![The first generation Toyota Soarer (1981-85) was a true milestone in Toyota’s history. It was the first step towards Lexus and the Japanese assault on the higher end of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_20220911_135004-copy.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1982 Toyota Soarer (Z10) VX – Soaring To The Top")
![I don’t see classic Saabs too often, sadly. In fact, this might be the first non-V4 96 I’ve studied up close in over a decade. I wasn’t even sure if […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_20220926_092923-copy.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1967 Saab 96 – The Last Two-Stroke")
![We like our Fairladies here at CC, or Z-Cars if you prefer. It seems the second gen Z, despite having been abundantly covered on this website over the past decade, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_20221009_133916-copy.jpg "CC Capsule: 1983 Nissan Fairlady Z (S130) Turbo T-Top – With Aftermarket Staring Wheel!")
![It’s often been claimed, both on this website and elsewhere, that the late ‘80s / early ‘90s, otherwise known as the Roger Smith era, General Motors was at the bottom […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_20220517_091302-copy.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1994 Buick Park Avenue Ultra – No Sin To See Here")
![As we were reminded recently by Paul, the Toyota Crown, now entering its sixteenth generation, is set to make its grand global comeback. In North America, this will take place […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_20221001_144615-copy.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1974 Toyota Crown (S60) Super Saloon – Hail To The Whale")
![Are we tired of seeing these big two-door BMWs yet? This is the ninth post on this model, so perhaps we’re hitting CC bedrock here, contents-wise. Fortunately, this one is […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_20221023_155548-copy.jpg "CC Capsule: 1982 BMW Alpina B9 3.5 Coupé (E24) – Enough Already?")
![This last portion of the traditional Tokyo tour will hopefully be appropriately populated by novel and interesting CCs hailing from Britain, France and the United States – three countries whose […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_20221027_134857-copy.jpg "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (September-October 2022) – Part 2b: Foreign Cars (American, British, French)")
![(first posted 11/3/2016) I was literally sitting on this one. It hides in a car park under my apartment block in Rangoon. A few weeks ago, a friend of mine […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/S0993108.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1991 Toyota Century VG40 Limousine – Just Short Of Pretentious")
![Welcome to the best of the rest of the automotive world, at least as found in Tokyo over the past couple of months. The German contingent was the most numerous, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_20221030_131744-copy.jpg "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (September-October 2022) – Part 2a: Foreign Cars (German, Swedish, Italian)")
![Welcome to part two of four, wherein we will look at Mitsubishis and Nissans, as well as a few Isuzus, Subarus and (sort of) Mazdas. Nissans are always very well […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_20220910_101705-copy.jpg "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (September-October 2022) – Part 1b: More Japanese Cars (Mitsubishi, Nissan, Isuzu, Subaru, etc.)")
![It’s been pretty busy over the past couple of months over on this side of the Pacific. So much so, in fact, that I’ve had to split this regular post […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_20221023_151313-copy.jpg "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (September-October 2022) – Part 1a: Japanese Cars (Toyota, Honda, Mitsuoka)")
![The myth of the Skyline looms large among enthusiasts, both in Japan and abroad. The nameplate is still alive on the Japanese market, but it has lost some of its […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_20221001_133337-copy.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1967 Prince Skyline (S54) 2000 GT-A – Birth Of A Legend")
![Let’s not beat about the bush here: Aston Martin, a decades-old British carmaker with a fully grown CEO, a board of (presumably adult) directors and a whole staff of qualified […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_20220618_134503-copy.jpg "Curbside Classic: 2012 Aston Martin Cygnet – Aston’s Bird-Brained Scheme")
![(first posted 10/26/2016, revised in October 2022) The Citroën 15-Six, colloquially known as the “Quinze” in its native land, was the apex of the automaker’s car range for 18 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1954_brochure.jpg "Automotive History: The Citroën 15-Six – Traction Royalty Genealogy 101")
![For many years, Mazda tried to break into the lucrative executive saloon market. But just like they stuck to the Wankel engine until they ironed out nearly all the issues […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_20210920_113613-copy.jpg "CC Capsule: 1999 Mazda Millenia – Flagship Down")
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