zoom
Posted on January 22, 2023 | 44 CommentsLife was a little stale as 2014 turned into 2015. I was finishing up at the office at the end of the day right after the start of the New […] -
Curbside Classic: 1990 Chrysler New Yorker Salon – No, It’s Not a Dynasty, and It Could Have Been Named Better
Posted on July 4, 2022 | 74 Comments(first posted 8/2/2013) For quite some time I’ve been on the lookout for a Dodge Dynasty to use in an article about a long ago road trip plus espousing the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1990 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Brougham LS – Embarrassing FWD Cadillacs Since 1987
Posted on July 4, 2022 | 179 Comments(first posted 7/4/2012) Today is the Fourth of July, so let’s celebrate one of the most American cars – Chevrolet – and one of the most American car types – […] -
Curbside Classic: 1990 Audi 100 – A 5000 Under An Assumed Identity
Posted on January 11, 2022 | 86 Comments(first posted 2/25/2013) Audi has long been an aspirational brand. While in the U.S. market it has tended to play second banana compared to Mercedes-Benz and BMW, in Europe it […] -
Curbside Classic: 1992 Cadillac Brougham – The Only Way To Travel Is Cadillac Style
Posted on December 6, 2021 | 161 Comments(first posted 10/1/2012) This, friends, is my dream car. If I ever have enough space and spare time for a Curbside Classic of my own, it will be one […] -
Curbside Classic: 1989 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – If It’s Good Enough For Ben Matlock…
Posted on September 29, 2021 | 88 Comments(first posted 5/27/2013) It seems like CC has had B-body after B-body over the past few months–or is that years? Delta 88s, Caprices, Bonneville Broughams, over and over. Well, CC […] -
Curbside Classic: 1990 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency Brougham – Before The Storm
Posted on September 20, 2021 | 76 Comments(first posted 5/30/2013) For years–nay, decades, Oldsmobile made its bones on three primary cars: The 88, the Ninety-Eight, and the Cutlass. This secret formula of comfort, style and attainability served […] -
Curbside Classic: 1994 Lincoln Town Car – Best U.S. Luxury Car Of The ’90s
Posted on September 13, 2021 | 92 Comments(first posted 6/18/2013) By the late ’80s, Lincoln and Chrysler were essentially selling caricatures of their ’70s offerings. Hey, I like the square-rigged Panther Town Cars, and the FWD EEK […]