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![Since the 1990s, the new car market has been inundated with car-like trucks and truck-like car-based crossovers. It’s getting so you can’t tell the difference between a car and a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-Honda-CR-V-and-KIA-Niro-composite-labeled-115x115.webp "What’s The Difference Between A Car And A Truck These Days? Here’s How The NHTSA And EPA Define It")
What’s The Difference Between A Car And A Truck These Days? Here’s How The NHTSA And EPA Define It
Posted on April 19, 2026 | 39 CommentsSince the 1990s, the new car market has been inundated with car-like trucks and truck-like car-based crossovers. It’s getting so you can’t tell the difference between a car and a […] -
![When did GM first offer airbags on its cars? 1988? 1989? Nope — Oldsmobile, Buick, and Cadillac all offered dual front airbags way back in 1974. Known as the GM […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/1973-Chevrolet-Impala-Lt-Green-Gold-Bonhams-ACRS-FTP-car-with-insets-115x115.webp "GM Air Cushion Restraint System: The Whole Story Of GM’s Very Rare 1974–1976 Dual Airbag Option")
GM Air Cushion Restraint System: The Whole Story Of GM’s Very Rare 1974–1976 Dual Airbag Option
Posted on April 12, 2026 | 50 CommentsWhen did GM first offer airbags on its cars? 1988? 1989? Nope — Oldsmobile, Buick, and Cadillac all offered dual front airbags way back in 1974. Known as the GM […] -
![Since 1959, all new cars sold in the U.S. have had window labels disclosing the manufacturer’s suggested retail prices and other information. Those labels are often called “Monroney stickers,” […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1967-Cadillac-Eldorado-Bring-a-Trailer-19-window-sticker-crop.webp "Senator Monroney And His Stickers: How New Car Window Disclosure Labels Came To Be")
Senator Monroney And His Stickers: How New Car Window Disclosure Labels Came To Be
Posted on August 3, 2025 | 26 CommentsSince 1959, all new cars sold in the U.S. have had window labels disclosing the manufacturer’s suggested retail prices and other information. Those labels are often called “Monroney stickers,” […] -
![Have you ever wondered why modern automatic transmissions all have shift patterns beginning “PRND”? It wasn’t always so — if you’ve driven older cars, you may have noticed that they […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2013-Toyota-Corolla-LE-automatic-shifter.webp "From NDLR To PRNDL – How One Inventor’s Grudge Against GM Helped To Standardize Transmission Shift Patterns")
From NDLR To PRNDL – How One Inventor’s Grudge Against GM Helped To Standardize Transmission Shift Patterns
Posted on July 6, 2025 | 61 CommentsHave you ever wondered why modern automatic transmissions all have shift patterns beginning “PRND”? It wasn’t always so — if you’ve driven older cars, you may have noticed that they […] -
![(first posted 12/8/2017) The sudden disappearance of the pushbutton transmission on Chrysler Corporation vehicles at the end of the 1964 model year has resulted in a lot of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/MoparButtons02-1.jpg "Automotive History: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Chrysler Pushbutton Automatic – A Government Conspiracy?")
Automotive History: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Chrysler Pushbutton Automatic – A Government Conspiracy?
Posted on December 8, 2023 | 205 Comments(first posted 12/8/2017) The sudden disappearance of the pushbutton transmission on Chrysler Corporation vehicles at the end of the 1964 model year has resulted in a lot of […]
