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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.
![Car builders recycling names, or continuing naming policies, can confuse; about where a product fits in with existing or preceding models (Renault 14 to Renault 9, for exmple), why it’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20200801_181209-tile.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: 1951 and 1959 Austin A40 – European Progress")
![There’s a saying, used in the building trade about preparing for a VIP visit and for finalising the layout of ship and aircraft interiors. “If you can’t hide it, paint […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Advertising Classics: The Citroen 2CV in the UK, 1980s – If You Can’t Hide It…..")
![The title sounds a bit odd, doesn’t it? The 2021 bit is easy enough, England hopefully obvious, and maybe Gaydon is familiar as the home of the British Motor Museum […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20210821_112712-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Photo Report – MIT Car 2021, Gaydon, England")
![(first posted 3/24/2016) Considering Vauxhall was part of the largest manufacturing concern in the world and was its flag bearer in the UK market, the company spent the 1960s and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1964vauxhallvivaHA.1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Carshow Classic: 1964 Vauxhall Viva HA Saloon – Viva Vauxhall?")
![What do you need from a hire car over two days and 350 miles? Safety, security, dependability, decently comfortable and spacious enough for those using it (in this case just […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20220303_132348.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Rental Review: 2021 Hyundai Kona Hybrid Premium – For Many, Competence And Convenience Will Win Out")
![You may have read my recent post on the Italian Car Day organised at Brooklands by a group of owner and enthusiast clubs, including the Alfa Romeo Owners’ Club. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DSC00202.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Photo Report – Italian Car Day, Brooklands, October 2021 – Part 2")
![Is it really twenty years since Ford ended production of the Escort van? Like the larger Transit, in the UK it defined its sector to the extent that vans became […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/51878544947_f48aa2471b_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: 1995-2002 Ford Escort Van – No Street Corner Should Ever Be Without One")
![Here’s something a little different. A promotional film produced by Vauxhall in 1972 for the then new proving ground at Millbrook, just 30 minutes from the Engineering Centre in Luton, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2f5921d0-50e3-4614-8d36-41144160b7b5-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside History: Millbrook Proving Ground, 1972 – Where Vauxhall Got Tough on Quality")
![One of the privileges of owning an Alfa Romeo (and there are many!) is being invited to participate in events such as Italian Car Day, organised by a consortium of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DSC00165.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Photo Report – Italian Car Day, Brooklands, October 2021")
![There’s been some love on CC recently for the second generation Mitsubishi Colt/Mirage hatchback and its derivatives. It came in many forms, under various model names – as the Colt, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/20210907_120011-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 1987- 90 Dodge Colt Station Wagon – Imported, Twice Over")
![Through the 1970s and 1980s, the cheapest new cars on the UK market, and in many European countries, were from behind the Iron Curtain – Skoda from Czechoslovakia, Polski-Fiat from […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/20211226_095602.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 1993 Proton 1.5GL Aerodeck Triple Valve – When The Iron Curtain Crumbled")
![(first posted 1/31/2016) Europe has had many great rear engined cars, some more appealing than others. It still has one, the Porsche 911, which is perhaps one of the most […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/1966HillmanImp.1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Auction Site Classic: 1966 Hillman Imp Mark II – A Car Too Far From Home, In Too Many Ways?")
![The life and career of William Morris* could appear straightforward and not unusual in the motor industry: A small bicycle maker evolves into a car builder; the business grows and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/NTIV_NUFF_1963_238_1-001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Biography: William Morris – One Man’s Lasting Influence On The British Industry And Country")
![(first posted 12/12/2015) Let me start with a confession. In 2012, I very nearly bought a 1980 Triumph TR7 roadster (or Drop Head Coupe as it was officially labelled). It […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1976TriumphTR7-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Carshow Classic: 1976 Triumph TR7 Fixed Head Coupe – The Case For The Defence")
![Last week, CC saw a drive story piece from CAR from August 1977 which took the Jaguar XJ5.3C from London to Budapest. Aside from a mechanical failure in a bought […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cover.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Magazine Rewind: CAR, September 1977 – Which Is The Best Car In The World?")
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