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CC Outtake: (Sort Of) Passing A Dodge Viper On The Left
With four wheels on the road, this 400-horsepower V10 Dodge Viper could easily outrun my 280-horsepower TSX, but as luck would have it, the Viper was a little tied up at the moment. I absolutely loved...
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eBay Find: 1991 Acura Integra LS – With Only 5,800 Miles, Could This Be The...
It’s well-known that Acura Integras are were among the most popular cars with the tuner, customizer, fast-and-the-furious, pimp-my-ride, whatever you choose to call it crowd. While there aren’t a...
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CC Outtake: 1989 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight – Hiding A Rusty Secret
Looks can be deceiving. How often is it that we see a seemingly pristine car, only to notice some unfortunate malignancy, such as horrible dent or the dreaded bumper scuff marks? From the front, this...
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CC Outtake: 1987-1992 Chrysler LeBaron – A Real K-Car
While it may not be as desirable as today’s earlier Chrysler 300K, this true K-car was unquestionably one of the more beautiful variants of the 1981-1995 Chrysler K-platform. Especially in earlier...
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Curbside Classic: 2001 Oldsmobile Alero GLS – Going Out in Style
It’s unfortunate that GM has a history of giving brands some of their best cars in the years right before the automaker goes ahead and discontinues that brand. They did it to Pontiac with the G8, Saab...
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Car Show Capsule: 1983 Ford Thunderbird Heritage – Some Heritage Is Best Left...
With the pitiful eight generation (1980-1982) Ford Thunderbird failing miserably in comparison to the success of the seventh generation, Ford wasted no time in rolling out a substantially redesigned...
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CC Outtake: A New Yorker and Newport by Sunset
Walking to my car, I took a quick shot of this rather clean 1991 Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue by sunset. It was only later that I realized there was also a Newport photobombing the picture. An odd...
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Curbside Classic: 1987 Dodge Daytona Shelby Z – Baby Steps
Just mentioning the word “K-Car” will ignite a firestorm of opinions, ranging from flaming hatred, to acceptance, to even admiration. We could sit here for days and discuss how overboard Chrysler went...
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CC Outtake: 1992 Plymouth Voyager LE – For Those Preferring Less Flash
As seasoned CCers will know, I have a soft spot for the often much-hated minivan. The 1990s were high times for the minivan, and industry-leader Chrysler kept buyers interested with an endless array...
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CC Outtake/QOTD: 1993 Volvo 240 – Which Once-Common Car Don’t You See Anymore?
Although I appreciate older Volvos well enough, their simplistic Scandinavian squareness is hardly head-turning styling. But driving through an empty parking lot on a drizzly Sunday morning, this...
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Curbside Classic: 1999 Infiniti Q45t – The Japanese Lincoln?
Introduced the same year as Toyota’s Lexus division, Nissan’s Infiniti brand never achieved the runaway success of Lexus, and this has largely been the plight of Infiniti ever since. Nissan’s luxury...
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CC Outtake: 1999 BMW 328iC – If Lee Iacocca Owned A Bimmer
It should be noted that luggage racks are functional accessories, especially on convertibles, where trunk space is usually limited. However, in the Great Brougham Epoch, where any chrome addition was...
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Curbside Classic: 1984 AMC Eagle Sedan – Back From The Future
Whether or not the benefits truly outweigh a good set of snow tires is debatable, but there’s no denying that all-wheel drive has surged in popularity within the past decade, particularly with sedans....
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Wordless Junkyard Outtake: So This Is Where All The Quests and Villagers Have...
Related Reading: Curbside Classics: Nissan Quest and Mercury Villager
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Curbside Classic: 1994 Chevrolet Corsica – A Fitting Exile For Napoleon
Small cars have never been a strong talent for General Motors. Throughout the history of America’s largest automaker, the corporation has always placed a greater emphasis and priority in large...
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CC Outtake: 1989 Pontiac 6000 LE – Always Low Prices. Always.
While later-year Centuries and Cutlass Cieras are still lingering in small herds, earlier A-bodies are far rarer breeds. The Pontiac 6000 might as well be extinct in my parts, or at least so I thought...
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CC Capsule: 1991 Toyota Tercel DX – Sub-Corolla Syndrome
While it may have earned the reputation as the poster child of boring, the Toyota Corolla has nonetheless earned somewhat of a cult following among non-enthusiast drivers as a rock-solid dependable...
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CC Capsule: 1982 Lincoln Continental – Bustling-Back To Prominence
From 1961 through the late-1970s, it was difficult to think of Lincoln without immediately thinking of the Continental. After all, for many of those years, all Lincolns were also Continentals. Despite...
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CC Outtake: Two Very Different Fords, Same Current Purpose
Beyond the fact that these sedans are both Fords, very few characteristics are shared between the two. This very “old-school” 2000 Crown Victoria is full-size, body-on-frame, rear-wheel drive,...
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