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Curbside Classics Archives
CC Capsule Archive
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![This Plymouth Belvedere is one of the final chapters in the Engel-Exner transition years at Chrysler, a chapter already covered at CC in more than one instance. Station wagons, with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_20211217_145141443_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Plymouth Belvedere Station Wagon – One Of The Last Of The Engel-Exner Editions")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Plymouth Belvedere Station Wagon – One Of The Last Of The Engel-Exner Editions
Posted on March 21, 2022 | 25 CommentsThis Plymouth Belvedere is one of the final chapters in the Engel-Exner transition years at Chrysler, a chapter already covered at CC in more than one instance. Station wagons, with […] -
![The poor last-of-the-BoF-RWD-dinosaurs 1993-96 Fleetwood Brougham gets no respect, no respect at all. Even at CC – there is no “proper” long-form post to commemorate this now genuinely classic vehicle. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_20210422_091203-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1995 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – Premature Heir Loss")
CC Capsule: 1995 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – Premature Heir Loss
Posted on March 17, 2022 | 11 CommentsThe poor last-of-the-BoF-RWD-dinosaurs 1993-96 Fleetwood Brougham gets no respect, no respect at all. Even at CC – there is no “proper” long-form post to commemorate this now genuinely classic vehicle. […] -
![(first posted 1/15/2016) Is it cheating to include this car in Toyota week? After all, the Toyota Lexcen was built in the same Elizabeth, South Australia factory as the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/toyota-lexcen5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989-97 Toyota Lexcen – A Different Kind Of Toyota: Not A Toyota")
Curbside Classic: 1989-97 Toyota Lexcen – A Different Kind Of Toyota: Not A Toyota
Posted on March 16, 2022 | 39 Comments(first posted 1/15/2016) Is it cheating to include this car in Toyota week? After all, the Toyota Lexcen was built in the same Elizabeth, South Australia factory as the […] -
![Everyone knows and, presumably, loves the 1st generation Subaru Impreza. It looked cool, had a bunch of terrific boxer engines, featured Subaru’s excellent AWD transmission and had rally racing bona […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_20220121_140707-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1999 Subaru Impreza Casa Blanca – Less Than Imprezzed")
CC Capsule: 1999 Subaru Impreza Casa Blanca – Less Than Imprezzed
Posted on March 16, 2022 | 14 CommentsEveryone knows and, presumably, loves the 1st generation Subaru Impreza. It looked cool, had a bunch of terrific boxer engines, featured Subaru’s excellent AWD transmission and had rally racing bona […] -
![(first posted 3/11/2016) Chrysler was on the way to recovery. It really was. The Neon, for all its foibles, was very popular and doing well against its competition, they had […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/gggvb.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2004 Chrysler 300M – The Dusk of a New Era")
Curbside Classic: 2004 Chrysler 300M – The Dusk of a New Era
Posted on March 11, 2022 | 41 Comments(first posted 3/11/2016) Chrysler was on the way to recovery. It really was. The Neon, for all its foibles, was very popular and doing well against its competition, they had […] -
![(first posted 3/4/2016) I miss full-sized, truck-based, American-designed and built, V8-powered passenger vans. I miss regularly seeing them on our roads. I miss the artistic canvas that was many of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Chevy-Van-blue-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: Third-Generation Chevrolet G-Series – An Ode To The Chevy Van")
CC Capsule: Third-Generation Chevrolet G-Series – An Ode To The Chevy Van
Posted on March 4, 2022 | 73 Comments(first posted 3/4/2016) I miss full-sized, truck-based, American-designed and built, V8-powered passenger vans. I miss regularly seeing them on our roads. I miss the artistic canvas that was many of […] -
![(first posted 3/16/2012) The restyled full-size 1974 Plymouths and Dodges were not launched in the best of times. Introduced just as the first gas crisis was ramping up, these cars […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/polkl.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1975 Plymouth Gran Fury – Bad Timing")
CC Capsule: 1975 Plymouth Gran Fury – Bad Timing
Posted on March 2, 2022 | 80 Comments(first posted 3/16/2012) The restyled full-size 1974 Plymouths and Dodges were not launched in the best of times. Introduced just as the first gas crisis was ramping up, these cars […] -
CC Capsule Peugeot 404 – Glad to See Your Face!
Posted on February 28, 2022 | 14 Comments404’s have received more than their share of love at CC. Then again, would a little more love hurt? -
![(first posted 2/25/2016) I inherited my grandfather’s large collection of Kodakchrome slides. I knew he was fond of taking pictures of his cars, and there were many. I’ve scanned all […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/mnnnm.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1972 Mercury Marquis – Grandpa’s Sunday Car, Shot In Kodachrome In 1972")
CC Capsule: 1972 Mercury Marquis – Grandpa’s Sunday Car, Shot In Kodachrome In 1972
Posted on February 25, 2022 | 88 Comments(first posted 2/25/2016) I inherited my grandfather’s large collection of Kodakchrome slides. I knew he was fond of taking pictures of his cars, and there were many. I’ve scanned all […] -
![(first posted 1/13/2013) In the Peugeot 504 CC I showed you a few overloaded pickups in Africa. CC reader csi.ch spotted this one in his native Switzerland–but he thinks it’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/rrrthg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: Peugeot 504 Pickup – Bound For Africa?")
CC Capsule: Peugeot 504 Pickup – Bound For Africa?
Posted on February 24, 2022 | 26 Comments(first posted 1/13/2013) In the Peugeot 504 CC I showed you a few overloaded pickups in Africa. CC reader csi.ch spotted this one in his native Switzerland–but he thinks it’s […] -
![I don’t keep up with the gossip columns and the society pages, so this one kind of took me by surprise. I’ve seen a few Maybached S-Class saloons and limos, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_20220130_153716-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 2020 Mercedes-Maybach V-Class (W447) – Brougham Cubed")
CC Capsule: 2020 Mercedes-Maybach V-Class (W447) – Brougham Cubed
Posted on February 23, 2022 | 8 CommentsI don’t keep up with the gossip columns and the society pages, so this one kind of took me by surprise. I’ve seen a few Maybached S-Class saloons and limos, […] -
![There are lots of things to be said on the subject of Mazda’s mid-‘90s mania. The continuing Wankel obsession; the quixotic quest for a multi-marque JDM empire; the dodgy (yet […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_20211015_090247-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1995 Mazda Lantis (323F) Type R – So Nice They Had To Get It Twice")
CC Capsule: 1995 Mazda Lantis (323F) Type R – So Nice They Had To Get It Twice
Posted on February 18, 2022 | 24 CommentsThere are lots of things to be said on the subject of Mazda’s mid-‘90s mania. The continuing Wankel obsession; the quixotic quest for a multi-marque JDM empire; the dodgy (yet […] -
![(first posted 1/27/2013) The Ford Maverick and Mercury Comet twins of the early 1970s received some serious tongue-lashing (or was it tongue-in-cheek lashing?) here about a year ago for being […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ccccv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: A Blazing (Mercury) Comet")
Curbside Classic: A Blazing (Mercury) Comet
Posted on February 14, 2022 | 43 Comments(first posted 1/27/2013) The Ford Maverick and Mercury Comet twins of the early 1970s received some serious tongue-lashing (or was it tongue-in-cheek lashing?) here about a year ago for being […] -
![It’s February already and we haven’t had a Mitsuoka post yet. Time to trawl down to the abyssal area of JDM oddity and see what creature we can find, eh? […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_20210511_090021-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1998 Mitsuoka Ryoga (P11) Wagon – Lurking From The Deep, It Grins…")
CC Capsule: 1998 Mitsuoka Ryoga (P11) Wagon – Lurking From The Deep, It Grins…
Posted on February 9, 2022 | 9 CommentsIt’s February already and we haven’t had a Mitsuoka post yet. Time to trawl down to the abyssal area of JDM oddity and see what creature we can find, eh? […] -
![CC is a funny place. Some cars were featured in dozens of posts, others are yet to grace these pages. As far as the 2nd generation Jetta is concerned though, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_20211219_132749-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1986 Volkswagen Jetta (A2) – Booty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder")
CC Capsule: 1986 Volkswagen Jetta (A2) – Booty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder
Posted on February 8, 2022 | 39 CommentsCC is a funny place. Some cars were featured in dozens of posts, others are yet to grace these pages. As far as the 2nd generation Jetta is concerned though, […]
