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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Mads Jensen
Posts by Mads Jensen
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![As mentioned in very clear terms in the past installment, the Saab 9-5 had to go and fast. So while putting the Saab up for sale and regularly reducing the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_20220707_173347.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2012 Ford Focus 1.0 125 Ecoboost Titanium Wagon")
COAL: 2012 Ford Focus 1.0 125 Ecoboost Titanium Wagon
Posted on January 24, 2023 | 24 CommentsAs mentioned in very clear terms in the past installment, the Saab 9-5 had to go and fast. So while putting the Saab up for sale and regularly reducing the […] -
![As mentioned in my previous COAL, I was getting ready to sell the 2009 Mondeo and was considering what to buy. Here are some of my considerations: I wanted something […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_20210812_085804.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2005 Saab 9-5 2.0t Estate")
COAL: 2005 Saab 9-5 2.0t Estate
Posted on January 19, 2023 | 15 CommentsAs mentioned in my previous COAL, I was getting ready to sell the 2009 Mondeo and was considering what to buy. Here are some of my considerations: I wanted something […] -
![While I really did like the car in many ways, I just never really liked it. I see why I liked it when I bought it on May 8th 2020. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_20210617_130518.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL Update: 2009 Ford Mondeo 2.0 Titanium Wagon – Time To Say Goodbye")
COAL Update: 2009 Ford Mondeo 2.0 Titanium Wagon – Time To Say Goodbye
Posted on January 14, 2023 | 7 CommentsWhile I really did like the car in many ways, I just never really liked it. I see why I liked it when I bought it on May 8th 2020. […] -
![(first posted 8/26/2015) “Vorsprung Durch Technik” – Audi’s famous slogan (roughly translates into “advancement through technology”) varies quite a bit in applicability depending on the Audi to which it ascribed. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/AudiA2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Audi A2 1.2 TDI – Vorsprung Durch Technik")
Curbside Classic: Audi A2 1.2 TDI – Vorsprung Durch Technik
Posted on August 26, 2021 | 114 Comments(first posted 8/26/2015) “Vorsprung Durch Technik” – Audi’s famous slogan (roughly translates into “advancement through technology”) varies quite a bit in applicability depending on the Audi to which it ascribed. […] -
![(first posted 7/23/2015) This site has looked at the 75 in various Outtakes but this car really deserves its own CC. I owned one of these in the perfectly-balanced two-liter […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/7504.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Alfa Romeo 75 (Milano) – Alfa Romeo’s Swansong")
Curbside Classic: Alfa Romeo 75 (Milano) – Alfa Romeo’s Swansong
Posted on July 23, 2021 | 86 Comments(first posted 7/23/2015) This site has looked at the 75 in various Outtakes but this car really deserves its own CC. I owned one of these in the perfectly-balanced two-liter […] -
![So with the 2007 Diesel Focus totaled and a new job much closer to home, it was time to change cars again. In Denmark diesel cars are taxed harder than […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG_20200714_171951.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2009 Ford Mondeo 2.0 Titanium Wagon")
COAL: 2009 Ford Mondeo 2.0 Titanium Wagon
Posted on October 27, 2020 | 18 CommentsSo with the 2007 Diesel Focus totaled and a new job much closer to home, it was time to change cars again. In Denmark diesel cars are taxed harder than […] -
![My Focus is no longer with me, but it has been like a good dog, always there and never complaining. For all its blandness, this car was really, really good […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG_20180805_150926.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL Update: 2007 Ford Focus 1.8 TDCI Wagon")
COAL Update: 2007 Ford Focus 1.8 TDCI Wagon
Posted on October 23, 2020 | 19 CommentsMy Focus is no longer with me, but it has been like a good dog, always there and never complaining. For all its blandness, this car was really, really good […] -
![The Karma was built in Finland, but it was the brainchild of Danish car designer Henrik Fisker (BMW Z8, Aston Martin DB9 and others), so it is featured as a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_20190817_135021.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Danish Delights #11: 2011 Fisker Karma")
Danish Delights #11: 2011 Fisker Karma
Posted on September 18, 2019 | 21 CommentsThe Karma was built in Finland, but it was the brainchild of Danish car designer Henrik Fisker (BMW Z8, Aston Martin DB9 and others), so it is featured as a […] -
![This one was new to me when I saw it in August of 2019 at the Danish Museum of Science and Technology, but it does fit the mold of all […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_20190817_134430.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Danish Delights #10: 1999 Connector 2001")
Danish Delights #10: 1999 Connector 2001
Posted on September 11, 2019 | 12 CommentsThis one was new to me when I saw it in August of 2019 at the Danish Museum of Science and Technology, but it does fit the mold of all […] -
![This is probably my favorite Danish car and it is so because its story so beautifully serves as a metaphor for the Danish post-war car industry (prior to WWII there […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_20190817_134236.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Danish Delights #9: 1983 Hope Whisper")
Danish Delights #9: 1983 Hope Whisper
Posted on September 4, 2019 | 22 CommentsThis is probably my favorite Danish car and it is so because its story so beautifully serves as a metaphor for the Danish post-war car industry (prior to WWII there […] -
![With some four years delay, I have finally got around to some collecting some more photos and written text to go along with it. This is the first of another […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_20190817_131354.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Danish Delights #8: 1888 Hammelvognen")
Danish Delights #8: 1888 Hammelvognen
Posted on August 28, 2019 | 13 CommentsWith some four years delay, I have finally got around to some collecting some more photos and written text to go along with it. This is the first of another […] -
Wordless Outtake: If This Is Their Final Resting Place, How Did They Get Here?
Posted on July 20, 2018 | 7 CommentsBallerup, Denmark, July 2018. -
Wordless Outtake: Eerie
Posted on June 30, 2018 | 12 Comments -
![Time for another car! It had been two full years since the V40 was wrecked when I got a new job at a major pharmaceutical company. The position was full-time […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IMG_20170427_155440.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2007 Ford Focus 1.8 TDCI Wagon")
COAL: 2007 Ford Focus 1.8 TDCI Wagon
Posted on August 25, 2017 | 38 CommentsTime for another car! It had been two full years since the V40 was wrecked when I got a new job at a major pharmaceutical company. The position was full-time […] -
![In 2012 my girlfriend and I learned that we were expecting our first child. We decided that a car would make things more manageable as we live hundreds of miles […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2013-08-03-12.16.08.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2001 Volvo V40 1.8 Business – “The Crimson Express”")
COAL: 2001 Volvo V40 1.8 Business – “The Crimson Express”
Posted on August 16, 2017 | 20 CommentsIn 2012 my girlfriend and I learned that we were expecting our first child. We decided that a car would make things more manageable as we live hundreds of miles […]
