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GM North America’s FWD Platform Proliferation of the 1980s – A Guide To All 15 Platform Codes
Posted on July 10, 2023 | 103 Comments(first posted 7/11/2017) General Motors invested heavily in downsizing its lineup during the second half of the 1970s. With CAFE targets to meet and the potential threat of […] -
CC Outtake: 1995 & 2003 Chevrolet Cavaliers – Is This 8 Years Of Progress?
Posted on June 7, 2023 | 81 Comments(first posted 6/7/2017) One of Old GM’s worst habits was to drag out model cycles. This afflicted most severely their subcompact and compact offerings—witness the 13-year run of […] -
COAL: 1989 Pontiac Sunbird SE – Welcome to Payments!
Posted on October 28, 2018 | 44 CommentsWith the Cutlass gone, it was time to turn my attention to a new car search. I had no wheels and had my first real job that I had get […] -
Curbside Classic: “1988” Cadillac Cimarron Convertible – So Many Questions
Posted on July 3, 2018 | 63 CommentsThis isn’t the first time that this exact car has been featured at CC before, as well as other classic car blogs, but to my knowledge this is the first […] -
Curbside Classic: 1982-89 Holden Camira – The Thrill Of Writing About J-Cars
Posted on January 18, 2018 | 43 CommentsFive years ago today, I published my first article here on Curbside Classic. The subject was the Holden Camira, Australia’s version of the GM J-Car. I couldn’t believe it… I […] -
CC Outtake: 2002 Pontiac Sunfire SE – Used But Miraculously Un-Abused
Posted on January 25, 2017 | 25 CommentsPontiac Sunfires have never been on my radar that much, neither now nor when still in production. I never remember this over-styled Cavalier twin being all that common in my […] -
CC Capsule: Well-Traveled Wagons On The Street Less Traveled
Posted on November 10, 2015 | 14 CommentsThere’s a street not too far from my office in Brisbane’s central business district that consists almost entirely of backpacker hostels, serviced apartments and other traveler-friendly accommodation. Being a local, […] -
Cohort Capsule: Oldsmobile Firenza – Should They Have Called It A Cutlass?
Posted on February 17, 2015 | 55 CommentsAlthough a great decline was looming on the horizon, Oldsmobile was on a remarkable high in the mid-1980s. From 1984-1986, the Olds division posted consecutive output of over 1 million cars each […]