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Curbside Classics Archives
GM W-body Archive
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![(first posted 5/1/2018) Thunderbird, dead as a dodo. Eldorado, from gold to scrap metal. Riviera, washed away. Lincoln Mark, assassinated. By 2006, the personal luxury coupe – the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/chevy-monte-carlo-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2000-06 Chevrolet Monte Carlo – The Last Gasp Of The American Personal Luxury Coupe")
Curbside Classic: 2000-06 Chevrolet Monte Carlo – The Last Gasp Of The American Personal Luxury Coupe
Posted on May 1, 2024 | 71 Comments(first posted 5/1/2018) Thunderbird, dead as a dodo. Eldorado, from gold to scrap metal. Riviera, washed away. Lincoln Mark, assassinated. By 2006, the personal luxury coupe – the […] -
![(first posted 12/1/2017) While developing the 1996 Taurus, Ford engineers purchased a Toyota Camry and took it apart to find out what made it such a superbly-built vehicle. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/chevrolet-lumina-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1995-2001 Chevrolet Lumina – Lights Out")
Curbside Classic: 1995-2001 Chevrolet Lumina – Lights Out
Posted on December 1, 2023 | 64 Comments(first posted 12/1/2017) While developing the 1996 Taurus, Ford engineers purchased a Toyota Camry and took it apart to find out what made it such a superbly-built vehicle. […] -
![(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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/j-body-2-dr-sedans-and-convertibles.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "GM North America’s FWD Platform Proliferation of the 1980s – A Guide To All 15 Platform Codes")
GM North America’s FWD Platform Proliferation of the 1980s – A Guide To All 15 Platform Codes
Posted on July 10, 2023 | 102 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 […] -
![(first posted 4/28/2017) Has there ever been a car more mercilessly attacked from every angle than the 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix? It’s not a surprise it became fleet fodder, ending […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2004-2008-pontiac-grand-prix-9.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2004-08 Pontiac Grand Prix – The Final Lap")
Curbside Classic: 2004-08 Pontiac Grand Prix – The Final Lap
Posted on April 28, 2023 | 72 Comments(first posted 4/28/2017) Has there ever been a car more mercilessly attacked from every angle than the 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix? It’s not a surprise it became fleet fodder, ending […] -
Curbside Classic: 1997-2003 Pontiac Grand Prix – Randy’s Here For Dinner And He Brought The Wild Turkey
Posted on December 23, 2022 | 64 Comments(first posted 12/23/2016) Dare I nominate a Pontiac Grand Prix, a GM W-Body car, one of GM’s Greatest Hits? Have I lost my mind? Wait, hear me out… -
![(first posted 11/28/2016) The year was 1995. Seinfeld was the number one show on Television. “Gangsta’s Paradise” by Coolio was the #1 song of the year, and the highest-grossing film […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/thumb_IMG_0504_1024.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1997 Chevrolet Lumina – GM’s Deadly Sin #28 – The Re-Gifter")
Curbside Classic: 1997 Chevrolet Lumina – GM’s Deadly Sin #28 – The Re-Gifter
Posted on November 28, 2022 | 174 Comments(first posted 11/28/2016) The year was 1995. Seinfeld was the number one show on Television. “Gangsta’s Paradise” by Coolio was the #1 song of the year, and the highest-grossing film […] -
![(first posted 3/4/2016) 280 pound-feet of torque: that was the highest torque figure ever seen in a GM W-Body until the introduction of the transversely-mounted 5.3 LS4 V8 to the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ggggnm.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Curbside Classic: 2006-09 Chevrolet Impala SS – A Hot Mess")
Future Curbside Classic: 2006-09 Chevrolet Impala SS – A Hot Mess
Posted on March 4, 2022 | 115 Comments(first posted 3/4/2016) 280 pound-feet of torque: that was the highest torque figure ever seen in a GM W-Body until the introduction of the transversely-mounted 5.3 LS4 V8 to the […] -
![(first posted 3/3/2016) Don’t take that headline to mean any of GM’s current fleet wouldn’t make a sound used car buy. On the contrary. However, the 2006 Impala – still […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/imppii.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Curbside Classic: 2006 Chevrolet Impala – The Last “Good Used Car” From General Motors")
Future Curbside Classic: 2006 Chevrolet Impala – The Last “Good Used Car” From General Motors
Posted on March 3, 2022 | 74 Comments(first posted 3/3/2016) Don’t take that headline to mean any of GM’s current fleet wouldn’t make a sound used car buy. On the contrary. However, the 2006 Impala – still […] -
![(first posted 1/7/2016) The Oldsmobile Intrigue was a volley lobbed right at the heart of the American car market. The best-selling cars in America during the 1990s were the Ford […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/oldsmobile-intrigue-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1998-2002 Oldsmobile Intrigue – Oldsmobile’s Last Best Hope")
Curbside Classic: 1998-2002 Oldsmobile Intrigue – Oldsmobile’s Last Best Hope
Posted on January 7, 2022 | 107 Comments(first posted 1/7/2016) The Oldsmobile Intrigue was a volley lobbed right at the heart of the American car market. The best-selling cars in America during the 1990s were the Ford […] -
![(first posted 12/15/2015) All cars carry with them a message that describes their stereotypical owners. Toyota Corolla – “I need an affordable, dependable car to get from point A to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_3266.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2000 Buick Century – Comfortably Numb")
Curbside Classic: 2000 Buick Century – Comfortably Numb
Posted on December 15, 2021 | 157 Comments(first posted 12/15/2015) All cars carry with them a message that describes their stereotypical owners. Toyota Corolla – “I need an affordable, dependable car to get from point A to […] -
![(first posted 9/14/2015) In the battle between the Chevrolet Lumina and the Ford Taurus, the latter not only sold better, it was almost universally considered to be the superior car. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Chevrolet-lumina-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1990-94 Chevrolet Lumina – Not Quite Saving The Best ‘Til Last")
Curbside Classic: 1990-94 Chevrolet Lumina – Not Quite Saving The Best ‘Til Last
Posted on September 14, 2021 | 101 Comments(first posted 9/14/2015) In the battle between the Chevrolet Lumina and the Ford Taurus, the latter not only sold better, it was almost universally considered to be the superior car. […] -
![(first posted 9/9/2015) Sometimes I wonder, if I grew up in America, would I be as big a fan of General Motors? I wonder this because as I look at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Buick-Century-1988..jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989-96 Buick Century & Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera – Sheer Frustration")
Curbside Classic: 1989-96 Buick Century & Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera – Sheer Frustration
Posted on September 9, 2021 | 122 Comments(first posted 9/9/2015) Sometimes I wonder, if I grew up in America, would I be as big a fan of General Motors? I wonder this because as I look at […] -
![(First posted September 28, 2014; now with some revisions) While the 1990s were not the most exciting times for Buick, they were nonetheless good years to Buick from a sales […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/IMG_5943.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1996 Buick Regal GS – Trying To Wear Too Many Hats")
CC Outtake: 1996 Buick Regal GS – Trying To Wear Too Many Hats
Posted on November 5, 2019 | 32 Comments(First posted September 28, 2014; now with some revisions) While the 1990s were not the most exciting times for Buick, they were nonetheless good years to Buick from a sales […] -
![For a brief time at the end of 2017, I drove my Mom and Dad’s 2002 Buick Century with the task of selling it. My Dad was in cognitive decline […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/century.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2002 Buick Century – A Sidenote")
COAL: 2002 Buick Century – A Sidenote
Posted on January 13, 2019 | 36 CommentsFor a brief time at the end of 2017, I drove my Mom and Dad’s 2002 Buick Century with the task of selling it. My Dad was in cognitive decline […] -
![NOTE: Not my Grand Prix, but very close. In the early spring on 1996, with the Escort on its last legs and my (not) cost saving ownership about at an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/94granprix.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1994 Pontiac Grand Prix – The Creampuff?")
1994 Pontiac Grand Prix – The Creampuff?
Posted on November 18, 2018 | 17 CommentsNOTE: Not my Grand Prix, but very close. In the early spring on 1996, with the Escort on its last legs and my (not) cost saving ownership about at an […]
