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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.
![Ten years ago this spring, Britain’s MG-Rover Group went in administration, and a large element of the British Leyland story reached its final chapter. Whilst this is not directly attributable […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2006_Cityrover_10.jpg "Curbside Classic: 2005 MGR CityRover Select – Too Little, Too Late")
![Sunday 26 April was the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs’ (FBHVC) annual Drive-It Day, when vehicle clubs are encouraged to organise events and rendezvous points for classic and historic […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mx5-meets-Avantine.jpg "Carshow Classics: FBHVC Drive It Day – So, We Went To The Pub!")
![(*2005 Millau Viaduct: “Between the Earth and the Sky”) Normally, a slogan for a bridge is the sort of the marketing and awareness gimmick that I ignore, not least so […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1680,height=1050,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/08_millauViaduct-42-30962067.jpg "Classic Curbside – 2005 Viaduc de Millau, France: “Entre La Terre et La Ciel”*")
![The Wolseley Eight was a badge engineered, upscale version of the Morris Eight Series E, one of Britain’s most popular and numerous cars of the immediate pre-war and post-war periods. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Lord-Nuffieldss-closet-1.jpg "Museum Outtake: 1946 Wolseley Eight – Your Car Is Ready, Lady Nuffield")
![Where is the best place to place the engine in a van? Ahead of the cab, using up useful length? At the rear, taking height out of the load bay? […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Spacevan-1.jpg "Auction Site Classic: 1980 Dodge Spacevan – Can 27,000 Telephone Engineers be Wrong?")
![Spring is coming, and so your thoughts are turning to a sports car, obviously. May be there’s one waiting in the garage for The Great Awakening, or may be you’re […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/MGB_MGF_1.jpg "Curbside Compare and Contrast: 1965 MGB and 2006 MG TF 135 – Roadsters Ancient And Modern?")
![What is it about the Austin Maestro? Why is it perpetually the subject of ridicule and derision? On a strictly rational basis, it is always possible to make the case […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/1984-MG-Maestro_3.jpg "Carshow Classic: 1984 MG Maestro 1600 – When Being Better Than Before Is Not Good Enough")
![In July 1967, a Morris Minor saloon was delivered to its new owner. We can be sure he was pleased with it, as he allowed it to accumulate just 190 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/1968-morris-minor.6.jpg "Auction Capsule: 1967 Morris Minor 1100 – With 190 Miles And One (Very) Careful Owner")
![One of the pleasures in contributing to CC is dong the research for a feature, and discovering something like this. Just as Paul Niedermeyer found the fascinating Rampside Classic Boeing […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bristol-freighter.jpg "Rampside Outtake – Silver City Airways Bristol Type 170 Freighter")
![According to the most commonly understood history, Mercedes-Benz did not produce an estate car until the 1978 W123, of which the 280TE version remains a personal favourite of mine. Certainly, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1966-Mercedes-Benz-230-Universal_1.jpg "Carshow Capsule: 1966 Mercedes-Benz 230 Universal – Is This The First Mercedes Estate?")
![Great news! The Vauxhall Viva is back! The Viva was one of Vauxhall’s two best selling model names of the 1960s, starting with the Viva HA series in 1963 and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/4_1stcaroffthelineatellesmereport_1.jpg "QOTD: The Vauxhall Viva Is Back With Us! Which Other Old Nameplate Should Follow?")
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