Curbside Classics Central: Portal To All Of Them Here


Alfa Romeo


*1961 Rambler Classic Cross Country
1964 Rambler Classic 770 Coupe
1971 AMC Gremlin (1971 Small Car Comparison)
British Motors/BLM/Austin/Morris/Triumph/Rover/Sterling/Etc.



1967 Buick Electra 225: The Jayne Mansfield Of Convertibles
1986 Buick Riviera: GM’s Deadly Sin #1
1990 Buick Roadmaster Woody Wagon (Outtake)
Cadillac

(the official CC Logo-mobile)
1954 Cadillac Series 62 Sedan: GM’s Greatest Hit #2
1962 Cadillac Series 62 Six-Window Sedan
1966 Cadillac Coupe DeVille (Outtake)
1971 Cadillac Coupe DeVille (the first CC)
1977 Seville – GM’s Deadly Sin #11
1978 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Classic Coupe
Checker
1967 Checker Marathon (also Checker Motors History)
Chevrolet

1962 Corvette – The Marilyn Monroe Of Cars [NSFW]
1965 Corvair Monza: The Best European Car Ever Made In America

1968 Chevrolet Impala Coupe (with Olds 455 engine)
1970 Camaro RS: GM’s Greatest Hits #1
1970 Chevrolet Impala: The Best Big Car Of Its Time
1971 Chevrolet Vega: GM’s Deadly Sin #2 (1971 Small Car Virtual Comparison)

1979 Caprice Classic: GM’s Greatest Hit #3
1980 Citation – GM’s Deadliest Sin Ever
1987 Turbo Sprint (Suzuki Cultus)
1989 Camaro RS: GM’s Deadly Sin #6
1990 Corvette: GM’s Deadly Sin #9
1990 Chevrolet Beretta GTZ (Outtake)
2000 & 1990 Chevrolet Cavalier Coupes (Outtake)
Chevrolet Trucks


1980 Chevy Vanup (Outtake)
1977 Chevy LUV Long Bed Pickup (Outtake)
1983 Chevy S-10 Blazer: GM’s Deadly Sin #5
Chrysler/Imperial




The Revolutionary 1971 Datsun 240Z
1976 Datsun 710 Wagon (Outtake)

1986 Nissan Stanza Wagon (Prairie)
1989 Nissan 240SX (S13) and Silvia/SX History
1990 Infiniti M30 Coupe (Outtake)
Infiniti Q45 gen1 & gen2 (Outtake)
Dodge

1974 Dodge D-100 “Gypsy Wagon” Camper
Chrysler’s Deadly Sin 1976 Plymouth Volare And Dodge Aspen
1978 Dodge Omni (and Plymouth Horizon): Detroit Finally Builds A Proper Small Car

1985 Dodge Ram Van (Caravan C/V) (Outtake)
Fiat



1971 Ford Pinto (1971 Small Car Virtual Comparison)

1984 Ford Bronco II Eddie Bauer
1985 Ford EXP: Ford’s Ugly Little Sin
1986 Ford Tempo: A Deadly Sin? Mostly
1989 Ford Festiva – Shitbox Shootout Loser (Winner)
1995 Ford ZX2 With Lambo Doors (Outtake)
Ford Trucks
The Ultimate CC: 1956 Ford F-350 Still Hard At Work Six Days A Week


1947 PD-3751 Greyhound Bus “Silversides” – The First Modern Diesel Bus
GMC TDH-4523 “New Look” Transit Bus
Grumman
Honda
1963 Honda T360/T500 trucks (history)

1973 Honda Civic – The Revolutionary Small Car
1976 Honda Accord: The Most Influential Modern Car In America
1980-1983 Civics – When Honda’s Mojo Was Working
1985 Honda Civic CR-X (Outtake)
Hyundai
1988 Hyundai Excel – The Damn Near Deadly Sin
International
1964 International Travelette Pickup
Isuzu



gen1 Kia Sportage shorty (Outtake)
LaForza
1989 Laforza 5 Liter (Outtake)
Lincoln/Continental
An Illustrated History of Lincoln Up To 1961


Mack


Mercedes 207D and other older Mercedes Vans/Small Buses
Mercury

1978 Mercury Grand Marquis Brougham
Steam Injected 1978 Mercury Bobcat
Ford’s Sin of Name Debasement: 1981 Mercury Cougar
Military Vehicles (no brand name)
Mitsubishi

1987 Mitsubishi Precis (Outtake)
Oldsmobile


Packard
Panhard


1971 Simca 1204 (no original pictures) (1971 Small Car Comparison)
1978 Plymouth Horizon: Detroit Finally Builds A Proper Small Car
1983 Plymouth Colt & 198o Champ
Pontiac
1963 Tempest LeMans: Pontiac Tries To Build A BMW Before BMW Built Theirs And Almost Succeeds

1971 Pontiac Ventura II: GM’s Deadly Sin #3
1976 Pontiac Firebird (Outtake)
1984 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham: GM’s Deadly Sin #8
Pontiac Transvertible and Trans Sport
1987 Sunbird GT: The Exciting Collectable Deadly Sin
1990 Le Mans (Daewoo) GM’s Deadly Sin #12
Porsche



Saturn
1991 Saturn SL2: GM’s Deadly Sin #4
Simca
1971 Simca 1204 (no original pictures) (1971 Small Car Comparison)
Studebaker




1971 Toyota Corolla (1971 Small Car Comparison)




1960 VW Bus (Type 2) Westfalia
1971 Volkswagen Super Beetle (Small Car Comparison)
1972 VW Super Beetle Cabriolet (Outtake)

1974 VW 412: Volkswagen’s Deadly Sin #1
1975 VW Rabbit/Golf Mk.I: The Most Influential Modern Global Car
Volvo

RVs
Ultra Van: Cross An Airplane With A Corvair For The Ultimate RV
1985 Winnebago LeSharo Turbo Diesel
Concours
The Curbside Classic Treasure Hunt: Skinner Butte District
The Curbside Classic Graveyard: May They Rust In Peace
The Official Curbside Classic Sales Lot: All $895 Or Less
Holiday Market: Eighty Parking Lot Curbside Classics
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- Jeff NYC does have the right to access these charges and unless you are traveling on business or a necessity you don't have to drive or live in NYC. I have been in NYC a few times and I have absolutely no desire to go back. I can say the same thing about Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Houston where I lived for 29 years. A city can get too big where it is no longer livable for many. I was raised in West Houston near the Katy Freeway which is part of I-10. The Katy Freeway when I moved from Houston in 1987 was a 6 lane road--3 lanes on each side of the interstate with each side having side access roads which we called feeder roads for a total of 8 lanes. Today the Katy freeway has 26 lanes which include feeder roads. I went back to Houston in 2010 to see my father who was dying and lost any desire to go back. To expand the Katy Freeway it took thousands of businesses to be torn down. I read an article about future expansion of the Katy freeway that said the only way to expand it was to either put a deck above it or to go underground. One of the things the city was looking at was to have tolls during the peak hours of traffic. Houston is very flat and it is easier to expand the size of roads than in many eastern cities but how easy is it to expand a current road that already has 26 lanes and is one of the widest roads in the World. It seems that adding more lanes to the Katy freeway just expanded the amount of traffic and increased the need for more lanes. Just adding more lanes and expanding roads is not a long term solution especially when more homes and businesses are built in an area. There was rapid growth In Northern Kentucky when I lived in Hebron near the Northern Kentucky Cincinnati Airport. , Amazon built a terminal and facility onto the airport that was larger than the rest of the airport. Amazon built more warehouses, more homes were being built, and more businesses. Boone, Kenton, and Campbell counties in Northern Kentucky are constantly expanding roads and repairing them. Also there is the Brent Spence Bridge which crosses the Ohio River into Cincinnati that is part of I-71 and I-75 and major North and South corridor. The bridge is 60 years old and is obsolete and is in severe disrepair. I-71 and I-75 are major corridors for truck transportation.
- Art_Vandelay It's not like everyone is topping their ICE vehicles off and coasting into the gas station having used every last drop of fuel either though. Most people start looking to fill up at around a 1/4 of a tank. If you constantly run the thing out of gas your fuel pump would probably be unhappy. If you running your EV to zero daily you probably bought the wrong vehicle
- ToolGuy Imagine how exciting the automotive landscape will be once other manufacturers catch up with Subaru's horizontally-opposed engine technology.
- FreedMike Oh, and this..."While London likes to praise its own congestion charging for reducing traffic and increasing annual revenues, tourism has declined..."The reason London's tourism numbers are down is that the city has resumed its' "tourist tax." And why did the tourist tax get reimposed? Brexit. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/tourist-tax-cost-millions-myth-hmrc-survey-foreign-visitors-spending-uk-b1082327.html
- Dukeisduke Eh, still a Nissan. Nope.
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So sorry the camera phone was in the work van.... Earlier this am: It was low, it was pointy, it was screwably sexy, it was yellow (with horridly highschool twin black racing stripes) and it was pulling in to the same bank lot I was. A Lambo ESPADA?!? WTF? I haven't seen one of those on the road for years especially after leaving the SF Bay... But wait, obnoxious pushrod V8 rumble? And the proportions are not lining up with my last Espada ride/drive memory. IT WAS AN EFFEN ISO RIVOLTA LELE. 1 of 295ish total, and god knows maybe, maybe, a hundred made it Stateside. Sadly, restored and "updated" to a Michael-Bay-would-love-it yellow with horrid black stripes/trim/bumpers/Campys motif. But still. 1 of 295 of this car ever made. Makes Bristol sightings rather pedestrian. Even here in The Colonies. This is why I don't bother to buy lottery tickets. Cars use up my luck. Damn.
Link for Mazda RX-7 goes to Mazda 626 instead.