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brougham Archive
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Curbside Classic: 1979 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale – Mr. Average Makes A Final Appearance
Posted on September 28, 2025 | 15 CommentsAverage. Nobody likes average today. People today want special. They want unique. They don’t want coffee, they want something at Starbucks that takes as long to say as it takes […] -
1973 Ford Gran Torino Luxury Décor Package – Torino’s Personal Luxury Spring Special
Posted on September 13, 2025 | 10 CommentsThe 1970s was an era where the 2-door coupe luxury coupe reigned supreme. It’s been generally agreed upon that the 1965 Ford LTD was the beginning of the low-priced luxury […] -
Curbside Classic: 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham Sedan – Why Brougham When You Can Supreme Brougham?
Posted on July 12, 2024 | 103 Comments(first posted 11/12/2012) I know that a couple of our regular contributing writers–and they know who they are–will be most interested in my latest CC find, a G-body Cutlass Supreme […] -
Curbside Classic: 1983 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Brougham – A Lesson In Aesthetics
Posted on December 2, 2023 | 134 Comments(first posted 12/2/2013) After last week’s rather busily-styled 1991 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight, here’s something refreshing: An ’83 Delta 88 Royale Brougham. I spotted this on my usual route through Downtown Crossing, […] -
Curbside Classic: 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham – Adulting, 1970s Style
Posted on August 9, 2023 | 107 Comments(first posted 8/9/2017) I often hear my twenty-something children and their friends talk about “adulting”. Adulting seems to be the practice of what we of an earlier generation […] -
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 […] -
Car Show Classic: 1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham – The Right Car At The Right Time
Posted on April 23, 2023 | 142 Comments(first posted 1/25/2013) Richard Bennett’s recent ode to his new-to-him 2001 Alero had me waxing nostalgic for Oldsmobile. Due to having several in my family when I was a kid, […] -
CC Mini Project: 1989 Cadillac Brougham d’Elegance – Buying By d’Pound
Posted on April 13, 2023 | 38 CommentsIf you have read some of my COAL series you will realize there is no brand loyalty factoring into my choices but if anything could be considered a trend it […] -
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 […] -
COAL: 1989 Cadillac Brougham – Chapter 22, Back In A Big Old Cadillac
Posted on December 11, 2022 | 53 CommentsIn the early fall of 2001, I had spent about 4 years driving what had felt like someone else’s car – the 1984 Olds Ninety-Eight Regency coupe. Life was […] -
COAL: 1977 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham – Chapter 7, The Beautiful (But Troubled) New Yorker
Posted on August 28, 2022 | 81 CommentsThus begins the strangest tale in my entire vehicle ownership experience. Which is saying something. This was a car that never should have come into my life, but that […] -
Curbside Classic: 1979 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham Coupe – Who Needs A Cadillac?
Posted on July 7, 2022 | 147 Comments(first posted 11/5/2012) Given the number of times I’ve mentioned the ’79 Bonnie sedan my dad had when I was but a tot, it probably won’t come as a surprise […] -
Curbside Classic: 1975 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – The Brougham’s Brougham
Posted on January 21, 2022 | 168 Comments(first posted 8/6/2012) The Fleetwood Brougham. The top-of-the-line Cadillac. Luxurious in space, in gadgets, and in power. The best “owner-driven” Cadillac money could buy. While Cadillac wasn’t necessarily the top […] -
Curbside Classic: 1965 Ford LTD – It Launched The Great Brougham Epoch
Posted on December 11, 2021 | 115 Comments(first posted 3/16/2011). Headline superlatives are a slippery slope, but I’m standing on pretty solid ground here: This is the car that completely changed the marketplace, the car that […] -
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: 1979 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale – Mr. Average Makes A Final Appearance Average. Nobody likes average today. People today want special. They want unique. They don’t want coffee, they want something at Starbucks that takes as long to say as it takes […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1979-Olds-88-01-Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1973 Ford Gran Torino Luxury Décor Package – Torino’s Personal Luxury Spring Special The 1970s was an era where the 2-door coupe luxury coupe reigned supreme. It’s been generally agreed upon that the 1965 Ford LTD was the beginning of the low-priced luxury […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1973-Ford-Gran-Torino-LDO-2-e1757720910841.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham Sedan – Why Brougham When You Can Supreme Brougham? (first posted 11/12/2012) I know that a couple of our regular contributing writers–and they know who they are–will be most interested in my latest CC find, a G-body Cutlass Supreme […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/09-30-2012-071-e1350848945589.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1983 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Brougham – A Lesson In Aesthetics (first posted 12/2/2013) After last week’s rather busily-styled 1991 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight, here’s something refreshing: An ’83 Delta 88 Royale Brougham. I spotted this on my usual route through Downtown Crossing, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/IMG_2810.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham – Adulting, 1970s Style (first posted 8/9/2017) I often hear my twenty-something children and their friends talk about “adulting”. Adulting seems to be the practice of what we of an earlier generation […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/1979OldsCutlassSupreme04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Oldsmobile Edition (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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1970-Oldsmobile-Full-Line-Prestige-10-69-08-09.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Classic: 1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham – The Right Car At The Right Time (first posted 1/25/2013) Richard Bennett’s recent ode to his new-to-him 2001 Alero had me waxing nostalgic for Oldsmobile. Due to having several in my family when I was a kid, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/09-08-2012-036.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Mini Project: 1989 Cadillac Brougham d’Elegance – Buying By d’Pound If you have read some of my COAL series you will realize there is no brand loyalty factoring into my choices but if anything could be considered a trend it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1989-Cadillac-Brougham-dElegance.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1990 Cadillac Brougham d’Elegance – Too Much Lipstick? (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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1990CadillacBrougham04-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![COAL: 1989 Cadillac Brougham – Chapter 22, Back In A Big Old Cadillac In the early fall of 2001, I had spent about 4 years driving what had felt like someone else’s car – the 1984 Olds Ninety-Eight Regency coupe. Life was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/89MyCadillac7-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![COAL: 1977 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham – Chapter 7, The Beautiful (But Troubled) New Yorker Thus begins the strangest tale in my entire vehicle ownership experience. Which is saying something. This was a car that never should have come into my life, but that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1977-New-Yorker-01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1979 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham Coupe – Who Needs A Cadillac? (first posted 11/5/2012) Given the number of times I’ve mentioned the ’79 Bonnie sedan my dad had when I was but a tot, it probably won’t come as a surprise […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/10-10-2012-005-e1350250406881.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1975 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – The Brougham’s Brougham (first posted 8/6/2012) The Fleetwood Brougham. The top-of-the-line Cadillac. Luxurious in space, in gadgets, and in power. The best “owner-driven” Cadillac money could buy. While Cadillac wasn’t necessarily the top […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cdd.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1965 Ford LTD – It Launched The Great Brougham Epoch (first posted 3/16/2011). Headline superlatives are a slippery slope, but I’m standing on pretty solid ground here: This is the car that completely changed the marketplace, the car that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ltd.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1992 Cadillac Brougham – The Only Way To Travel Is Cadillac Style (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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cads.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


