![Or should that be “Move Things In Fast Breaks?” This XM is the ultimate big hydro Citroën one-two punch, coupling serious highway cruising ability and impressive cargo capacity. It comes […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG20250817161506_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1996 Citroën XM V6 Break: Move Fast, Break Things")
![(Updated 10/23/2025) It was high noon in the sweltering humidity of the city of Tokyo (or was it Bangkok?). I trundled along, whistling a merry tune (sweating so […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/title_pic_corona2fer2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1979 Toyota Corona T130 Sedan & Liftback – Forty Years Young, Forty Years Old")
![GTI, ah what a magical trio of letters. You could put anything in front and it would sound faster. Let’s try that, in fact: Fiat Panda GTI. Morris Ital GTI. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_20221018_170443_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1993 Peugeot 309 GTI – Neutered Lion")
![(Updated 10/20/2025) Sometimes, finding CCs is all about going the extra mile. As daytime temperatures started falling in my area, I’ve had more occasions to go for long […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_20191011_102808-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1966 Isuzu Bellel – Turkey On A Stick")
![When I was in Europe last summer, I had a mental list of ‘80s and ‘90s cars that I wanted to find for CC. Most were utterly unremarkable saloons that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG20250827102645_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1997 Renault Laguna – Boring Sells")
![(Updated 10/19/2025) I’m not sure how I ended up in this particular rabbit hole, but the other day I started browsing the web for vintage photos of Alfa heavies. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/430-a-autobus-cop-depliant.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: More Vintage Alfa Romeo Bus Pics – Pure Eye Candy")
![You can’t say they didn’t try. And then tried again, and again. They tried every which way, with all manner of engines, with a hardtop or a soft one, two […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_20210104_163200_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1993 BMW 850i – BMW’s Almost Successful Übercar")
![(Updated 10/15/2025) I was kind of housebound this weekend, which enabled me to do a spot of writing. As luck would have it, I just caught an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_20191011_113932-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1997 Toyota Mark II (X70) Van – The Emperor’s Old Clothes")
![Look Dad! A Golf on stilts! Don’t mock the afflicted, kid. It’s not that poor VW’s fault if it got jacked up like that. Probably some height-obsessed owner’s idea of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DSC_3369_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1991 Volkswagen Golf Country – Don’t Point And Steyr")
![(Updated 10/14/2025) Wandering around Tokyo can lead to pleasant surprises. A hyper-modern city populated by folks who value conformity makes for some colorful contrasts. The conservative culture […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_20190909_111959-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1958 Datsun 1000 (210) – Sublime Sexagenarian")
![If Mercedes-Benz objectively still has quite a lot of brand equity in 2025, it’s certainly not thanks to the cars they’ve been making over the past quarter century. The story […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DSC_3352_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1995 Mercedes-Benz E320 (W124) Wagon – The End Of The Benz As We Knew It")
![(Updated 10/10/2025) We’ve seen a lot of Mitsuokas on CC already. The kei car. The compact. The luxury sedan. The limousine. The WTF coupé. The almost cool […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_20190831_160326-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "2003 Mitsuoka Ryoga – Mid-Range Madness")
![Not all Mitsubishis were created equal and not all of them are strictly-speaking Japanese. This second-generation (1994–1999) Eclipse, for instance, is more American than anything else. It was designed in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_20240521_112858_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse (D30) Spyder – The Prodigal Arachnid Returns")
![Older big Hondas like this Vigor are objectively awesome. Dynamic design, interesting technical solutions, great performance – it’s the full package. And that’s certainly what a lot of folks in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG20250617095945_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1994 Honda Vigor (CC2) 25S – Bigger By Name, Minor By Nature")
![Pity the poor Daihatsu. In some parallel universe, the feisty company’s Campagno would have sold well in export markets, enabling it to maintain its independence in spite of the pen-pushers […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG20250706083952_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1992 Daihatsu Mira (L200) Gran Limited – Not Exactly Gran, But Not That Limited Either")
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