![Classic Alfas are typically gorgeous, but here’s one that some may find bucks the trend. That’s because it’s a Zagato-bodied Alfa, and Zagato, though they sometimes designed cars that looked […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20230414_162844_edited.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1974 Alfa Romeo Junior Zagato GT 1600 – Taste Acquired")
![Ever since the ‘70s, a sword of Damocles has been hanging on convertibles. They even disappeared from many carmakers’ ranges, especially in the US and Japan. Yet here we are, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20220926_094650-copy.jpg "CC Capsule: 1986 Honda City (FA) Cabriolet – Summer In The City")
![Nineteen sixty seven was a banner year in music. It was prime time for psychedelic rock in the UK and US, not to mention all the jazz, folk, soul and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20230219_121823_edited.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1967 Plymouth Barracuda Hardtop – B-Side Magic")
![Plenty of CC posts have been dedicated to the second-generation Celica – even the rather less common notchback has had its moment in the sun. It figures, as this generation […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20221113_120033_edited.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1979 Toyota Celica (A40) ST – Trans-Pacific Partnership")
![Summer is always a time when open-air motoring becomes more alluring. And once upon a time, i.e. before about 1940, phaetons, all-weather limousines and other four-door convertibles allowed for four […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20230702_092032_edited.jpg "CC Capsule: 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300b (W186) Cabriolet D – Top Of The Topless")
![Apart from a couple short trips in 2020 and 2021, I hadn’t had a chance to spend any meaningful time in the old country in the last five years. So […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20230808_174306_edited.jpg "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (July-August 2023) – Part 3: European Vacation Special")
![We’re hitting the ground running with a race-ready E-Type for this second part, because we have a pretty extensive parade of imports to run through. Plenty of British, Italian and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20230618_103640_1_edited.jpg "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (June-August 2023) – Part 2: Foreign Cars")
![Hey there, CCompadres, it’s been a while! T87 went on a looong (and long overdue) holiday back to ye olde Europe – a real holiday, sans laptop – hence the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20230702_091921_edited.jpg "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (June-August 2023) – Part 1: Japanese Cars")
![(first posted 7/5/2017) This rather sad-looking 204 is a fixture near the parental nest in France. I’ve seen it several times over the years – always slightly more […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_20170803_105817.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1973 Peugeot 204 – FWD Thinking")
![Back in the ‘80s, Nissan designers were definitely not an unruly bunch. In fact, they must have lived by the ruler, and only by that implement, if this Laurel is […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_20230411_090533-copy.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1987 Nissan Laurel (C32) Saloon Grand Extra – Worshipping The Ruler")
![(first posted 7/22/2017) It’s funny how, when returning to a familiar place after a long while, you notice the little changes. Such a shop is no longer there, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_20170716_104832.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1974 Citroën Méhari – Plastic Frenchtastic")
![When does a car attain “living fossile” status? Forty years seems like a minimum, in my book, but your Ice Age may vary. So what can we file under this […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_20220910_105454-copy.jpg "Curbside Classic: 2000 Hindustan Ambassador 1800 ISZ Classic – The Never-Ending Amby")
![(first posted 7/16/2017) Automotive pundits and experts around the world routinely claim that the minivan (a.k.a the MPV, the people-carrier or whatever you wish to call Puff the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/plymouth_1984.jpg "Automotive History: One Box To Rule Them All – An Archeology Of The Minivan")
![(first posted 7/14/2017) The British motor industry started its long descent into oblivion in the ‘50s. These things take time: Britain was an automotive powerhouse immediately after the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/image3.jpg "CC Capsule: 1953 Austin A40 Somerset – The Mouse That Squeaked")
![Enough of the fully-restored, expertly-curated and secretly-modded showroom queens of Central Tokyo. Well away from the beaten path, in the never-ending maze of side streets that lay west and south […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_20230421_111103-copy.jpg "CC Capsule: 1977 Toyota Publica (KP50) Van Deluxe – A Bit Of Grime For A Change")
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