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- Simply put, cars are my greatest passion.
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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Brendan Saur
Posts by Brendan Saur
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QOTD: Bumper Stickers/Car Magnets – How Many Is Too Many?
Posted on July 23, 2015 | 81 Comments -
![Before even seeing the 2015 Chrysler 200 in person for the first time, I already knew this was going to be the best mid-size sedan Chrysler has made in recent years. Why is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/IMG_9886-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future CC/Driving Impressions: 2015 Chrysler 200 – Better, But Just How Much Better?")
Future CC/Driving Impressions: 2015 Chrysler 200 – Better, But Just How Much Better?
Posted on July 20, 2015 | 141 CommentsBefore even seeing the 2015 Chrysler 200 in person for the first time, I already knew this was going to be the best mid-size sedan Chrysler has made in recent years. Why is […] -
![Several months ago, a longtime reader of Curbside Classic, Jeffrey Farias, contacted me about doing an article on his 1990 Buick Riviera. He happens to live nearby and extended the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_9628.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Reader’s COAL/My Driving Impressions: 1990 Buick Riviera – A Mysterious Buick Fulfilling A Lifelong Dream")
Reader’s COAL/My Driving Impressions: 1990 Buick Riviera – A Mysterious Buick Fulfilling A Lifelong Dream
Posted on July 15, 2015 | 44 CommentsSeveral months ago, a longtime reader of Curbside Classic, Jeffrey Farias, contacted me about doing an article on his 1990 Buick Riviera. He happens to live nearby and extended the […] -
![I’ll be totally honest. I was fully expecting to hate everything about this car. For better or worse, the CLA has generated more controversy and opinions than any other Mercedes-Benz in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/IMG_9730.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future CC/Driving Impressions: 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 4MATIC – Is This A Real Mercedes-Benz?")
Future CC/Driving Impressions: 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 4MATIC – Is This A Real Mercedes-Benz?
Posted on July 9, 2015 | 127 CommentsI’ll be totally honest. I was fully expecting to hate everything about this car. For better or worse, the CLA has generated more controversy and opinions than any other Mercedes-Benz in […] -
![This is my great-aunt Mary’s 2005 Cadillac DeVille. Her husband, my great-uncle Joe drives a similar, slightly updated version of this car, a 2006 Cadillac DTS. At 78 and 88 years […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/FullSizeRender-6.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Conundrum/QOTD: Are Car Controls Getting Too Complicated And Distracting?")
CC Conundrum/QOTD: Are Car Controls Getting Too Complicated And Distracting?
Posted on July 2, 2015 | 156 CommentsThis is my great-aunt Mary’s 2005 Cadillac DeVille. Her husband, my great-uncle Joe drives a similar, slightly updated version of this car, a 2006 Cadillac DTS. At 78 and 88 years […] -
![(first posted 5/11/2013) As I recall, it was a bright sunny February morning when I accompanied my grandparents (whom I affectionately called “Nana and Papa”) to Quirk Oldsmobile in Braintree, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/8899.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic/Auto Biography: 1994 & 1997 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight – Hooked On The Memory Of You")
Curbside Classic/Auto Biography: 1994 & 1997 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight – Hooked On The Memory Of You
Posted on July 2, 2015 | 59 Comments(first posted 5/11/2013) As I recall, it was a bright sunny February morning when I accompanied my grandparents (whom I affectionately called “Nana and Papa”) to Quirk Oldsmobile in Braintree, […] -
Wordless Red Light Outtake: Saab 96 – Before There Was The 900
Posted on June 30, 2015 | 26 Comments -
![(Spotted by T-Minor) First-generation W-bodies have been getting very scare in the Northeastern U.S., but thankfully someone in Vienna, Austria appears to be caring for this 1990 Pontiac Grand Prix […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/W-bodyGPsedan2_T-Minor.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Capsule: 1990 Pontiac Grand Prix LE – I’ve A Feeling We’re Not In Kansas Anymore")
Cohort Capsule: 1990 Pontiac Grand Prix LE – I’ve A Feeling We’re Not In Kansas Anymore
Posted on June 29, 2015 | 56 Comments(Spotted by T-Minor) First-generation W-bodies have been getting very scare in the Northeastern U.S., but thankfully someone in Vienna, Austria appears to be caring for this 1990 Pontiac Grand Prix […] -
Vintage Ad: 1992 Ford Crown Victoria Touring Sedan – The Rarest ‘Vic’ Of Them All
Posted on June 26, 2015 | 53 CommentsThe Ford Crown Victoria may have been produced by the millions, but undoubtedly the rarest and most interesting of all the models was the 1992 Touring Sedan. -
![Could there possibly be a more appropriately-named car for a mattress to lie in front of, as if implying an invitation for well… you know? Oh, the very many innuendos […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_95331.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Mercury Cougar LS Bostonian Edition – What’s That You Say, Mrs. Robinson?")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Mercury Cougar LS Bostonian Edition – What’s That You Say, Mrs. Robinson?
Posted on June 24, 2015 | 73 CommentsCould there possibly be a more appropriately-named car for a mattress to lie in front of, as if implying an invitation for well… you know? Oh, the very many innuendos […] -
![Just which vehicle is history’s most infamous? JFK’s 1961 Lincoln Continental? Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow’s 1934 Ford? Princess Diana’s 1994 Mercedes-Benz S-Class? Al Capone’s 1928 Cadillac? It may be impossible […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IMG_8565.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: Ford Bronco XLT – Al Cowlings Called, He Wants His Truck Back")
CC Capsule: Ford Bronco XLT – Al Cowlings Called, He Wants His Truck Back
Posted on June 17, 2015 | 24 CommentsJust which vehicle is history’s most infamous? JFK’s 1961 Lincoln Continental? Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow’s 1934 Ford? Princess Diana’s 1994 Mercedes-Benz S-Class? Al Capone’s 1928 Cadillac? It may be impossible […] -
![Leaving a convertible parked with the top down is something I’ve noticed many convertible owners do, and quite honestly it makes me cringe. Maybe it’s that I’m just that much of an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_8871.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: Would You Park Topless?")
QOTD: Would You Park Topless?
Posted on June 9, 2015 | 68 CommentsLeaving a convertible parked with the top down is something I’ve noticed many convertible owners do, and quite honestly it makes me cringe. Maybe it’s that I’m just that much of an […] -
Vintage Ad: Seven Passenger Sports Car? – You Ain’t Foolin’ No One Chrysler
Posted on June 2, 2015 | 46 Comments -
![If you were shopping for an entry-level Japanese luxury sedan in 1991, the Lexus ES 250 and Infiniti G20 would have been two out of your three options (the third being […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IMG_8506.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: What a Difference A Quarter-Century Makes")
CC Outtake: What a Difference A Quarter-Century Makes
Posted on May 29, 2015 | 31 CommentsIf you were shopping for an entry-level Japanese luxury sedan in 1991, the Lexus ES 250 and Infiniti G20 would have been two out of your three options (the third being […] -
![What do you get when you take a Corvette, wrap it Art and Science sheet metal, swap the LS1 for a less powerful Northstar, and charge a nearly fifty-percent premium? My […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IMG_8672.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Curbside Classic: 2004-2009 Cadillac XLR – The Allanté, Part II")
Future Curbside Classic: 2004-2009 Cadillac XLR – The Allanté, Part II
Posted on May 28, 2015 | 82 CommentsWhat do you get when you take a Corvette, wrap it Art and Science sheet metal, swap the LS1 for a less powerful Northstar, and charge a nearly fifty-percent premium? My […]
