![Just a short post for this second installment of “JDM Rarities Week,” but it’s one that really took me by surprise. I assume some of you might have heard about […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_20231103_112018_edited.jpg "CC Capsule: 1998 Tommykaira ZZ – Gone In (Almost) 60 Seconds")
![This week, we are going back to the weird and wonderful world of JDM – the twist here being that the cars we’re going to examine are genuine rarities, even […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_20240310_121242_edited.jpg "Museum Classic / Automotive History: 1947 Tama E4S-47 – Arch-EV-ological Artefact")
![I don’t want to end “French Oddball Coupé (ok, Cabriolet, in this particular instance) Week(s)” on a downer, but hey, it’s a Talbot. So down into the valley of tears, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_20230807_231811_edited.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1985 Talbot Samba Cabriolet – Gone To Live On A Farm Upstate")
![Boy, this is going to be a challenge. Don Andreina, the sorely missed recently returning contributor from Down Under who authored so many quintessential CC posts, really outdid himself when […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_20240407_122017_edited.jpg "CC Twofer: 1973 & 1975 Alpine A310 – The French 912?")
![Apologies for stretching this “French Oddball Coupé Week” into more of a fortnight, but sometimes writing these posts takes a little longer than planned. Anyway, here’s two-door oddball numéro trois […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_20230730_201740_edited.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1954 Salmson 2300 S – Fat Lady Clears Her Throat")
![(first posted 4/5/2018) Welcome to the second part of this look at FWD history in general and FWD cars that went Rong Wheel Drive in particular. After the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/tractionpropulsion-1.jpg "Automotive History: Advancing Backwards – The Front-Drivers That Went RWD (Part 2: 1970-present)")
![(first posted 4/4/2018) The dominance of front-wheel drive (FWD) designs has been with us for around half a century now, though some might point to the 1770 contraption […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Frdier_Cugnot_1769.jpg "Automotive History: Advancing Backwards – The Front-Drivers That Went RWD (Part 1: 1930-1960)"){kind=small}
![Our second entry in this so-called French Coupé Week is not, according to its maker, a coupé as such. The “B” in Panhard 24 BT stands for berline (saloon/sedan). So […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_20230730_195035_edited.jpg "Car Show Capsule: 1965 Panhard 24 BT – Sculptural, Sepulchral")
![I’m calling this “Oddball French Coupé Week” – French because, well, *Gallic shrug*. Coupé – not “coop” if you please – because two doors. And oddball because, for once, we […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_20230702_092742_edited.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1967 Matra Djet V S – One For The Road")
![To end this week dedicated to German convertibles on a high note, what else could we have but a classic Benz? We’re talking classic in the most literal sense in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_20240324_100003_edited.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1955 Mercedes-Benz 220 (W187) Cabriolet A – Back In Benz-ness")
![I know, it’s a pity this couldn’t be a little older. Those stupid big bumpers and oversized rear lights are kind of disgraceful. As is the interior, frankly. But despite […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_20230819_192033_edited.jpg "CC Capsule: 1973 Volkswagen Karmann-Ghia (Type 14) Cabriolet – Wie K-G In Frankreich")
![For our second entry in this week’s celebration of German open-air motoring, we will examine a true ‘80s icon. Launched in late 1982, the E30 was a seminal baby Bimmer, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_20231105_121243_edited.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1987 BMW 325i (E30) Cabriolet – Bubble Economy Car")
![Last week was dedicated to Gandini-designed Italian beauties, and I kind of liked the feel of doing a theme for a few posts. So let’s call this “Deutsche Cabrio Woche” […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_20230810_001950_edited.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1991 Opel Kadett GSi Cabriolet – Fancy Some T?")
![It is said that geniuses tend to hit their peak in their twenties. Doesn’t matter much in what field – mathematics, music or automotive design. To wit, Marcello Gandini (1938-2024) […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_20230219_113355_edited.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1972 Alfa Romeo Montreal – The Masterpiece")
![(first posted 3/21/2018) SL. Is there anything more evocative than these two letters, set side by side in chrome trim on the rear end of an aged Benz? Evocative of power, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1-1.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1974 Mercedes-Benz 450SLC (C107) – The Long And Short Of It")
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