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Curbside Classics Archives
Future Classic Archive
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![(first posted 9/5/2016) The V8 engine isn’t dead yet but the pool of offerings is evaporating. Ford, for example, is embracing the turbocharged V6 and even employing such engines in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/lakeside-chrysler-300-c-srt-81.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Curbside Classic: 2015 Chrysler 300 SRT – Coming To A Classic Car Show Near You, Eventually")
Future Curbside Classic: 2015 Chrysler 300 SRT – Coming To A Classic Car Show Near You, Eventually
Posted on September 5, 2022 | 50 Comments(first posted 9/5/2016) The V8 engine isn’t dead yet but the pool of offerings is evaporating. Ford, for example, is embracing the turbocharged V6 and even employing such engines in […] -
![(first posted 9/1/2013) When I saw this Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet (Murano CC), I recalled a Car and Driver review of the Saab Sonett II. The review suggested you were better […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Murano-CC-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Curbside Classic: Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet- The Rarest Murano")
Future Curbside Classic: Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet- The Rarest Murano
Posted on June 12, 2022 | 76 Comments(first posted 9/1/2013) When I saw this Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet (Murano CC), I recalled a Car and Driver review of the Saab Sonett II. The review suggested you were better […] -
![(first posted 6/1/2016) I presume that being an automotive designer in 1950’s America, where design was king and you were allowed to let your imagination roam wild (even if it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ssszz.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Classic: 2010 Acura ZDX – Peak Beak")
Future Classic: 2010 Acura ZDX – Peak Beak
Posted on June 1, 2022 | 69 Comments(first posted 6/1/2016) I presume that being an automotive designer in 1950’s America, where design was king and you were allowed to let your imagination roam wild (even if it […] -
![(first posted 4/11/2016) Although it always lived in the shadows of its more popular Ford Taurus sibling, the Mercury Sable was nonetheless a significant and successful model in itself, helping […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_4621.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Curbside Classics: 2008-2009 Mercury Sable – New Doors Closed")
Future Curbside Classics: 2008-2009 Mercury Sable – New Doors Closed
Posted on April 11, 2022 | 52 Comments(first posted 4/11/2016) Although it always lived in the shadows of its more popular Ford Taurus sibling, the Mercury Sable was nonetheless a significant and successful model in itself, helping […] -
![Do not adjust your set. This is not an April Fools prank, it’s not some sort of Photoshoppery, nor did someone microdose your coffee this morning. This is a real […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_20220226_100723-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule/Future Classic/CC For Sale: 2019 Mitsuoka Rock Star S Special Package – Mitsuoka’s New Groove: Motown Classics")
CC Capsule/Future Classic/CC For Sale: 2019 Mitsuoka Rock Star S Special Package – Mitsuoka’s New Groove: Motown Classics
Posted on April 1, 2022 | 17 CommentsDo not adjust your set. This is not an April Fools prank, it’s not some sort of Photoshoppery, nor did someone microdose your coffee this morning. This is a real […] -
![(first posted 3/4/2016) 280 pound-feet of torque: that was the highest torque figure ever seen in a GM W-Body until the introduction of the transversely-mounted 5.3 LS4 V8 to the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ggggnm.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Curbside Classic: 2006-09 Chevrolet Impala SS – A Hot Mess")
Future Curbside Classic: 2006-09 Chevrolet Impala SS – A Hot Mess
Posted on March 4, 2022 | 115 Comments(first posted 3/4/2016) 280 pound-feet of torque: that was the highest torque figure ever seen in a GM W-Body until the introduction of the transversely-mounted 5.3 LS4 V8 to the […] -
![(first posted 3/3/2016) Don’t take that headline to mean any of GM’s current fleet wouldn’t make a sound used car buy. On the contrary. However, the 2006 Impala – still […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/imppii.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Curbside Classic: 2006 Chevrolet Impala – The Last “Good Used Car” From General Motors")
Future Curbside Classic: 2006 Chevrolet Impala – The Last “Good Used Car” From General Motors
Posted on March 3, 2022 | 74 Comments(first posted 3/3/2016) Don’t take that headline to mean any of GM’s current fleet wouldn’t make a sound used car buy. On the contrary. However, the 2006 Impala – still […] -
![(first posted 12/17/2015) Dear General Motors, Many of your business decisions during the 1980s and 1990s, at least in North America, were questionable at best. However, by the 2000s and even […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cadillac-dts-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Curbside Classic: 2006-11 Cadillac DTS – A Letter to GM")
Future Curbside Classic: 2006-11 Cadillac DTS – A Letter to GM
Posted on December 17, 2021 | 142 Comments(first posted 12/17/2015) Dear General Motors, Many of your business decisions during the 1980s and 1990s, at least in North America, were questionable at best. However, by the 2000s and even […] -
![It was only a matter of time: Mitsuoka have finally succumbed to the long-running SUV pandemic, which has spread to the top-end sports and luxury marques of late. Alfa Romeo, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IMG_20211119_154733-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Classic: 2021 Mitsuoka Buddy – In The Friend Zone")
Future Classic: 2021 Mitsuoka Buddy – In The Friend Zone
Posted on November 30, 2021 | 37 CommentsIt was only a matter of time: Mitsuoka have finally succumbed to the long-running SUV pandemic, which has spread to the top-end sports and luxury marques of late. Alfa Romeo, […] -
![(first posted 10/1/2015) Particularly in the world of sedans, it’s unusual for an all-new generation to last for only two years. This is especially profound when considering said vehicle’s predecessors […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/IMG_9987.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Curbside Classic: 2011 Saab 9-5 – Born From Buicks?")
Future Curbside Classic: 2011 Saab 9-5 – Born From Buicks?
Posted on October 1, 2021 | 65 Comments(first posted 10/1/2015) Particularly in the world of sedans, it’s unusual for an all-new generation to last for only two years. This is especially profound when considering said vehicle’s predecessors […] -
![(first posted 8/10/2015) Every so often, a manufacturer gets it into their head that what the market really wants, nay, needs is a convertible pickup truck. And every so often […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Chevrolet-truck-SSR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Curbside Classic: Chevrolet SSR – Dodge Did It, We Can Do It Better")
Future Curbside Classic: Chevrolet SSR – Dodge Did It, We Can Do It Better
Posted on August 10, 2021 | 76 Comments(first posted 8/10/2015) Every so often, a manufacturer gets it into their head that what the market really wants, nay, needs is a convertible pickup truck. And every so often […] -
![(first posted 8/7/2015) I want you to take a look at the car above. If it isn’t the most generic vehicle produced so far in the 21st century then it’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2001_kia_optima_lx_3.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Curbside Classic: 2002 Kia Optima – Anyone Fancy a Rambler?")
Future Curbside Classic: 2002 Kia Optima – Anyone Fancy a Rambler?
Posted on August 7, 2021 | 70 Comments(first posted 8/7/2015) I want you to take a look at the car above. If it isn’t the most generic vehicle produced so far in the 21st century then it’s […] -
![(first posted 8/4/2015) Unless you’re reading this after January the 18th, 2048 (in which case, hello there from 2015! Hopefully all the nutjobs running around predicting the end of civilization […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Yellow-Plymouth-Prowler.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Curbside Classic: 1997-2001 Plymouth Prowler – Suddenly it’s 1957")
Future Curbside Classic: 1997-2001 Plymouth Prowler – Suddenly it’s 1957
Posted on August 4, 2021 | 89 Comments(first posted 8/4/2015) Unless you’re reading this after January the 18th, 2048 (in which case, hello there from 2015! Hopefully all the nutjobs running around predicting the end of civilization […] -
![(first posted 7/13/2015) David Leisure famously portrayed the sleazy, smug commercial spokesman Joe Isuzu for many years during the 1980s and 1990s. If you’ve never had the pleasure of watching […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Isuzu-ascender.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Curbside Classic: 2003-08 Isuzu Ascender – Where Were You, Joe Isuzu?")
Future Curbside Classic: 2003-08 Isuzu Ascender – Where Were You, Joe Isuzu?
Posted on July 13, 2021 | 44 Comments(first posted 7/13/2015) David Leisure famously portrayed the sleazy, smug commercial spokesman Joe Isuzu for many years during the 1980s and 1990s. If you’ve never had the pleasure of watching […] -
![(first posted 6/26/2015) Not too long ago, our J.P. Cavanaugh expressed his dissatisfaction with the first-generation Buick LaCrosse. Many of you agreed the LaCrosse was a somewhat half-baked effort, considering the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Lacrosse.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Curbside Classic: 2008-09 Buick LaCrosse Super – Do 300 Horses and 8 Cylinders Change Your Mind?")
Future Curbside Classic: 2008-09 Buick LaCrosse Super – Do 300 Horses and 8 Cylinders Change Your Mind?
Posted on June 26, 2021 | 34 Comments(first posted 6/26/2015) Not too long ago, our J.P. Cavanaugh expressed his dissatisfaction with the first-generation Buick LaCrosse. Many of you agreed the LaCrosse was a somewhat half-baked effort, considering the […]
