![What do you call a Fiat drop-top, designed by Michelotti, built by OSI, sold by Neckar with a French name to cater to that market? A bit of a headache. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_20230730_203606_edited.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1966 Neckar 1200 St Trop – Michelotti’s Marvellous Mutt")
![Four decades is a long time for a car nameplate. The Cedric burst on the scene in 1960 and ten generations later, in mid-1999, the last iteration of this venerable […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_20210515_143918_edited.jpg "Curbside Classic: 2000 Nissan Cedric (Y34) Premium Limited – Muted Finale")
![(first posted 12/6/2017) The year is 1976 and the place is anywhere they drive on the left. You are in the market for a saloon, but […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/IMG_20171107_122411.jpg "CC Twofer: 1970 Citroën DS 21 & 1974 Citroën DS 23 – The Goddess Is In The Details")
![Renault almost managed it. They built on their home-grown Beetle, the 4CV, and turned it into a larger, more ambitious and user-friendly car – not just for France, but for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_20230918_122229_edited.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1963 Renault Dauphine Gordini – You Can’t Please Everyone")
![(first posted 11/29/2017) In the spring of 1951, a recovering Mercedes-Benz came out with two 6-cyl. cars, the 2-litre Typ 220 (W187) and the 3-litre Typ 300 (W186). […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_20171107_122706.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1952 Mercedes-Benz 300 (W186) – Best German Car Of The ‘50s?")
![Something is happening to parking lots in Tokyo. In a word, they’re disappearing. The one where I caught this superbly preserved Sprinter, for instance, has been fenced up since late […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_20220505_170339_edited.jpg "CC Capsule: 1992 Toyota Sprinter (E100) SE-G – Hunting Grounds In Peril")
![As you might be able to tell from my pen name, I have a major soft spot for streamliners of the ‘30s and ‘40s. There’s no denying that, like everything […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_20230730_204007_edited.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1946 Oldsmobile 78 Dynamic Club Sedan – The Greatest Generation")
![Suzuki is sometimes thought of as a minor player in the automotive world – the four-wheeled automotive world, that is, as they are a major motorbike maker. And maybe they […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_20221106_132501_edited.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1971 Suzuki Fronte Coupé GX – Cool Fusion")
![It’s not easy to find a marque that CC hasn’t covered in its twelve years of existence. I thought this obscure Eastern Bloc 4×4 would be it, but turns out […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_20230816_002540_edited.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1995 Aro 10 Diesel – Transylvanian Twist")
![When we think Skyline, we likely will think GT-R as well. Though not exactly synonymous, they do go together. And the Skyline GT-R, particularly in its initial C10 form, is […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_20230604_163317_edited.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1972 Nissan Skyline (C10) 2000GTX Coupé – One Step Beneath")
![(first posted 11/13/2017) There are not many classic cars roaming the streets of Bangkok. It’s a pretty hostile environment, full of suicidal two-wheelers, Red Bull-addled tuk-tuks and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_20171102_092512.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1953 Mercedes-Benz 220 (W187) – Transition To Greatness")
![A feast for the eyes! In the great buffet that is the Italian 6-cyl. GT landscape of the early ‘60s, the antipasto would be the Fiat 2300S. For the meat […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_20230730_200205_edited.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1964 Lancia Flaminia 3C GT Convertibile 2.8 – Buon Appetito")
![(first posted 11/15/2017) Here’s something I really did not expect to see in Thailand: a British-made Traction Avant. These were quite popular in nearby Indochina for a long […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_20171107_122044.jpg "CC Global: 1955 Citroën Light Fifteen – Anglo-French Asian Fusion")
![(first posted 11/16/2017) If it weren’t for those silly BBS rims, this might just be my dream coupé. Just the right amount of sleek, aggressive, chrome and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_20171103_130628.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1974 BMW 3.0 CSi Automatic – Sixties Beauty Turns Into Seventies Beast")
![Ford’s tie-up with Mazda, enacted in 1979, gave birth to a very long and stupidly complicated family of blue oval-badged variations of Hiroshima designs assembled in and chiefly destined for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_20221009_123542_edited.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1989 Ford Laser (BF) Van – Blue Collar Blue Oval")
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