![What a Long Nose Peterbilt is to an American trucker, is a Scania V8 to a European driver; you can’t get higher in the gear jammers’ pecking order anymore once […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_3614.jpg "CC Global: 2007 Scania R500 Topline 6×2 Tractor – 2015 GS Meppel Semi-Trailer")
![The chance of ever finding a highly capable off-road vehicle like this downtown or in the burbs is close to zero. What we’ve got here is a spick-and-span Deutz-Fahr 6-series, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_3611.jpg "CC Global: 2017 Deutz-Fahr Agrotron 6215 TTV (With A CVT) – A Descendant Of The World’s Oldest Engine Manufacturer")
![From left to right: Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, Opel Vivaro (with a trailer), Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, Renault Trafic, Volkswagen Caddy (further in the background, inbetween the houses) and last but not least an […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_3606.jpg "CC Outtake: Half A Dozen Panel Vans – One Size Does Not Fit All")
![A short wheelbase. Hardly any rear overhang. A fully exposed chassis, sitting high, that oozes heavy-dutyness from front bumper to tail lights. That’s the typical profile of a classic 6×6 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_2991.jpg "Truckstop Classic: 1967 DAF AZ 1900 DS-420 6×6 Dump Truck – Rugged Soft Soil Roader")
![Now that we have left 2016 behind us, I thought it would be interesting to have a look at last year’s European Union new car registrations and the market shares. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/vw.jpg "CC Global: 2016 European Union Car Registrations And Market Shares – Des Volkes Wagen Leading The Pack")
![This event, held on January 14 and 15, was the first classic two wheeler show I ever visited. And I enjoyed it very much, it was an eyeopener. I learned […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_3543.jpg "Two Wheeler Classics: 2017 Autotron Oldtimer Show Motorcycles, Mopeds And Bicycles")
![Apart from the Hilux two other Toyota models caught my attention in the dealership’s showroom, while waiting for the safety inspection of my own car. Those were their latest models, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_3406.jpg "CC Global: 2017 Toyota Proace Compact Van And Toyota C-HR – The Newest Toyotas In Europe")
![Late December I visited the nearby Toyota dealership for the annual safety inspection of my 2002 Land Cruiser. It gave me just enough time to do my own inspection of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/IMG_3372.jpg "CC Global: 2017 Toyota Hilux Xtra Cab 2.4 D-4D 4WD Professional – The 8th Generation Of The Unstoppable")
![When I went for a hike last month I caught this 2009 Volvo FH-series 6×4 logging truck at the job. The truck driver was operating the chassis mounted Palfinger Epsilon […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/IMG_3366.jpg "CC Outtake: The Woodpecker II At Work")
![Early October I came across three subsequent generations of Volvo sedans. And all three of them happened to have two doors. Volvo, Latin for I roll. Make that I keep […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/IMG_3107.jpg "Car Show And Parking Lot Outtakes: Three Generations Of Two-Door Volvo Sedans")
![Here’s a bit of light therapy in those dark, cold and wet pre-Christmas weeks. This classic Mercedes-Benz convertible, with its top down, caught my attention at a car show. On […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_3328.jpg "Car Show Outtake: 1965 Mercedes-Benz 220 SE Cabriolet (W111) – Lass Die Guten Zeiten Rollen")
![This year I’ve posted dozens of pictures of classic heavy-duty trucks and tractors. Now let’s have a look at some examples of rolling jumbos we see on our roads today. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_2951.jpg "Truck Show Outtakes: A Selection Of Today’s Trucks And Tractors – DAFs Only This Time")
![In the seventies not one automaker offered such a wide variety of car models in Europe as Opel did. Their lineup between 1970 and 1980: the GT, Kadett, Ascona, Manta, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_3259.jpg "Car Show Outtakes: 1974 Opel Ascona A and 1977 Opel Kadett C – From Opel’s Heyday")
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