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Caprice Classic Archive
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Curbside Classic: 1994 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Wagon – A Whale Of A Tail
Posted on September 16, 2024 | 30 CommentsThere’s a concept in the study of history known as the ‘Short Twentieth Century.’ First coined in 1994 by historian Eric Hobsbawm, it posits that, from a geopolitical standpoint, the […] -
Salvage Yard Classic & Automotive History: 1987 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Landaulet – Roger Wanted To Bury The Hatchet
Posted on April 1, 2023 | 32 CommentsMuch has been written over the years about former General Motors CEO Roger Smith. His various and diverse foibles in attempting to better position the company to face a rapidly […] -
Curbside Classic – 1978 Chevrolet Caprice Classic – GM Knocks One Out Of The Park
Posted on September 4, 2022 | 99 Comments(first posted 5/6/2013) This is it: The 1978 Caprice Classic. The remarkably right-for-the-times full-sizer that proved GM could still do a car right, when they weren’t preoccupied with badge engineering […] -
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: 1995 Chevrolet Caprice Classic – Engineers’ Choice
Posted on May 2, 2020 | 78 Comments(first posted 6/7/2014) If I wasn’t sure whether this Caprice was CC-worthy at first, my opinion changed the stickers in the rear window; the owner of the car was apparently […] -
Junkyard Classic: 1983 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Wagon – Goodbye, Jumbo
Posted on October 20, 2019 | 38 CommentsIf the GM B-Body in general is hallowed chassis here at CC, then the B-Body wagon must be even more sacred. After all, what vehicle was ever made worse by […] -
Car Show Classic: 1977 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Landau Coupe – Bent Glass Beauty
Posted on December 17, 2016 | 107 Comments(first posted 12/10/2012) Time for another B-body! Yes, it’s well-established that many of us here at CC love the 1977-90 B-body, so I will shamelessly appeal to those well-versed […] -
What If: Downsized Caprice Classic And Bonneville Convertibles – Coulda Been Curbside Classics
Posted on October 12, 2013 | 40 CommentsWith the current CC tune up ongoing, I thought some nice B-bodies would make everybody feel better. It is undisputed that the 1977-up B-body GM full-size is a CC favorite, […] -
’70s Chevy Classics: Attack Of The Big Wheels
Posted on May 28, 2013 | 55 CommentsIt is by no means a new phenomenon, but it seems there are more and more “big wheels” running about my area. Some are very over-the-top (Sunkist or Crown Royal […] -
Curbside Question: Final B-Body Convertibles – Decisions, Decisions…
Posted on February 28, 2013 | 68 CommentsAfter I showed you a nice blue Caprice Classic convertible a couple of days ago, mention of the other 1975 B-body convertibles was made in the comments, and I recalled that […] -
Car Show Outtake: 1975 Caprice Classic Convertible – Summer Is Coming…
Posted on February 25, 2013 | 80 CommentsWell, it is almost March, but we had a big storm here last Thursday with more on the way this week. I do take comfort in the fact that winter […] -
My Curbside Classic: 1980 Chevrolet Caprice Classic – It’s The NEW Chevrolet
Posted on June 2, 2012 | 115 CommentsHigh fuel prices, uncertainty in the Middle East and at home, economic troubles, tightening CAFE regulations. No, it’s not 2012, but 1980, a year that marked the start of the […] -
Miniature Curbside Classic: Chevrolet Caprice By Corgi
Posted on April 16, 2012 | 7 CommentsWhat do you get when a British toy manufacturer decides to make a scale version of what is arguably GM’s best family car since the 1964 Chevelle or 1955-57 Chevrolet? […]