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Curbside Classics Archives
Statesman Archive
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![(first posted 3/4/2014) The car business sometimes creates strange bedfellows. When an automaker lacks the knowledge or expertise to build a car in a previously unexplored segment, they will often […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/800px-SsangYong_Rodius_270_Xdi_rear_20100719.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Obscure Rebadges From Around The World: Part 2")
Obscure Rebadges From Around The World: Part 2
Posted on March 12, 2025 | 68 Comments(first posted 3/4/2014) The car business sometimes creates strange bedfellows. When an automaker lacks the knowledge or expertise to build a car in a previously unexplored segment, they will often […] -
![(first posted 1/24/2014) Lots of companies can claim some small connection to the late American Motors Corporation, but there is really only one company whose identity is virtually inseparable from […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1953NashStatesman01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1953 Nash Statesman – AMC’s DNA")
Car Show Classic: 1953 Nash Statesman – AMC’s DNA
Posted on October 14, 2024 | 106 Comments(first posted 1/24/2014) Lots of companies can claim some small connection to the late American Motors Corporation, but there is really only one company whose identity is virtually inseparable from […] -
![(first posted 8/27/2015) The WB Statesman represented the last old-school Holden before GM’s Australian division fully embraced the downsized, European-derived Commodore and the modern, front-wheel-drive J-Body Camira. An attractive refresh […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/holden-wb-statesman-7.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1980-85 Statesman WB by General Motors-Holden – What a Beaut")
Curbside Classic: 1980-85 Statesman WB by General Motors-Holden – What a Beaut
Posted on August 27, 2021 | 90 Comments(first posted 8/27/2015) The WB Statesman represented the last old-school Holden before GM’s Australian division fully embraced the downsized, European-derived Commodore and the modern, front-wheel-drive J-Body Camira. An attractive refresh […] -
![(first posted 5/8/2012) This was the wave of the future in 1949. While US automakers were still selling every facelifted prewar car they could make – and at a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/4-26-2012-022-e1335658784250.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1950 Nash Statesman Airflyte: Did Somebody Say Bathtub?")
Curbside Classic: 1950 Nash Statesman Airflyte: Did Somebody Say Bathtub?
Posted on June 27, 2021 | 81 Comments(first posted 5/8/2012) This was the wave of the future in 1949. While US automakers were still selling every facelifted prewar car they could make – and at a […]
