Curbside Classic Central: European Brands

Alfa Romeo

1975 Alfetta GTV Coupe: A La Moda Italiano

1975 Alfetta Sedan: Broken Promise

1986 Spider Veloce: A Work In Progress, For Four Decades

1992 Alfa 164 Sedan: She Has A Great Personality (Capsule)

1996 Spider: Forbidden Italian Fruit

Audi

1983 – 1991 5000/100 (C3): A Picturebook Story Of The Very Model Of A Modern Car

British Motors/BMC/BLM/Austin/Morris/Triumph/Sterling/Etc.

1948 1800 Roadster: World’s Smallest Dual-Cowl Phaeton? (Cohort Classic)

1949 Triumph Mayflower: Your Thanksgiving Turkey

1951 Austin Devon: The Best-Selling Import Of Its Time

1959 Triumph TR3A: My Favorite 50′s Sportscar

1962 Austin A110 Westminster: Junior Jaguar Or English Fintail?

1962 Herald: A Tempest In A Teapot

1971 Mini: Yesterday’s mini; Today’s micro

1968 – 1972 Austin America: Yankee Doodle Disaster

1974 Toledo: They Did WHAT To The 1300?

1974 Triumph TR 6: (Capsule)

1975 Stag: A Handsome Failure

1976 Triumph TR7: America Gets A Wedgie

BMW

1964 1800 Neue Klasse: The Car That Saved And Made BMW

1970 3.0 CSi: The Neue Klasse’s Valedictorian (Capsule)

1976 2002: The Ultimate Big-Bumpered Driving Machine

1983 757: And That’s Not A Typo (E23)

1985 318i: Teutonic Respite At The Tail End Of The Great Brougham Epoch

1986 528e: The Low Rev Modest Driving Machine

1986 BMW 528i (Euro-version) My Curbside Classic – The Ecstasy Of Beige, Part 1

850i And 840Ci: Nineties Icon Or Technological Overkill?

Citroen

1969 2CV: The Most Original Car Ever

1990 BX 19 CGD: Some Peugeot Bones Well Hidden In A Citroen Suit (Capsule)

Cisitalia

1946 Cisitalia 202 GT : The First Modern Fastback

DKW/Auto Union

DKW Schnellaster: The Mother OF All Modern Minivans?

1958 DKW Sonderklasse 3=6 (F94): The Proto-Audi

Daimler

1961 Daimler SP 250: The Queen’s Sports Car

Ferrari

Testarossa: The Thrill Is Gone, For Now

Fiat

1959 Fiat 600 Multipla: The Original Mini-Van?

1964 Fiat 1500 Spider/Cabriolet: The Ferrari 250 GT Wanna-Be

1970 Fiat Dino Coupe: A Delectable Fastback

1969 Fiat Abarth 1000: The Little Mouse That Roars

1974 Fiat 124 Sport Spider: My Dad’s Last Toy

Ford (Germany & UK)

1955 Zephyr Mark 1: Ford Builds The Chevrolet Cadet (Storage Field Classic)

1956 Ford Squire: For The Man With A Load On His Mind

1971- 1978 Capri: Ponycar Reborn

1988 Merkur (Ford) Scorpio: Nice Landing, Wrong Airport

Innocenti: DeTomaso Turbo: An Exotic Baby Turchia

Jaguar

1973 XJ 12: Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun

1979 XJ6 Series III: Pininfarina Redux

1995 XJS Convertible: T-Bird Substitute (My CC)

Jensen

Jensen Interceptor: The Anglo-Italo-American Mashup

Jensen Healey: Care To Take It For A Really Long Test Drive?

Lada

Lada Niva: From Russia With Lada Love

Niva Pickup Truck

Laforza

5 Liter: May the Force Be With You

LLoyd

Automotive History: Sorry, No Full Liters

Lotus

1977 Esprit S1 – Colin Chapman Takes Up Oregami

Maserati

1984 Biturbo Si: Sexy, Immobile

1986 Biturbo Spyder: Do You Feel Lucky?

Mercedes

1963 230SL: Big Shoes To Fill

1966 250SE Cabriolet (W111): The Classiest Mercedes Of Them All?

1966 250s (W108): Cadillac Und Lincoln Kaput

1970 220D: Ride In Teutonic Luxury (With 65HP)

1977 450 SEL 6.9: Deutsches Heavy Metal

MG

1950 MG TD: I Was Retro Before Retro Was Cool

1958 MGA: The Almost Great Leap Forward

1967 MGB: To B Or Not To B

1968 MGC GT: Woulda’ Shoulda’ Coulda’ Had The Rover V8

1972 MGB GT: Early Adopter

1972 Midget MkIII: Small Pleasures

1993 R V8: The Ultimate Classic MG

Opel

1966 – 1973 Opel Kadett B – It Dethroned the Volkswagen

1968 GT: Jutta’s Daily Driver

1968 Kadett Rallye 1900: The European GTO Which Up-Ended The Old World Order

1969 Kadett: Buick Dealers Really Sold These?

1975 1900: What The Vega Could Have Been

Panhard

Panhard: Back To The Future (Illustrated History)

Panhard Dyna Junior Roadster: How Did You End Up Here Like This?

Peugeot

1969 Peugeot 404: The CC Holy Grail Is Found!

1988 405 S: Rare Then, Rarer Now

1989 505 Wagon: The Last Of The World’s Greatest Wagons

The World’s Greatest Wagons: Peugeot 203, 403, 404, 504, 505 – An Illustrated History

1994 Peugeot 205: Unexpected Greatness

Porsche

The 911: Immortality Attained?

911 SC (with Honda CRX): Doubly Graced

Renault

R 17 Coupe: Hidden Treasure

R10 Sedan: When Being A Better Volkswagen Isn’t Good Enough

1986 Renault Alliance: Patina Royale

1987 GTA: An Alliance Of A Different Stripe

Rolls-Royce

Silver Cloud Series 1 (Capsule)

1982 Corniche Convertible: The Creme de la Creme

Rover/Range Rover/Land Rover

1969 2000TC: The Very Advanced (But Mostly Forgotten) Rover 2000TC (Storage Field Classic)

1971 Series III SWB: Need To Go Anywhere? No Problem!

1993 Range Rover Classic Vogue: Before The Gold Rush

Saab

1968 Saab 96: Healing The Emotions, If Not The Company

1970 95 Wagon: Saab Shows Ford How To Make The Shortest Three-Row Wagon

1970 Saab 95 Wagon (Outtake)

Saab: The Eulogy (at TTAC)

Simca

1956 Aronde (90A): French Training Wheels

1971 Simca 1204: 1971 Small Car Comparison No. 2

Sunbeam/Hillman/Singer

Sunbeam (Hillman) Imp: The British Corvair

1964 Singer Gazelle:”Motoring’s Most Elegant Experience”

1964 Rapier Series IV: A Saucier Minx

1968 Sunbeam Alpine GT Coupe: The British Barracuda

1970 Sunbeam Arrow: With Stereotype Defying 325,000 Miles

Vauxhall

1957-61 Victor F-Series: The British ’57 Chevy (Storage Field Classic)

Volkswagen

1946 Volkswagen Type1: The Beetle Crawls Out Of The Rubble

1962 Beetle Canadian Standard: Another Canadian Market Oddball

1965 Deluxe Microbus “Samba”: Tinnibus

1966 VW 1300: The Best Beetle Of Them All

1970 Karmann Ghia: The Fairest Volkswagen Of Them All

1971 Super Beetle: 1971 Small Car Comparison No.5

1974 412: VW’s Deadly Sin #1

1974 Thing (Type 181): We Hardly Knew Ye

1979 Scirocco: Irreplicable, Although VW Keeps Trying

Jetta Mk 1: Slap A Big Butt On The Back For Those Damn Amerikaner!

1982 Scirocco Mk 2: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Italian Designers

1988 Vanagon Westfalia: Slow, Expensive, And Loved The World Over

1990 Passat Wagon (B3): Practicality Uber Alles

1990 LT 4×4 Westfalia: The Vanagon Synchro’s Gnarly Globe-Trotting Big Brother (And The Ultimate Niedermeyer-Mobile?)

2003 Golf: What Makes You Think You’re Something Special When You Smile? (My CC)

Volvo

1972 144E: Volvo’s Blueprint For The Next Thirty Years

1973  1800ES: Gone But Not Forgotten (My CC)

1975 164E: The Anglo-Scandanavian

1978 245DL: The Quintessential Volvo

1980 Bertone Coupe: Lost In Translation

1982 244DL: Best Value Box

1984 240GL: Sensible Luxury

1989 740GL Wagon: Mom’s Jinx (My CC)

1990 780: Rectilinear Luxury By Bertone

Yugo: The Joke’s On U.S.