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![1984 Trabant 601-S: The Other People’s Car From The Other Germany, Still Significant (Updated 11/9/2025) Today sees the 36th anniversary of perhaps the most momentous event in Europe’s history since 1945 – the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the beginning of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Trabant-601S-6.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)

![Car Show Classic – 1973 Renault 16 and The Asymmetric Suspension Configuration (Updated 10/18/2025) The Renault 16 probably needs little introduction, but if you need a refresher this is a good place to start. Unarguably, it is one of the cars […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/DSC04007.1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Classic: Talbot Tagora – Never A Chrysler, Nearly A Peugeot (Updated 10/11/2025) The 1979 incarnation of the historic Talbot name had a very high ambition-to-achievement ratio, the zenith of which was the Talbot Tagora. It was also pretty close to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/DSC04426.11.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: Citroën ID – The Goddess Storms The Bastille Of Convention How time flies, on Oct. 6th, 1955, the Citroën DS -of which the ID is a close relative- made its debut to the world. 70 years ago today. To honor […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1966-Citroen-ID.3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Bus Classic: 1949 Bedford OB – 70 Years On And Still Working (Updated 10/5/2025) A late spring Saturday, unseasonably warm, even hot. The choice was the chores or exercising the MX-5 with the roof down and a picnic in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/WP_20190601_13_56_56_Rich-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1960 Buick Invicta Hardtop – Never Heard Of It, But I Want One One of the wonders of a car show, and indeed CC, is finding the familiar car in the unfamiliar setting – a 1948 Morris Minor up against a 1975 Maserati; […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1963-buick-invicta-hardtop-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1969 Alfa Romeo Giulia 1300Ti – Nice Alfa! (Updated 9/27/2025) The CC Cohort is a gift that keeps giving. Staxman has recently posted these shots of an Alfa Romeo Giulia 1300Ti which he saw in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48468824957_6e01466264_o-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: Peugeot 205 – The Most Significant Car of the 1980s? (Updated 9/26/2025) What do you consider to be the most significant car of the 1980s? Plymouth Voyager/Dodge Caravan? Renault Espace? Mercedes-Benz 190E? GM J-car or X-car? Chrysler K-car? The […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/DSC04709.11.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: Fiat 1100D – From 1953 To 2001; From Turin To Mumbai Recently, Paul Niedermeyer showed us a Fiat 1100 pick up, which was derived at least in terms of bodywork from the 1956 1100 saloon. It was the mainstay of Fiat’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54523696471_594ac6668d_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Classic: 1968 Innocenti C – Italy Builds A Better British Sports Car (first posted 9/6/2019) Here’s one you don’t see every day, or indeed, except one day last summer, any day. An Innocenti Coupé. My first reaction, and maybe yours […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DSC08736-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1975 Leyland P76 Executive V8 – The End Of Empire (first posted 9/1/2019) The history of the British owned elements of the motor industry in Australia is not as straight forward as you might have expected. The story […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DSC00100.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Classic: 1978 Alfa Romeo 2300 Rio – Doing A World Car, The Alfa Romeo Way (first posted 8/19/2019) You probably know the feeling. Wandering through a car show field, you glimpse a familiar but rarely seen profile. Your antennae react and your brain […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DSC00410.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Find: 1982 Talbot Tagora DT – Surviving Against The Odds CC has seen the Talbot Tagora before – indeed one of the first CC profiles I did was of the Tagora. In that case, it was a car show ready, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/54642444560_558106a657_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![The 2025 CC Cohort Classic Car Show – The European Section For various reasons I won’t bore you with, I’ve not been able to go to as many car shows as usual this summer. And I’m going to miss the National […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20250315_121848-tile.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


