The lead story for Friday, July 21 was an update of “1965-68 GM big cars: The end of different strokes.” I didn’t expand this story because I thought it was already pretty comprehensive, but I […]
(UPDATED FROM 12/26/2020) General Motors had one of those “be careful what you ask for” problems. In 1962 the automaker captured three-fourths of the premium-priced, big-car market. This was a key reason why GM sold […]
(UPDATED FROM 2/22/2014) Curbside Classic has always been far more willing to make fun of itself than larger media outlets. In doing so, the website has shown (perhaps inadvertently) how the media can be patronizing to auto history buffs. […]
(UPDATED FROM 12/8/2021) Did Ford make the right move by pulling the plug on a US-built subcompact slated to be introduced in the fall of 1962? The car, initially called the Cardinal but later renamed […]
(EXPANDED FROM 11/27/2022) The retirement of Curbside Classic founder Paul Niedermeyer (2023) raises questions about the direction of the pioneering auto history website. He announced his retirement, effective immediately, only a few weeks after the […]
Curbside Classic Publisher Paul Niedermeyer (2023) announced that one of his sons lost a “decade-long struggle with severe addiction yesterday.” Most auto buff websites would likely have not brought up such a painful topic unrelated […]
(EXPANDED FROM 12/3/2021) The new-for-1973 General Motors mid-sized cars were allegedly the product of a battle between John Z. DeLorean and GM styling chief William Mitchell. In the book, On a Clear Day You Can […]
(EXPANDED FROM 10/30/2020) When Road & Track decided to go after Ralph Nader in 1972, the magazine took unusual measures. Even before an “evaluation” of a Nader report hit the newsstands, Road & Track held […]
Ate Up With Motor’s Aaron Severson (2023) stopped by Curbside Classic last week to post an epic series of comments about American Motors. The thing that most struck me about his 11 comments — which […]
Paul Niedermeyer (2023) recently suggested that the 1961 Rambler American’s “two-box” styling “just doesn’t work for me.” That makes sense. The newly reskinned car represented one of the most extreme — and awkward — examples […]
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