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Curbside Classics Archives
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![(first posted 4/28/2014) The short-lived GMC Syclone pickup and Typhoon SUV, which burst onto the automotive scene in 1991 only to disappear after 1993, turned the usual modus operandi of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1-Front-quarter-e1398392585193.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: GMC Syclone – GM Blazes a Trail and Abandons It")
Curbside Classic: GMC Syclone – GM Blazes a Trail and Abandons It
Posted on February 5, 2025 | 104 Comments(first posted 4/28/2014) The short-lived GMC Syclone pickup and Typhoon SUV, which burst onto the automotive scene in 1991 only to disappear after 1993, turned the usual modus operandi of […] -
![(first posted 2/6/2019) These days, it’s rather hard to imagine a time when Chrysler’s future looked bright and optimistic. It’s even more difficult to imagine a time when […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_3825_1024.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1999 Chrysler Cirrus LXi – Remember When Chrysler Showed Hope?")
Curbside Classic: 1999 Chrysler Cirrus LXi – Remember When Chrysler Showed Hope?
Posted on February 5, 2025 | 52 Comments(first posted 2/6/2019) These days, it’s rather hard to imagine a time when Chrysler’s future looked bright and optimistic. It’s even more difficult to imagine a time when […] -
![(first posted 2/4/2019) Winter has returned to Chicago with full fury, with this past Thursday, January 31st, 2019 bringing some of the coldest temperatures ever recorded in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1972-Oldsmobile-Toronado-2-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Oldsmobile Toronado – A Brougham For Winter")
Curbside Classic: 1972 Oldsmobile Toronado – A Brougham For Winter
Posted on February 4, 2025 | 54 Comments(first posted 2/4/2019) Winter has returned to Chicago with full fury, with this past Thursday, January 31st, 2019 bringing some of the coldest temperatures ever recorded in […] -
![In recent decades, mid-price cars and mid-price makes have often taken it on the chin, caught between cheaper makes moving upmarket and luxury brands moving downwards in search of greater […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1950-Buick-Super-Model-52-Rich-Baron-nose-badge.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1950 Buick Super 126 Model 52 – More Buick For The Buck")
Curbside Classic: 1950 Buick Super 126 Model 52 – More Buick For The Buck
Posted on February 3, 2025 | 26 CommentsIn recent decades, mid-price cars and mid-price makes have often taken it on the chin, caught between cheaper makes moving upmarket and luxury brands moving downwards in search of greater […] -
![(first posted 2/1/2019) Let’s just get this out there. Camaros have never interested me. They did not interest me in 1967, they did not interest me in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1978ChevroletZ28Camaro03Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978 Chevrolet Camaro Z-28 – Wherein The Author Finds An Interesting Camaro")
Curbside Classic: 1978 Chevrolet Camaro Z-28 – Wherein The Author Finds An Interesting Camaro
Posted on February 1, 2025 | 55 Comments(first posted 2/1/2019) Let’s just get this out there. Camaros have never interested me. They did not interest me in 1967, they did not interest me in […] -
![Full-size ‘70s American cars are a real pain to own in Tokyo. Well over half of the streets here are too narrow for them, fuel costs are way higher, some […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20241103_095813_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst – High-Flying Fuselage")
Curbside Classic: 1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst – High-Flying Fuselage
Posted on January 31, 2025 | 37 CommentsFull-size ‘70s American cars are a real pain to own in Tokyo. Well over half of the streets here are too narrow for them, fuel costs are way higher, some […] -
![(first posted 3/3/2014) An integral part of the traveling circus was the advance man. The show business equivalent of John the Baptist, his job was to spread the word […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cc56Mercury006-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1956 Mercury Medalist – The Big M")
Curbside Classic: 1956 Mercury Medalist – The Big M
Posted on January 29, 2025 | 49 Comments(first posted 3/3/2014) An integral part of the traveling circus was the advance man. The show business equivalent of John the Baptist, his job was to spread the word […] -
![After a slight pause in posting (2025 is off to a busy start) and to inaugurate yet another week of CC finds in Tokyo, this one dedicated to the glory […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20240331_091747_Ed.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Shelby AC Cobra – Power To The Aristocrats")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Shelby AC Cobra – Power To The Aristocrats
Posted on January 28, 2025 | 19 CommentsAfter a slight pause in posting (2025 is off to a busy start) and to inaugurate yet another week of CC finds in Tokyo, this one dedicated to the glory […] -
![(first posted 5/14/2014) Olds Vista Cruisers and their corresponding twin, the Buick Sportwagons hold a special place in the history of the American station wagon. It was a highly unusual […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/CC-25-027-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser – GM’s Greatest Hit No. 8")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser – GM’s Greatest Hit No. 8
Posted on January 27, 2025 | 82 Comments(first posted 5/14/2014) Olds Vista Cruisers and their corresponding twin, the Buick Sportwagons hold a special place in the history of the American station wagon. It was a highly unusual […] -
![(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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/71-Capri-mk-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 – 1978 Capri – Ponycar Reborn")
Curbside Classic: 1971 – 1978 Capri – Ponycar Reborn
Posted on January 26, 2025 | 127 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 […] -
![(first posted 3/28/2012) The discontinued Panther platform Ford Crown Victoria had some serious staying power. The styling of the car you see above would last all the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/3-23-2012-001-e1332628615794.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1998 Ford Crown Victoria LX – Beginning Of The End")
Curbside Classic: 1998 Ford Crown Victoria LX – Beginning Of The End
Posted on January 25, 2025 | 74 Comments(first posted 3/28/2012) The discontinued Panther platform Ford Crown Victoria had some serious staying power. The styling of the car you see above would last all the […] -
![(first posted 10/6/2011) If we are honest with ourselves, much of what we do is in the nature of reaction to the forces swirling around us, rather […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1995EagleVision08-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1993 Eagle Vision – DeSoto 2.0")
Curbside Classic: 1993 Eagle Vision – DeSoto 2.0
Posted on January 24, 2025 | 100 Comments(first posted 10/6/2011) If we are honest with ourselves, much of what we do is in the nature of reaction to the forces swirling around us, rather […] -
![On my recent visit to Northern California, I managed to catch a glimpse of something increasingly rare and much cherished here at CC; a veritable and mostly original 1960s classic […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20241212_163611854_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Plymouth Valiant – A Trusty Daily Driver, Still In Use")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Plymouth Valiant – A Trusty Daily Driver, Still In Use
Posted on January 24, 2025 | 22 CommentsOn my recent visit to Northern California, I managed to catch a glimpse of something increasingly rare and much cherished here at CC; a veritable and mostly original 1960s classic […] -
![(first posted 3/27/2014) A couple of weeks ago, we covered the Dodge Colt lineup of Chrysler’s captive Mitsubishi products with a nine part series on the many variations available (describing both the Galant and Lancer […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Plymouth-Arrow-Front-3-quarter.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 Plymouth Arrow GS – Celeste Before the Fire")
Curbside Classic: 1977 Plymouth Arrow GS – Celeste Before the Fire
Posted on January 22, 2025 | 85 Comments(first posted 3/27/2014) A couple of weeks ago, we covered the Dodge Colt lineup of Chrysler’s captive Mitsubishi products with a nine part series on the many variations available (describing both the Galant and Lancer […] -
![(first posted 1/22/2019) The Dodge Avenger was the very bottom of the barrel in the mid-size sedan segment when it was launched. It excelled at nothing and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dodge-avenger-7.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Chrysler’s Deadly Sin #5: 2008-10 Dodge Avenger – Automotive Journalists’ Whipping Boy, And Deservedly So")
Chrysler’s Deadly Sin #5: 2008-10 Dodge Avenger – Automotive Journalists’ Whipping Boy, And Deservedly So
Posted on January 22, 2025 | 50 Comments(first posted 1/22/2019) The Dodge Avenger was the very bottom of the barrel in the mid-size sedan segment when it was launched. It excelled at nothing and […]
