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![(Updated 11/20/2025) For the passing observer, old cars just seem to blend into each other or fall into cliché. Take this Jaguar MkVIIM for example; ostensibly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/MK7d.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "In Motion Classic: 1954–1956 Jaguar MkVIIM – Prima Ballerina")
![Let me take you through a potted part-history of the BMW frontal treatment and via an appreciation of the very handsome Vision Neue Klasse sedan shape before answering this existential […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/nkfront.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "BMW Vision Neue Klasse Concept Car: To Kidney or Not To Kidney")
![(first posted 9/2/2019) I thought I’d done the 330 Cedric, then this cherrybombed my phone courtesy of AVL. A rare-these-days generation, an almost immaculate example of a rarer […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cedbro3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Nissan 330 Cedric Hardtop Sedan Brougham – Spirit of ’67")
![(first posted 10/21/2014) The 1971-74 Toyota Crown was a watershed moment for the company; one that I believe had a significant influence on the initial success of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cover.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Toyota S60/S70 Crown Design History – The Thunderwhale")
![In the early 1960s, Cadillac brought some short deck variants to market – known as the Park Avenue. Pictured here is the aftershock – the extended deck Cadillac Sedan DeVille […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/caddypag1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "In Motion Classic: Pagoda De Ville Long Island Edition")
![(First posted 12/18/2014) We got a lot of Japanese vehicles in Australia, but we missed a lot of cool oddballs. There was one we did get; the Mazda Bongo – […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bongo1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Mazda F800/F1000 – Expresso Bongo.")
![(first posted 4/11/2018) Welcome to another edition of my lowly-acclaimed Missed It By That Much series. Today, we get to see almost all of the bodies produced […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/XAGTcoupe.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: Missed It By That Much – Red Ford XA GT Edition")
![(first posted 5/5/2014) I’d like to introduce you to my favourite Japanese car; the Datsun 260C sedan, aka Nissan 330 Cedric. For this article, I’m going to look at the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Dat260Cc.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Nissan Cedric – When The Pupil Becomes A Master")
![(first posted 3/5/2014) The Porsche 928 is perhaps more maligned than the recently featured 924. Water-cooling, an engine in the front and jelly-mould styling have all contributed to this car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Por928S4b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Porsche 928 – Blasphemy With a Big Butt")
![(first posted 1/16/2019) I came across the catalogue for a James Bond exhibition which had some great behind-the-scenes images and sketches. This one’s by Michael White for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/007minorsketch.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Cinema: 007 The Cars That Never Were – Morris Minor GPO Van")
![(first posted 10/4/2018) Yesterday’s piece on the Camargue garnered a lot of query around a prototype Rolls-Royce it featured. It was hardly familiar to me as well, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/blatchleyjuniors.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive History Capsule: Rolls-Royce SX Proposal")
![(first posted 10/3/2018) My musical tastes match my taste in car shapes, insofar as sitting primarily between 1950 and 1980. But there’s an essential difference between these two […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2white.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: Two Out Of Three Camargues")
![(first posted 4/9/2014 – with comments left by the daughter of this car’s owner) Last week I caught myself an Aussie beast rarer than the Tasmanian Tiger: a Ford Landau. This example […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Ford-Landau.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972-79 Australian ‘Super’ Premium Fords – Parsing FoMoCo’s Alternate Universe Broughams")
![(first posted 9/28/2018) One day a while back I took a long stroll to the beach. On my way I managed to capture a host of CCs, but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/53plymouth.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1959 Chrysler AP2 Plainsman – Happy Accident")
![Since I wrote my bio of Paul Bracq in 2018, a lot more BMW material has come to light. Olivier Guin over at Car Design Archive has been constantly feeding […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/michcover.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Design: How E12 Spelled The End For Michelotti And Bertone At BMW")
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