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![There there, we’re almost done. Just this last hundred-plus bunch of pics and we can call it a day. We will start proceedings by way of a stunning BMW M1 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_20230312_131741-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (January-May 2023) – Part 3: German, Italian, French & Swedish Cars")
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (January-May 2023) – Part 3: German, Italian, French & Swedish Cars
Posted on June 3, 2023 | 9 CommentsThere there, we’re almost done. Just this last hundred-plus bunch of pics and we can call it a day. We will start proceedings by way of a stunning BMW M1 […] -
![I’ve chosen to start the foreign car posts with the two largest contingents (by nation of origin) encountered in Tokyo over the winter and spring of this year – the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_20230506_110527-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (January-May 2023) – Part 2: British & American Cars")
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (January-May 2023) – Part 2: British & American Cars
Posted on June 2, 2023 | 21 CommentsI’ve chosen to start the foreign car posts with the two largest contingents (by nation of origin) encountered in Tokyo over the winter and spring of this year – the […] -
![Five months of brief encounters is a lot in this town, but I think I should be able to make it all fit in three roughly equal 100-plus-pic posts. Why […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_20230205_122915-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (January-May 2023) – Part 1: Japanese Cars")
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (January-May 2023) – Part 1: Japanese Cars
Posted on June 1, 2023 | 21 CommentsFive months of brief encounters is a lot in this town, but I think I should be able to make it all fit in three roughly equal 100-plus-pic posts. Why […] -
![(first posted 5/31/2017) Thank you for your patience: I realize this is the moment some of you were waiting for, our final chapter, the death of NSU. Unlike […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/GermanDS2_NSU.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: German Deadly Sins (The Neckarsulm Chronicles, Part 3) – The NSU Ro 80, Todsünde Durch Technik")
Automotive History: German Deadly Sins (The Neckarsulm Chronicles, Part 3) – The NSU Ro 80, Todsünde Durch Technik
Posted on May 31, 2023 | 87 Comments(first posted 5/31/2017) Thank you for your patience: I realize this is the moment some of you were waiting for, our final chapter, the death of NSU. Unlike […] -
![(first posted 5/30/2017) The Neckarsulm Chronicles will be making a pit stop (via Saxony) in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. After all, whatever is left of NSU is now called […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/GermanDS2_DKW.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: German Deadly Sins (The Neckarsulm Chronicles, Part 2) – DKW: Two-Strokes And You’re Out")
Automotive History: German Deadly Sins (The Neckarsulm Chronicles, Part 2) – DKW: Two-Strokes And You’re Out
Posted on May 30, 2023 | 55 Comments(first posted 5/30/2017) The Neckarsulm Chronicles will be making a pit stop (via Saxony) in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. After all, whatever is left of NSU is now called […] -
![(first posted 5/29/2017) Grüẞe, Kurbivoren! This is the second trilogy on German Deadly Sins, now focusing on the Baden-Württemberg town of Neckarsulm (though we will visit Bavaria again […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/GermanDS2_neckar.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: German Deadly Sins (The Neckarsulm Chronicles, Part 1) – Fiat Get Their Neckars In A Twist")
Automotive History: German Deadly Sins (The Neckarsulm Chronicles, Part 1) – Fiat Get Their Neckars In A Twist
Posted on May 29, 2023 | 25 Comments(first posted 5/29/2017) Grüẞe, Kurbivoren! This is the second trilogy on German Deadly Sins, now focusing on the Baden-Württemberg town of Neckarsulm (though we will visit Bavaria again […] -
![When it comes to automotive esthetics, a case could be made that there are three kinds of cars: some are beautiful all around, some are ugly through and through (looking […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_20230312_125856-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1972 Toyota Corona Mark II (X20) GSS Coupé – Shocked And Peeved")
CC Capsule: 1972 Toyota Corona Mark II (X20) GSS Coupé – Shocked And Peeved
Posted on May 29, 2023 | 26 CommentsWhen it comes to automotive esthetics, a case could be made that there are three kinds of cars: some are beautiful all around, some are ugly through and through (looking […] -
![Boy, was this tough. Ten times I’ve tried to write an opening sentence for this post, but they all sounded inane or pompous. How could one write something silly when […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_20230331_091821-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1930 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental DHC by Carlton Carriage – Seeing Ghosts")
Curbside Classic: 1930 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental DHC by Carlton Carriage – Seeing Ghosts
Posted on May 26, 2023 | 10 CommentsBoy, was this tough. Ten times I’ve tried to write an opening sentence for this post, but they all sounded inane or pompous. How could one write something silly when […] -
![It took me close to four years. I kept bumping into all manner of Mitsuokas, mock BMC Princesses, shrunken VW vans and the like. Heck, I even found yet another […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_20230421_113157-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 2004 Suzuki Alto Lapin “Quatre” by DAMD – Gimme Four")
CC Capsule: 2004 Suzuki Alto Lapin “Quatre” by DAMD – Gimme Four
Posted on May 23, 2023 | 13 CommentsIt took me close to four years. I kept bumping into all manner of Mitsuokas, mock BMC Princesses, shrunken VW vans and the like. Heck, I even found yet another […] -
![Pencils have erasers; cars have reverse gears. As a CContributor, then, it was perhaps in the very nature of the beast that a (long) pause would take place. But there’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_20220724_141811-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V Collector’s Series – Mark? My Word!")
CC Capsule: 1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V Collector’s Series – Mark? My Word!
Posted on May 22, 2023 | 45 CommentsPencils have erasers; cars have reverse gears. As a CContributor, then, it was perhaps in the very nature of the beast that a (long) pause would take place. But there’s […] -
![(first posted 4/8/2017) Hallo, Klassische Kurbseid Freunde, for our final German Deadly Sin – of this “Cycle” anyway. So after BMW’s near-death experience and Borgward’s obliteration and episodic re-births, let’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GermanDS_glas.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: German Deadly Sins (The Bayern Cycle, Part 3) – The Shattered Ambitions Of Glas")
Automotive History: German Deadly Sins (The Bayern Cycle, Part 3) – The Shattered Ambitions Of Glas
Posted on April 8, 2023 | 41 Comments(first posted 4/8/2017) Hallo, Klassische Kurbseid Freunde, for our final German Deadly Sin – of this “Cycle” anyway. So after BMW’s near-death experience and Borgward’s obliteration and episodic re-births, let’s […] -
![(first posted 4/7/2017) The fall of the Byzantine Empire, the 1929 Wall Street Crash and the implosion of the USSR have nothing on the collapse of Borgward. OK, perhaps they […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GermanDS_Borg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: German Deadly Sins (The Bayern Cycle, Part 2) – A Four-Wheeled Titanic Named Borgward")
Automotive History: German Deadly Sins (The Bayern Cycle, Part 2) – A Four-Wheeled Titanic Named Borgward
Posted on April 7, 2023 | 63 Comments(first posted 4/7/2017) The fall of the Byzantine Empire, the 1929 Wall Street Crash and the implosion of the USSR have nothing on the collapse of Borgward. OK, perhaps they […] -
![(first posted 4/6/207) Wilkommen, meinen Damen und Herren, to the Deadly Sins of the German car industry. Why “Bayern Cycle”? Because this trilogy, or Wagnerian importance and length, revolves around […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GermanDS_BMW.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: German Deadly Sins (The Bayern Cycle, Part 1) – BMW’s Brush With Death: The V8 Cars")
Automotive History: German Deadly Sins (The Bayern Cycle, Part 1) – BMW’s Brush With Death: The V8 Cars
Posted on April 6, 2023 | 68 Comments(first posted 4/6/207) Wilkommen, meinen Damen und Herren, to the Deadly Sins of the German car industry. Why “Bayern Cycle”? Because this trilogy, or Wagnerian importance and length, revolves around […] -
![(first posted 3/18/2017) Welcome to the third and final installment of the ‘60s British Deadly Sins. The term “globalization” may be a more recent coinage, but half a century ago, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/GBDS-GK.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: British Deadly Sins (‘60s Edition, Part 3): Gordon-Keeble")
Automotive History: British Deadly Sins (‘60s Edition, Part 3): Gordon-Keeble
Posted on March 18, 2023 | 28 Comments(first posted 3/18/2017) Welcome to the third and final installment of the ‘60s British Deadly Sins. The term “globalization” may be a more recent coinage, but half a century ago, […] -
![(first posted 3/17/2017) The Alvis we saw yesterday may have been a posh lady in a conservative dress, but today we’re going to take a look at automotive royalty in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/GBDS-LAGONDA.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: British Deadly Sins (‘60s Edition, Part 2) – Lagonda Rapide")
Automotive History: British Deadly Sins (‘60s Edition, Part 2) – Lagonda Rapide
Posted on March 17, 2023 | 35 Comments(first posted 3/17/2017) The Alvis we saw yesterday may have been a posh lady in a conservative dress, but today we’re going to take a look at automotive royalty in […]
