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Editorial Archive
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Curbside Musings: 1995 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible – The Halfway Point
Posted on April 18, 2023 | 40 CommentsI have read in automotive news lately that the 2024 model year will be the Camaro’s last, at least for a while. This has given me strong déjà vu from […] -
Curbside Musings: 1964 Buick Riviera – Emulating One’s Heroes
Posted on April 11, 2023 | 47 CommentsMy personification of cars stretches back to early childhood. Even before I could read and understand the nuances of the printed ad copy in my parents’ National Geographic magazines, I […] -
Curbside Musings: 1991 Geo Metro LSi – Math Skills
Posted on March 7, 2023 | 46 CommentsOne of my first serious career interests was to be a car designer. Every kid goes through a period of discovering what he or she would like to do for […] -
Curbside Coda: 1954 Cadillac Series Sixty Special – Still Here
Posted on December 20, 2022 | 49 CommentsIt doesn’t feel like over eight, whole years have passed since I first discovered Curbside Classic while surfing the internet for car-related content. This number seems unreal. Once I had […] -
Curbside Musings: 1979 Cadillac Eldorado – Life Keeps Moving
Posted on December 13, 2022 | 59 CommentsI had the pleasure of spending the week of this past Thanksgiving with my older brother and his family in the greater Washington, D.C. area. It’s not a guarantee that […] -
Curbside Musings: 2004 Ford Taurus SE – Creative Hair Solutions
Posted on December 6, 2022 | 34 CommentsI looked at this Taurus in my neighborhood on the day of this writing and thought immediately of myself from about twenty years ago. Right off the bat, I’d like […] -
Did These Two Cars Compete Against Each Other? Don’t They All?
Posted on November 9, 2022 | 30 Comments(first posted 11/9/2016) I dared to compare the 1976 Honda Accord with the 1976 Chevelle Malibu the other day, but folks just weren’t buying it. And the conversation morphed to […] -
Curbside Musings: 2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser Touring Convertible – Why I Think It Was A Good Idea
Posted on November 8, 2022 | 37 CommentsI had the unique privilege to spend one night in one of the ten oldest hotel rooms in all of Las Vegas during last month’s vacation. I was already excited […] -
The Evolution of Car Salesmanship
Posted on November 18, 2021 | 31 CommentsWhen I came of driving age in the early nineties, car dealerships dotted the landscape and seemed to occupy almost every street corner. A tire-kicking perusal would typically result in […] -
Editorial: The Myth of Vehicular Luxury
Posted on November 13, 2021 | 94 CommentsMy wife and I are friends with a couple who are struggling financially, but who have several well-to-do sets of friends. When describing their friends’ riches, they refer to […] -
Motor Life Editorial, January 1960: Where’s The Crossovers?
Posted on June 5, 2020 | 27 CommentsI was reading through a Motor Life magazine from 1960 that Stephanie picked up for me at a thrift store, and came across a series of editorials from the staff […] -
Editorial/QOTD: Here Are My Top Five Predictions For The Next Decade. What Are Yours?
Posted on January 3, 2020 | 77 CommentsThe 2010s hosted several paradigm shifts for the automotive industry. Sedans gave way to crossovers, hybrids made a surprising comeback, and EVs captured everybody’s attention. But what about next decade? […] -
CC Editorial: Holden – What They’re Doing Right, What They’re Doing Wrong
Posted on December 18, 2019 | 37 CommentsHolden is doing it tough in Australia. Local manufacturing is over and GM’s Australian brand is now struggling to stay in the top 10 best-selling car brands. Despite once having […] -
CC Editorial: Infiniti – What They’re Doing Right, What They’re Doing Wrong
Posted on October 15, 2019 | 40 CommentsIt’s hard not to compare Infiniti’s commercial success with Lexus’s, seeing as they are both Japanese luxury brands initially aimed squarely at the North American market and which both arrived […] -
CC Editorial: Don’t Be Afraid Of Crossing Over – 14 Crossovers Worth Celebrating
Posted on May 22, 2019 | 102 CommentsChange is hard. Whether you like minivans, compact coupes or full-size, rear-wheel-drive sedans, or even just a humble compact or mid-size with a domestic nameplate on it, it’s an unavoidable […]