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![(first posted 3/4/2014) The car business sometimes creates strange bedfellows. When an automaker lacks the knowledge or expertise to build a car in a previously unexplored segment, they will often […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/800px-SsangYong_Rodius_270_Xdi_rear_20100719.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Obscure Rebadges From Around The World: Part 2")
Obscure Rebadges From Around The World: Part 2
Posted on March 12, 2025 | 68 Comments(first posted 3/4/2014) The car business sometimes creates strange bedfellows. When an automaker lacks the knowledge or expertise to build a car in a previously unexplored segment, they will often […] -
![(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 […] -
![(first posted 1/7/2014) While Eagle is surely one of the most American brand names, it was ironically applied to a motley collection of badge engineered and imported vehicles. Our featured […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1989-Eagle-Premier.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1989 Eagle Premier ES Limited")
Junkyard Classic: 1989 Eagle Premier ES Limited
Posted on March 30, 2024 | 129 Comments(first posted 1/7/2014) While Eagle is surely one of the most American brand names, it was ironically applied to a motley collection of badge engineered and imported vehicles. Our featured […] -
![Last Saturday I scored a nice set of Jaguar XJ-S buckets at the junkyard, and then scored some photos of this well worn Plymouth Volaré on the way home. Based on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Front-3-quarters.1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 Plymouth Volaré Coupe- A Counterpoint to an Earlier Junkyard Classic")
Curbside Classic: 1976 Plymouth Volaré Coupe- A Counterpoint to an Earlier Junkyard Classic
Posted on January 9, 2020 | 33 CommentsLast Saturday I scored a nice set of Jaguar XJ-S buckets at the junkyard, and then scored some photos of this well worn Plymouth Volaré on the way home. Based on […] -
![And now for something completely different! After a few months of research and some minor marital discord (that thing is a bus, have you lost your mind, etc.), I traded […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Suburban-lead.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2019 Chevrolet Suburban Premier – Big GM Wagons Never Went Away")
COAL: 2019 Chevrolet Suburban Premier – Big GM Wagons Never Went Away
Posted on October 6, 2019 | 69 CommentsAnd now for something completely different! After a few months of research and some minor marital discord (that thing is a bus, have you lost your mind, etc.), I traded […] -
![Take a Renault 25, Americanize it, add some of that Italdesign magic and you get…a resounding sales failure. It’s a shame, really, because the Eagle Premier was one of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/13.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "eBay Find: 1991 Eagle Premier – Give Betsy a Home.")
eBay Find: 1991 Eagle Premier – Give Betsy a Home.
Posted on January 28, 2015 | 70 CommentsTake a Renault 25, Americanize it, add some of that Italdesign magic and you get…a resounding sales failure. It’s a shame, really, because the Eagle Premier was one of the […] -
CC Outtake: Eagle Premier – A Roadworthy Example
Posted on January 8, 2014 | 51 CommentsTo accompany yesterday’s piece about the junkyard dweller, I thought we could show this more basic but still roadworthy Premier. -
![Poor Mercury. During its last decade of existence, it was starved of fresh product and left to wither. Instead of a notchback Cougar version of the new-for-2005 Mustang, they got…the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/216-800x533-e1366560969760.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future CC: 2010 Mercury Milan Premier – If They’re Scarce Now…")
Future CC: 2010 Mercury Milan Premier – If They’re Scarce Now…
Posted on April 28, 2013 | 44 CommentsPoor Mercury. During its last decade of existence, it was starved of fresh product and left to wither. Instead of a notchback Cougar version of the new-for-2005 Mustang, they got…the […] -
![(first posted 7/6/2012) Time for something a little different. As diverse as the automotive makeup of Eugene is, there is very little chance of Paul running across one of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/HD-Holden-estate-2-e1341160266289.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965-66 HD Holden Special Station Sedan: The Down Under, 3/4 Scale 1962 Oldsmobile")
Curbside Classic: 1965-66 HD Holden Special Station Sedan: The Down Under, 3/4 Scale 1962 Oldsmobile
Posted on June 4, 2012 | 40 Comments(first posted 7/6/2012) Time for something a little different. As diverse as the automotive makeup of Eugene is, there is very little chance of Paul running across one of […]
