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- Drives an Alfa Romeo Giulietta and a 1996 Alfa Romeo Spider when the suns shines at the weekend. Gradate of Coventry University, Britain's Detroit.
![(first posted 12/5/2014) CC has already heard the story of Mallard, the world’s fastest steam locomotive and pride of the London and North Eastern Railway. But by 1960, Mallard and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/very-smokey-deltic.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Trackside Classic: 1961 British Rail Class 55 ‘Deltic’ Diesel Locomotive – A Distinctive Roar of Confidence on Britain’s Rails")
![(first posted 11/21/2014) This month (indeed as I write, today) sees the 25th anniversary of perhaps the most momentous event in Europe’s history since 1945 – the collapse of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a-trab.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Carshow Classic: 1984 Trabant 601-S – The Other People’s Car From The Other Germany")
![Sometimes, you come across something that disrupts preconceptions. If you were to say something about the British motor industry in the 1950s, terms like complacency, insularity and under developed may […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Austin-1955-Range-1-horz.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Video: BMC Tests Cars On German Autobahns")
![(first posted 11/11/2014) The appeal of cars ranges from the strictly emotional and subjective to the purely rational assessment of utility and cost. The French have a rather unique ability […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/espace-mk1-Alessio3373.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1984 Renault Espace – La Monospace Est Arrivée")
![Here’s something to make up for the lack of motor shows in 2020. The annual London Motor Show is long gone, as is the replacement event in Birmingham. The last […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/30433092391.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Newsreels: When The Earls Court London Motor Show Was A Sign Of Changing Times – 1962-1978")
![If you were to name a British sports saloon in the late 1970s that included the qualities of traditional sports cars, history, familiarity, relative affordability, high performance and innovation, then […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG_2753.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Auction Site Classic: 1980 Talbot Sunbeam Lotus – All The Right Ingredients")
![(first posted 10/29/2014) 1981 was a tough year in Britain. There were riots in many cities that summer, against government policies, or more accurately the perceived lack of effect—or even […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1981-Trimph-Acclaim-CD-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Carshow Classic: 1981 Triumph Acclaim CD – A Triumph, To Any Acclaim?")
![(first posted 10/18/2014) In the history of our favourite industry, many great names, perhaps most, can be traced back to the drive, ambition and ingenuity of one person, who would […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/leaper.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Jaguar and Sir William Lyons – One Man’s Passion For Gracefulness, Beauty And Speed")
![I’ve said it before, but the Curbside Cohort is the gift that just keeps giving. Following on from the 1960 Vauxhall Victor we saw in May this year comes a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/50368378638_27ec1733b4_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: 1961 Envoy Sherwood – A Vauxhall For Canada")
![It’s been a long summer and I suspect I’m not unique in suffering. Given the lack of car shows (I’ve been to one, just one!), we’re all suffering from ESC(CorO)SDS, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20200913_142822.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 1960-1967 Sunbeam Alpines – How Do You Take Yours?")
![(first posted 10/1/2014) Loyal CC follower Big Paws spotted this Thunderbird on holiday in Sonoma, and what a good reason this is for having gone there. He was only able to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DSC_9291.crop_.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1962 Ford Thunderbird SportsWagon Conversion – What’s Not To Like About The Vista-Bird Thunder Cruiser?")
![Motor manufacturers, perhaps more than many entrepreneurs, have a history of putting their name over the door. Names that are now familiar now, such as Ford, Benz, Daimler, Porsche, Renault, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSC07837.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Carshow Classic: 1934 Lanchester 18 Mulliner 6 Light Saloon – Remembering Dr Fred")
![(first posted 9/18/2014) The Morris Marina was the first new car from the newly merged British Leyland (BLMC) and illustrates clearly why the volume car business of the preceding BMC […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/a-Marina.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Carshow Classic: 1973 Morris Marina Coupe 1.8TC – A BLMC Deadly Sin")
![(first posted September 13, 2014) For many people in Nazi dominated Europe, the distinctive silhouette of an Avro Lancaster against a moonlit sky (or in the beam of searchlights) […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/lancaster-burning-and-turning.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Rampside Classic: 1945 Avro Lancaster B1 – Even More Than The Sports Car, This Is The Shape Of Freedom")
![Styling is always, at least in part, an expression of a fashion, and of influences from elsewhere, hinting at glamour by association, claiming sophistication or performance by visually linking to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IMG_20200805_090924641.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 Vauxhall VX2300GLS – The End Of The British Vauxhall, The End Of Americana?")
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