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About Author: Jeff Nelson
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Automotive History: The Sad Final Years Of Saturn
Posted on March 30, 2023 | 117 Comments(first posted 10/18/2011) Earlier in this space we traced the promising birth (and rapid maturation) of GM’s first new nameplate since the depression. The car was the Saturn and in […] -
Automotive History: Saturn’s Early Years – Corporate Camelot
Posted on March 29, 2023 | 98 Comments(first posted 9/21/2011) My wife often warns me that I come across as a GM basher. According to her, I bust out the whoopin’ stick far more than the General […] -
As Seen On TV: Our Favorite P.I. Cars
Posted on March 12, 2022 | 158 Comments(first posted 9/9/2011) When we recently took a look at badge-totin’ sworn-officer cars, the response was, um, gratifying. I had no idea that the humble flatfoot cruiser caused a stirring […] -
Curbside Classic: 1992 Infiniti M30 – Swallowed Up In The Memory Hole
Posted on March 21, 2021 | 78 Comments(first posted 7/11/2011; updated and revised with original pictures by P. Niedermeyer) It’s hard for some of us to concede that it has now been a full generation since Japan’s […] -
Curbside Classic: 1985 Toyota Cressida – The Proto Lexus
Posted on September 14, 2020 | 62 Comments(first posted 7/14/2011) Every “overnight success” has a much larger back story than most people care to know. It’s become pop history that Toyota’s Lexus division took the country by […] -
Curbside Classic: 1986-1992 Jeep Comanche – It Coulda Been A Contender
Posted on September 4, 2020 | 70 Comments(first posted 7/15/2011) Some things just make no sense whatsoever. Like the odd ratio of hot dogs to buns on offer at the supermarket. Giving politicians power and authority when […] -
CC-Automotive History: Crosley – The Rise and Fall Of The Crosley Automobile
Posted on June 24, 2019 | 119 Commentstan Crosley sedan photos by Fred Oliver (a superb article first posted 11/1/2011. Updated with new/additional images 6/19/19) If you are reading this in the year 2061, I hope that […] -
Curbside Classic: 1971 – 1978 Capri – Ponycar Reborn
Posted on January 26, 2019 | 122 Comments(first posted 8/4/2011) Lots of ink has been spilled in lament of the Mustang’s “lost decade” that stretched from circa 1970 to 1979, when a new Fox platform revived a […] -
Automotive History: 1997-2001 Cadillac Catera – GM’s Deadly Sin #29
Posted on January 19, 2019 | 168 Comments(first posted 8/9/2011) Lots of people rightfully think of Cadillac as the All American car. Founded in the U.S.A., long called the standard of the world, no other country […] -
Automotive History – The Joke’s On U.S.- The Short, Wild Ride Of The Yugo In America
Posted on January 18, 2019 | 149 Comments(first posted 10/10/2011) Every once in a while, a visionary, iconoclastic automotive pioneer bursts on the scene and, bucking the long odds and naysaying “conventional wisdom”, delivers a disruptive new […] -
CC Feature: Cars On The Radio – The Songs That Drive Us
Posted on March 27, 2017 | 123 Comments(first posted 8/21/2011) We often use this space to take a serious look at our passion-cars and the companies that make them. But a little lighthearted diversion now and again […] -
Automotive History: 1985 Chevrolet CorNova – Lessons Not Learned
Posted on March 15, 2017 | 98 Comments(first posted 8/19/2011) We often take General Motors to task in this space for its failure to learn from its mistakes. But today’s tale involves the opposite problem for GM […] -
Automotive History: Celebrating V-J Day – When Cars Came Home From The War
Posted on September 2, 2016 | 38 Comments(first posted 9/2/2011) I hope everyone will spend a moment of quiet remembrance today for the occasion of the end of the bloodletting that was World War II. It was […] -
Curbside Classic: 1989 Buick Reatta – A Pudding With No Theme
Posted on September 24, 2015 | 97 Comments(first posted 9/14/2011) There is a story told about legendary British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Upon being offered a sumptuous dessert, he sent it back with a wave of […] -
The Recurring Dream: A Survey Of A Century Of “People’s Cars”
Posted on April 8, 2015 | 103 Comments(originally posted 1/16/2015) Like most of our readers, I have been keeping a wary eye on the comings and goings at the various auto shows being held around the country […]