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Curbside Find: 1985 Citroën CX 25 GTI – Better Than Original
Posted on February 17, 2025 | 11 CommentsFrench Large ‘80s Saloon Week is finally here, folks – and it’s off to a great start, as I’m sure you’ll agree. After all, who doesn’t like a CX? But […] -
Curbside Classic: 1959 MGA 1500 Le Mans Replica – The OMG Factor
Posted on February 16, 2025 | 15 Comments(first posted 2/16/2019) I have no idea how in the world this MG A came to a corner of my street in Bangkok. It looked like it materialized […] -
Car Show Classic: 1963 Humber Sceptre – Lipstick On A Minx
Posted on February 14, 2025 | 21 CommentsIn the Riley post we looked at recently, I stated that BMC were past masters at badge-engineering – and they certainly were. But in the British automotive landscape of the […] -
Curbside Find: 1965 Ford Cortina GT – Nothing To Add
Posted on February 12, 2025 | 30 CommentsWe couldn’t have a ‘60s British Saloon Week without a small contribution from Dagenham, could we? Behold, the Cortina GT, a true legend in its own time and, short of […] -
Curbside Classic: 1962 Riley One-Point-Five – Old-Fashioned Charm
Posted on February 10, 2025 | 24 CommentsYou have to hand it to the BMC boys. They were masters at badge engineering, at stretching a bodyshell’s life to its extreme limit and at glamorizing the dullest econobox […] -
Curbside Classic: 1987 Volkswagen Santana Xi5 Autobahn DOHC – Nissan’s Quantum Entanglement
Posted on February 7, 2025 | 17 CommentsWhether you know this car as the Santana, the Quantum, the Corsar, the Carat or the Passat, you know it was made by the good people at Volkswagen. Sometimes in […] -
Curbside Classic: 1976 BMW 1502 – Poverty Speck
Posted on February 5, 2025 | 19 CommentsWhat do you do when you have just launched a brand-new smaller model, but you are still in the process of ramping up production and need to keep your hungry […] -
Curbside Classic: 1970 Mercedes-Benz 200 Automatic (W115) – Keep Guessing, M/8
Posted on February 3, 2025 | 15 CommentsCC is really about the luck of the draw. Sometimes you walk around for a couple of blocks and find something truly amazing, sometimes you hit a dry spell and […] -
Curbside Classic: 1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst – High-Flying Fuselage
Posted on January 31, 2025 | 37 CommentsFull-size ‘70s American cars are a real pain to own in Tokyo. Well over half of the streets here are too narrow for them, fuel costs are way higher, some […] -
Curbside Find: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS 350 Sport Coupe – Orange You Glad?
Posted on January 30, 2025 | 14 CommentsFor those of us not located in North America, where early Camaros are not a dime a dozen, finding a 1969 SS in the wild (or what passes for wilderness […] -
Curbside Classic: 1965 Shelby AC Cobra – Power To The Aristocrats
Posted on January 28, 2025 | 20 CommentsAfter a slight pause in posting (2025 is off to a busy start) and to inaugurate yet another week of CC finds in Tokyo, this one dedicated to the glory […] -
Curbside Classic: 1995 Autozam Revue – Not So Big In Japan
Posted on January 17, 2025 | 15 CommentsTo close this Week of Small JDM curios, what could be better than Autozam, a marque whose brief existence personified the concept of strange and petite on this market in […] -
Curbside Classic: 1991 Subaru Rex VX Open Top – The King’s Last Stand
Posted on January 16, 2025 | 8 CommentsFor the world at large, Subaru was mostly known as a maker of boxer-engined AWD saloons and wagons. But domestically, the Gunma-based automobile arm of Fuji Heavy Industries (formerly known […] -
Curbside Classic: 2001 Mitsuoka Yuga – Square-Looking Cube
Posted on January 14, 2025 | 11 CommentsWe haven’t had a Mitsuoka post in a long time. I am sorry about that, but the rate of 2-3 Mitsuoka posts per annum we had in 2019-23 was unsustainable […] -
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (October-December 2024) – Part 5: Yet More Foreign Cars (British, Swedish & The Rest)
Posted on January 11, 2025 | 34 CommentsSlightly belatedly, due to a rather hectic travel schedule, here is the final part of the late 2024 T87 Singles Collection. We have a lot of British steel to get […]
![Curbside Find: 1985 Citroën CX 25 GTI – Better Than Original French Large ‘80s Saloon Week is finally here, folks – and it’s off to a great start, as I’m sure you’ll agree. After all, who doesn’t like a CX? But […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_20240331_121530_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1959 MGA 1500 Le Mans Replica – The OMG Factor (first posted 2/16/2019) I have no idea how in the world this MG A came to a corner of my street in Bangkok. It looked like it materialized […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/IMG_20181212_124234-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Classic: 1963 Humber Sceptre – Lipstick On A Minx In the Riley post we looked at recently, I stated that BMC were past masters at badge-engineering – and they certainly were. But in the British automotive landscape of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_20240407_115140_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Find: 1965 Ford Cortina GT – Nothing To Add We couldn’t have a ‘60s British Saloon Week without a small contribution from Dagenham, could we? Behold, the Cortina GT, a true legend in its own time and, short of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_20220421_084716_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1962 Riley One-Point-Five – Old-Fashioned Charm You have to hand it to the BMC boys. They were masters at badge engineering, at stretching a bodyshell’s life to its extreme limit and at glamorizing the dullest econobox […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_20230924_115132_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1987 Volkswagen Santana Xi5 Autobahn DOHC – Nissan’s Quantum Entanglement Whether you know this car as the Santana, the Quantum, the Corsar, the Carat or the Passat, you know it was made by the good people at Volkswagen. Sometimes in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_20240818_092528_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1976 BMW 1502 – Poverty Speck What do you do when you have just launched a brand-new smaller model, but you are still in the process of ramping up production and need to keep your hungry […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_20241208_101319_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1970 Mercedes-Benz 200 Automatic (W115) – Keep Guessing, M/8 CC is really about the luck of the draw. Sometimes you walk around for a couple of blocks and find something truly amazing, sometimes you hit a dry spell and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_20240929_081855_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst – High-Flying Fuselage Full-size ‘70s American cars are a real pain to own in Tokyo. Well over half of the streets here are too narrow for them, fuel costs are way higher, some […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20241103_095813_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Find: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS 350 Sport Coupe – Orange You Glad? For those of us not located in North America, where early Camaros are not a dime a dozen, finding a 1969 SS in the wild (or what passes for wilderness […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20240220_130639_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1965 Shelby AC Cobra – Power To The Aristocrats After a slight pause in posting (2025 is off to a busy start) and to inaugurate yet another week of CC finds in Tokyo, this one dedicated to the glory […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20240331_091747_Ed.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1995 Autozam Revue – Not So Big In Japan To close this Week of Small JDM curios, what could be better than Autozam, a marque whose brief existence personified the concept of strange and petite on this market in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20230411_091908_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1991 Subaru Rex VX Open Top – The King’s Last Stand For the world at large, Subaru was mostly known as a maker of boxer-engined AWD saloons and wagons. But domestically, the Gunma-based automobile arm of Fuji Heavy Industries (formerly known […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20220609_155134_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 2001 Mitsuoka Yuga – Square-Looking Cube We haven’t had a Mitsuoka post in a long time. I am sorry about that, but the rate of 2-3 Mitsuoka posts per annum we had in 2019-23 was unsustainable […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20240505_095715_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (October-December 2024) – Part 5: Yet More Foreign Cars (British, Swedish & The Rest) Slightly belatedly, due to a rather hectic travel schedule, here is the final part of the late 2024 T87 Singles Collection. We have a lot of British steel to get […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20241022_112644_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


