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![(first posted 10/16/2018) This week, while looking in a local junkyard for a part for my newest COAL (yes, you knew it had to happen sooner or…uh, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_1598.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1993 Eagle Summit DL Wagon – Soaring No More")
Junkyard Classic: 1993 Eagle Summit DL Wagon – Soaring No More
Posted on October 17, 2024 | 51 Comments(first posted 10/16/2018) This week, while looking in a local junkyard for a part for my newest COAL (yes, you knew it had to happen sooner or…uh, […] -
![(first posted 8/9/2018) Americans and wagons are a combination that baffles the mind of product developers everywhere. From being the darling of families looking for a second car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/43257854132_9eb4b8e549_z.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Classic: 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback – Another One-Year Wonder")
Cohort Classic: 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback – Another One-Year Wonder
Posted on August 9, 2024 | 35 Comments(first posted 8/9/2018) Americans and wagons are a combination that baffles the mind of product developers everywhere. From being the darling of families looking for a second car […] -
![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 […] -
![I was going to do a post about the second-generation Mitsubishi Chariot. Honest, I was. It hasn’t been covered on CC, really – North American readers might know it as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20230502_113337_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1992 Mitsubishi Chariot (N30) MX – Mirror, Mirror, On The Wing…")
CC Capsule: 1992 Mitsubishi Chariot (N30) MX – Mirror, Mirror, On The Wing…
Posted on September 29, 2023 | 8 CommentsI was going to do a post about the second-generation Mitsubishi Chariot. Honest, I was. It hasn’t been covered on CC, really – North American readers might know it as […] -
![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 can’t quite put my finger on why most Mitsubishis just leave me cold. One thing was their insistence on naming all their cars (or their overseas clones) some combination […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_20220911_111917-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1982 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma (A160) Super Saloon – Even A Stopped Clock…")
Curbside Classic: 1982 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma (A160) Super Saloon – Even A Stopped Clock…
Posted on June 22, 2023 | 20 CommentsI can’t quite put my finger on why most Mitsubishis just leave me cold. One thing was their insistence on naming all their cars (or their overseas clones) some combination […] -
![What’s a guy to do when he has a short but indeterminate amount of time to kill when in Kansas City? Why, you drop off the wife at her destination […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_0533.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Salvage Yard Classics: A Trip To Kansas City")
Salvage Yard Classics: A Trip To Kansas City
Posted on May 5, 2023 | 36 CommentsWhat’s a guy to do when he has a short but indeterminate amount of time to kill when in Kansas City? Why, you drop off the wife at her destination […] -
![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 […] -
![Would anyone ever have known who Kim Kardashian was if she hadn’t followed in her friend Paris’ footsteps and made a sextape? For better or worse, things worked out very […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_8178.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 2015 Mitsubishi Mirage ES – The Kim Kardashian Of Cars")
Curbside Recycling: 2015 Mitsubishi Mirage ES – The Kim Kardashian Of Cars
Posted on January 6, 2021 | 53 CommentsWould anyone ever have known who Kim Kardashian was if she hadn’t followed in her friend Paris’ footsteps and made a sextape? For better or worse, things worked out very […] -
![(first posted 11/29/2011) Stallion CC, Take Two: I just deleted the first three paragraphs of what I had written. Starting on a new CC is always a bit of a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/CC-144-283.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1983 Mitsubishi Starion – Or Is It Stallion? Did I Finally Solve The Mystery Of Its Name?")
Curbside Classic: 1983 Mitsubishi Starion – Or Is It Stallion? Did I Finally Solve The Mystery Of Its Name?
Posted on October 10, 2020 | 132 Comments(first posted 11/29/2011) Stallion CC, Take Two: I just deleted the first three paragraphs of what I had written. Starting on a new CC is always a bit of a […] -
![Dodge was considered an also-ran in the full-size truck market in the 1980s, but due to its partnership with Mitsubishi was able to field a competitive small truck to compete […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_5888.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1984 Dodge Power Ram 50 4×4 – A Mighty Fine Little Truck")
Curbside Recycling: 1984 Dodge Power Ram 50 4×4 – A Mighty Fine Little Truck
Posted on July 15, 2020 | 26 CommentsDodge was considered an also-ran in the full-size truck market in the 1980s, but due to its partnership with Mitsubishi was able to field a competitive small truck to compete […] -
![(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 […] -
![I’ve been holding out for a first year 1984 version of Chrysler’s first generation minivan but finally realized it just will not appear until very soon after I publish this, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_3967.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1985 Dodge Caravan SE – The Whiplash Special")
Junkyard Classic: 1985 Dodge Caravan SE – The Whiplash Special
Posted on October 23, 2019 | 58 CommentsI’ve been holding out for a first year 1984 version of Chrysler’s first generation minivan but finally realized it just will not appear until very soon after I publish this, […]
