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![QOTD: Best Taillights Ever? (first posted 2/20/2017) Last week’s Citroen C6 article by William Stopford reminded me of how much I loved that model’s rear lights. My very positive response was not unanimously shared, which has led to today’s QOTD: […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/t-bird-rear.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1992-1995 Porsche 968. Phoning It In. (first posted 1/6/2017) I’ve been seeing a few 928s lately. Here in Melbourne, they appear to have found a band of (mostly well-heeled) loyalists who enjoy using them as daily […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/968cover.jpg)
![CC Outtake: The Deliberately Anonymous Car Part 1 (first posted 9/13/2016) The deliberately anonymous car – a tool for the non-aligned industrial supplier to circumvent an implied preference (or as we will see in a few weeks, liability) […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/carbidecar.jpg)
![Automotive History: Jack Brabham – You Make Your Own Luck (first posted 9/4/2016) Since 1950, 754 drivers have started in a Formula One Championship Grand Prix. Of those, there have been 106 different race winners. Of those, 32 have won […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/66zand.jpg)
![Curbside Capsule: 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 Custom Sedan (first posted 7/26/2016) Wikipedia lists over 170 different cognitive biases. For some inexplicable reason the CC effect is not mentioned among them, and yet I just can’t seem to escape […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/460badge.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1953-1955 Sunbeam Alpine – First Dibs (first posted 7/1/2016) The CC Effect can strike most obliquely. Just as I was putting the finishing touches to my Alpine A310 piece, I came across my first ever Sunbeam […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sunbeam2-1.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1971-76 Alpine A310 – Bittersweet Edge (first posted 6/25/2016) For some the Alpine A310 is an acquired taste, for others it is ‘jolie laide’ and for others again it’s just plain ugly. But when I first […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Alp310f.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1977-80 HZ Holden One Tonner – A Genuine Grandpa’s Axe (2/24/2016) The conundrum of Grandpa’s Axe, sometimes known as Lincoln’s Axe, is a simple one. The handle gets worn or broken and replaced. Then the head for whatever reason needs […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/pictures_holden_one_tonner_1971_1.jpg)
![CC Outtake: 1967 Buick Riviera GS – Stunning (first posted 2/10/2016) This image does a lot for me. It’s the ideal combination of vantage point and subject matter. We’ve covered the Riviera quite a bit here, but […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/riv3.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1977 Range Rover – Success At Face Value (first posted 1/30/2016) I came across this pristine Range Rover parked very close to home. This shape has long been an object of my adoration, and my eyes popped when […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/RRover7.jpg)
![Concept Capsule: Recreationism Toyota Style (first posted 1/12/2016) Back in the early 1970s, Toyota started to put some different thinking into recreational transportation. The 1971 RV-1 was the first of a series of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/RV1a.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1962-67 S40 Toyota Crown – The Generation Gap (first posted 1/15/2016) From some perspectives, the Toyota Crown was the car that paved the way for the great leap upwards into the Lexus brand. In hindsight, its existence seems […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/s40e.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1973 Buick Centurion Convertible – Catching Cows (first posted 1/12/2016) With Toyota Week firing on all four cylinders, now is probably the right time for some respite in the form of a gargantuan US ragtop. To my […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cent1.jpg)
![CC Cinema: YT-1300 ‘Millennium Falcon’ – A Long Time Ago… (first posted Stardate 12/17/2015) … I found a book in a second-hand shop called ‘Architecture Without Architects’ (Bernard Rudovsky, pub. MOMA, New York, 1964). It’s a superb compendium of buildings […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/millennium-falcon-bed-11.jpg)
![Automotive History: 1966 Mazda Luce, Bertone And The Alfa That Wasn’t (first posted 10/3/2015) The body of the 1966 Mazda Luce is a masterpiece of sophistication and simplicity. In this extended piece, I look at a relationship between carmaker and carrozzeria […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1966_Mazda_Luce_003_2392.jpg)


