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- Born and raised in New Orleans and a lifelong car nut (his mom swears his first word was "car"), George lives in the Chicago suburbs with his wife and two teenagers, a 16-year-old daughter with her brand new driver's license and a 13-year-old son who is just as car crazy as his dad.
![(first posted 9/22/2016) The Compact segment, which had been the rage in the early 1960s, was under pressure as the 1967 model year rolled around. Pony Cars were tempting […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/MT1166CompactMainImage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Reviews: Motor Trend’s 1967 New Car Issue – Compacts")
![(first posted 9/21/2016) 1967 was a banner year for the American big car: each of the U.S. makers served up heavily revamped offerings. It was a smart investment […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/MT1166FullsizeMainImage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Reviews: Motor Trend’s 1967 New Car Issue – Luxury And Full Size")
![(first posted 9/20/2016) In 1967, the Intermediate category was still a relatively new one: FoMoCo was credited with “creating” the segment in 1962 with the Ford Fairlane and Mercury […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/MT1166IntermediatesMainImage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Reviews: Motor Trend’s 1967 New Cars Issue – Intermediates")
![(first posted 9/19/2016) For the 1967 Buyer’s Guide Issue, Motor Trend grouped the cars by market segment, rather than by manufacturer. First up was the group listed as Specialty […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/MT1166SpecialtyCarsMainImage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Reviews: Motor Trend’s 1967 New Car Issue – Specialty Cars")
![(first posted 9/16/2016) It’s hard to imagine in today’s new car market that just three makes could command over half of U.S. car sales, but that was the case back […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/MT0157ChevyFordPlymouthMainImage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Reviews: Motor Trend’s 1957 New Car Issue – Road Testing The Low Priced Three")
![(first posted 9/15/2016) Ominous clouds were looming on the horizon for the Independent makes as the 1957 model year got underway. The merger mania of the mid-fifties had brought some […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/MT0157IndependentMainImage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Reviews: Motor Trend’s 1957 New Car Issue – Independents")
![(first posted 8/25/2016) Olds was alone among the GM divisions in continuously offering a variant of its 1960’s mid-sized Muscle Machine—the 4-4-2—all the way through the performance-challenged dark days of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/CD0278Olds442p3MainImage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Reviews: 1978 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 – Right Number, Wrong Car")
![(first posted 8/24/2016) In America circa 1955, the Baby Boom was in full swing, postwar prosperity and optimism were strong, and new suburban developments were cropping up across the land. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/MT0855WagonsCoverImage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1955 Station Wagons – Motor Trend Helps Fifties Families Pick Their Wagon Wheels")
![(first posted 8/23/2016) The first car to really put Datsun on the map in the U.S. market was the 510, introduced in 1968. With crisp, clean styling, sprightly performance […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/CD1277Datsun510mainimage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Reviews: 1978 Datsun 510 – Right Number, Wrong Car: Japanese Edition")
![(first posted 8/8/2016) My Pop was born in 1927, and like most everyone here at CC, he was a huge car enthusiast from a very early age. He loved to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/89CaddyGrilleCloesup.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Reviews And Commentary: 1989 Cadillac Sedan DeVille – Be Careful What You Wish For")
![(first posted 8/2/2016) As we saw in Eric703’s post on the 1979 Lincoln Continental, the wondrous whoppers were quite successful in their final years and would be hard to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/7336589b681a25915aa00b7f4a2fe0d3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Feature & Review: 1980 Lincoln Continental And Mark VI – The Challenges Of Shrinking Giants")
![(first posted 7/25/2016) In last week’s post on Motor Trend’s comparison of 1969 mid size sedans, Ate Up With Motor pointed out that the Fairlane 500 2-door hardtop featured in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/RT0569FairlaneMainImage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1969 Ford Fairlane 500 – Haven’t We Seen You Somewhere Before?")
![(first posted 7/20/2016) It’s fun to see Mike Burns’ post on this 1969 Dodge Coronet 440 survivor, imagining how it started life in Oklahoma and then served its duty […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/MT0669MidsizeComaroImage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Comparison Test: 1969 AMC Rebel SST, Chevrolet Chevelle Concours, Dodge Coronet 440, Ford Fairlane 500 – Showdown In Pasadena")
![(first posted 7/19/2016) Joseph Dennis has a knack for capturing wonderful images when he visits his hometown of Flint, Michigan, like this Oldsmobile Delta 88 and this Pontiac Grand Prix LJ. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/CD1278GPLJmainimage.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1979 Pontiac Grand Prix LJ – Adding Options Makes The Petite Prix More Grand")
![(first posted 6/9/2016) Though the giant was teetering badly by the late 1980s, General Motors could still garner quite a lot of attention when it came time to announce new […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/333es3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Comparison Test and Commentary: 1988 Buick Regal, Olds Cutlass Supreme, Pontiac Grand Prix – Road & Track Assesses The GM10 Personal Luxury Coupes")
