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Curbside Classics Archives
Colt Archive
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![(First posted 2/15/2018 Another one from the R&T 1975 Buyer’s Guide, which are really just reprints from 1974 issues) There wasn’t a whole lot to distinguish this Dodge […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/pages0087.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Road & Track Vintage Review: Dodge Colt GT 2-Liter – Torqueflite For The Win")
Road & Track Vintage Review: Dodge Colt GT 2-Liter – Torqueflite For The Win
Posted on February 15, 2024 | 44 Comments(First posted 2/15/2018 Another one from the R&T 1975 Buyer’s Guide, which are really just reprints from 1974 issues) There wasn’t a whole lot to distinguish this Dodge […] -
![One could forgive a first-gen. Dodge Lancer (Colt) for suffering from some form of identity crisis. According to Wikipedia, at least ten monikers were used to sell the model all […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_20231029_163038599_HDRA.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Dodge Lancer (Colt) – Who Exactly, Do You Say You Are?")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Dodge Lancer (Colt) – Who Exactly, Do You Say You Are?
Posted on December 1, 2023 | 28 CommentsOne could forgive a first-gen. Dodge Lancer (Colt) for suffering from some form of identity crisis. According to Wikipedia, at least ten monikers were used to sell the model all […] -
![For today, I’m sharing two automobile equines still galloping the streets of San Salvador. I’m told most of these have succumbed to rust and other ailments around the world. Even […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20230821_171702635_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: ’74 & ’75 Dodge Colt – Two Colts Still Galloping")
Curbside Classics: ’74 & ’75 Dodge Colt – Two Colts Still Galloping
Posted on September 9, 2023 | 7 CommentsFor today, I’m sharing two automobile equines still galloping the streets of San Salvador. I’m told most of these have succumbed to rust and other ailments around the world. Even […] -
![I had just spent four years in automotive daily-driver-almost-nirvana with my 1966 Plymouth Fury III. Those years, 1987-91 were four of my most satisfying years of automotive ownership. But you […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1983-Colt-feature.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1983 Plymouth Colt – Chapter 15, Keep It In The Family")
COAL: 1983 Plymouth Colt – Chapter 15, Keep It In The Family
Posted on October 23, 2022 | 54 CommentsI had just spent four years in automotive daily-driver-almost-nirvana with my 1966 Plymouth Fury III. Those years, 1987-91 were four of my most satisfying years of automotive ownership. But you […] -
![Is this a missing chapter on CC’s Colt Chronicles? Or just a PR marketing gimmick where the Colt brand was slapped to all of Mitsubishi’s imports? Having no personal stakes […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_20220429_113326452_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974-78 Mitsubishi Colt T120/Delica – A Missing Chapter?")
Curbside Classic: 1974-78 Mitsubishi Colt T120/Delica – A Missing Chapter?
Posted on July 7, 2022 | 9 CommentsIs this a missing chapter on CC’s Colt Chronicles? Or just a PR marketing gimmick where the Colt brand was slapped to all of Mitsubishi’s imports? Having no personal stakes […] -
![No, that’s not a typo, for this is not your usual COAL entry, this is indeed a KOAL: Kill Of A Lifetime. Proceed at your peril, you’ve been forewarned. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-16-at-11.12.24-PM-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "KOAL: 1986 Mitsubishi Mirage/Colt – Special Guest Appearance")
KOAL: 1986 Mitsubishi Mirage/Colt – Special Guest Appearance
Posted on January 26, 2022 | 15 CommentsNo, that’s not a typo, for this is not your usual COAL entry, this is indeed a KOAL: Kill Of A Lifetime. Proceed at your peril, you’ve been forewarned. […] -
![(first posted 2/25/2014) This is almost–almost–our last chapter in The Curbside Classic Colt Chronicles. Lovers of the nameplate will soon have to get their fix elsewhere, but luckily, our story […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/DodgeColt.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Colt Chronicles Part 9: 1993 Colt – Death Of A Pony, Birth Of A Legend")
CC Colt Chronicles Part 9: 1993 Colt – Death Of A Pony, Birth Of A Legend
Posted on March 4, 2020 | 35 Comments(first posted 2/25/2014) This is almost–almost–our last chapter in The Curbside Classic Colt Chronicles. Lovers of the nameplate will soon have to get their fix elsewhere, but luckily, our story […] -
![(first posted 2/23/2014) If you were a Dodge or Plymouth dealer drawing in a good number of import buyers in the early 1980s, the arrival of a new Colt in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ColtWagon.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Colt Chronicles Part 7: 1985 Colt – Eight Bit Origami")
CC Colt Chronicles Part 7: 1985 Colt – Eight Bit Origami
Posted on March 2, 2020 | 31 Comments(first posted 2/23/2014) If you were a Dodge or Plymouth dealer drawing in a good number of import buyers in the early 1980s, the arrival of a new Colt in […] -
![(first posted 2/19/2014) In 1978, Chrysler launched its own all-new FWD small cars, the Plymouth Horizon and Dodge Omni (CC here). The Galant Colts (gen1 and gen2) were essentially […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/75-Colt.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Colt Chronicles Part 3: 1978 Dodge Colt (Mitsubishi Lancer) – The Little Colt")
CC Colt Chronicles Part 3: 1978 Dodge Colt (Mitsubishi Lancer) – The Little Colt
Posted on February 27, 2020 | 44 Comments(first posted 2/19/2014) In 1978, Chrysler launched its own all-new FWD small cars, the Plymouth Horizon and Dodge Omni (CC here). The Galant Colts (gen1 and gen2) were essentially […] -
![I don’t know about you, but I’ve been enjoying Mopar week, not least Virgil Exner’s wilder excursions into stylistic la-la land. But there was another era, devoid of Exner’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/1979-Dodge-Omni-edit.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Road Trip: In Search of the Humblest Mopars")
CC Road Trip: In Search of the Humblest Mopars
Posted on August 3, 2013 | 38 CommentsI don’t know about you, but I’ve been enjoying Mopar week, not least Virgil Exner’s wilder excursions into stylistic la-la land. But there was another era, devoid of Exner’s […] -
![On a recent visit to Calgary I came across this rather interesting customized Colt. Not sure if it was a Dodge, Plymouth or perhaps even an Eagle Vista (Canada only) […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Colt-truck.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Custom Colt – Colpage, Champage, Or?")
CC Outtake: Custom Colt – Colpage, Champage, Or?
Posted on November 8, 2011 | 20 CommentsOn a recent visit to Calgary I came across this rather interesting customized Colt. Not sure if it was a Dodge, Plymouth or perhaps even an Eagle Vista (Canada only) […]
