Tony Barthel has written the popular Curbside Automotive Column from 1996-2009. Curbside was a light-hearted look at the automobile industry and included new vehicle reviews, stories about people and their automobiles and more. At its height, the Curbside newspaper column appeared in close to 300 newspapers across the country. With the consolidation of newspapers; however, the audience shifted to the Internet.
On April 22, 2007 Curbside broke-in the Automobile Driving Museum's event space with the unveiling of a new web site featuring a zip code searchable automotive event calendar. The Curbside Car Show Calendar still is the best place to post a car show and the web site has shifted its focus from new vehicle reviews to featuring interesting cars and the people that drive them.
Writing about cars is the best job Tony can imagine.
- GM Adverts Called Deceptive
- Toyota & Tesla to partner on EV production in CA
- VW to buy Italdesign Giugiaro
- Lexus IS250c Review - Examiner
- Harsh Criticism of the Toyota recall
- Lexus IS250c Convertible Review on Curbside
- Harsh Comments About Toyota Recall
- Complete Coverage | 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show
- Toyota shows significant new vehicles, prototypes at the Los Angeles International Auto Show
- Toyota Prius Review on the Curbside
- Toyota Prius Review on the Examiner Site
- Ford: Profits Not The Whole Story
- Examiner: Ford Makes Gains Against Toyota
- Toyopet Crown - Doomed From The Start
- Toyota issues urgent message to Camry drivers: lose the floor mats
- Toyota Vehicles : 2010 Toyota 4Runner Add to Rich Heritage With More Power, Better MPG / Toyota
- Toyota settles on nickel metal hydride battery after extensive testing
- FAIL: 59 vs. 09 Chevy Crash Test
- Love For The Kia Soul
- Mazda2 Coming to US
- Man Buried With Car, Guns & Cash
- Toyota unveils plug-in hybrid Prius prototype at Frankfurt auto show
- Toyota urges dealers, car washes to check floor mats after horrific crash kills CHP officer
- Toyota Announces Record Sales