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![In the Riley post we looked at recently, I stated that BMC were past masters at badge-engineering – and they certainly were. But in the British automotive landscape of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_20240407_115140_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1963 Humber Sceptre – Lipstick On A Minx")
Car Show Classic: 1963 Humber Sceptre – Lipstick On A Minx
Posted on February 14, 2025 | 21 CommentsIn the Riley post we looked at recently, I stated that BMC were past masters at badge-engineering – and they certainly were. But in the British automotive landscape of the […] -
![We couldn’t have a ‘60s British Saloon Week without a small contribution from Dagenham, could we? Behold, the Cortina GT, a true legend in its own time and, short of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_20220421_084716_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1965 Ford Cortina GT – Nothing To Add")
Curbside Find: 1965 Ford Cortina GT – Nothing To Add
Posted on February 12, 2025 | 30 CommentsWe couldn’t have a ‘60s British Saloon Week without a small contribution from Dagenham, could we? Behold, the Cortina GT, a true legend in its own time and, short of […] -
![You have to hand it to the BMC boys. They were masters at badge engineering, at stretching a bodyshell’s life to its extreme limit and at glamorizing the dullest econobox […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_20230924_115132_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1962 Riley One-Point-Five – Old-Fashioned Charm")
Curbside Classic: 1962 Riley One-Point-Five – Old-Fashioned Charm
Posted on February 10, 2025 | 24 CommentsYou have to hand it to the BMC boys. They were masters at badge engineering, at stretching a bodyshell’s life to its extreme limit and at glamorizing the dullest econobox […] -
![Whether you know this car as the Santana, the Quantum, the Corsar, the Carat or the Passat, you know it was made by the good people at Volkswagen. Sometimes in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_20240818_092528_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1987 Volkswagen Santana Xi5 Autobahn DOHC – Nissan’s Quantum Entanglement")
Curbside Classic: 1987 Volkswagen Santana Xi5 Autobahn DOHC – Nissan’s Quantum Entanglement
Posted on February 7, 2025 | 17 CommentsWhether you know this car as the Santana, the Quantum, the Corsar, the Carat or the Passat, you know it was made by the good people at Volkswagen. Sometimes in […] -
![What do you do when you have just launched a brand-new smaller model, but you are still in the process of ramping up production and need to keep your hungry […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_20241208_101319_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 BMW 1502 – Poverty Speck")
Curbside Classic: 1976 BMW 1502 – Poverty Speck
Posted on February 5, 2025 | 19 CommentsWhat do you do when you have just launched a brand-new smaller model, but you are still in the process of ramping up production and need to keep your hungry […] -
![CC is really about the luck of the draw. Sometimes you walk around for a couple of blocks and find something truly amazing, sometimes you hit a dry spell and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_20240929_081855_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 Mercedes-Benz 200 Automatic (W115) – Keep Guessing, M/8")
Curbside Classic: 1970 Mercedes-Benz 200 Automatic (W115) – Keep Guessing, M/8
Posted on February 3, 2025 | 15 CommentsCC is really about the luck of the draw. Sometimes you walk around for a couple of blocks and find something truly amazing, sometimes you hit a dry spell and […] -
![Full-size ‘70s American cars are a real pain to own in Tokyo. Well over half of the streets here are too narrow for them, fuel costs are way higher, some […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20241103_095813_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst – High-Flying Fuselage")
Curbside Classic: 1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst – High-Flying Fuselage
Posted on January 31, 2025 | 37 CommentsFull-size ‘70s American cars are a real pain to own in Tokyo. Well over half of the streets here are too narrow for them, fuel costs are way higher, some […] -
![For those of us not located in North America, where early Camaros are not a dime a dozen, finding a 1969 SS in the wild (or what passes for wilderness […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20240220_130639_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS 350 Sport Coupe – Orange You Glad?")
Curbside Find: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS 350 Sport Coupe – Orange You Glad?
Posted on January 30, 2025 | 14 CommentsFor those of us not located in North America, where early Camaros are not a dime a dozen, finding a 1969 SS in the wild (or what passes for wilderness […] -
![After a slight pause in posting (2025 is off to a busy start) and to inaugurate yet another week of CC finds in Tokyo, this one dedicated to the glory […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20240331_091747_Ed.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Shelby AC Cobra – Power To The Aristocrats")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Shelby AC Cobra – Power To The Aristocrats
Posted on January 28, 2025 | 19 CommentsAfter a slight pause in posting (2025 is off to a busy start) and to inaugurate yet another week of CC finds in Tokyo, this one dedicated to the glory […] -
![To close this Week of Small JDM curios, what could be better than Autozam, a marque whose brief existence personified the concept of strange and petite on this market in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20230411_091908_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1995 Autozam Revue – Not So Big In Japan")
Curbside Classic: 1995 Autozam Revue – Not So Big In Japan
Posted on January 17, 2025 | 15 CommentsTo close this Week of Small JDM curios, what could be better than Autozam, a marque whose brief existence personified the concept of strange and petite on this market in […] -
![For the world at large, Subaru was mostly known as a maker of boxer-engined AWD saloons and wagons. But domestically, the Gunma-based automobile arm of Fuji Heavy Industries (formerly known […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20220609_155134_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1991 Subaru Rex VX Open Top – The King’s Last Stand")
Curbside Classic: 1991 Subaru Rex VX Open Top – The King’s Last Stand
Posted on January 16, 2025 | 8 CommentsFor the world at large, Subaru was mostly known as a maker of boxer-engined AWD saloons and wagons. But domestically, the Gunma-based automobile arm of Fuji Heavy Industries (formerly known […] -
![We haven’t had a Mitsuoka post in a long time. I am sorry about that, but the rate of 2-3 Mitsuoka posts per annum we had in 2019-23 was unsustainable […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20240505_095715_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2001 Mitsuoka Yuga – Square-Looking Cube")
Curbside Classic: 2001 Mitsuoka Yuga – Square-Looking Cube
Posted on January 14, 2025 | 11 CommentsWe haven’t had a Mitsuoka post in a long time. I am sorry about that, but the rate of 2-3 Mitsuoka posts per annum we had in 2019-23 was unsustainable […] -
![Slightly belatedly, due to a rather hectic travel schedule, here is the final part of the late 2024 T87 Singles Collection. We have a lot of British steel to get […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20241022_112644_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (October-December 2024) – Part 5: Yet More Foreign Cars (British, Swedish & The Rest)")
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (October-December 2024) – Part 5: Yet More Foreign Cars (British, Swedish & The Rest)
Posted on January 11, 2025 | 34 CommentsSlightly belatedly, due to a rather hectic travel schedule, here is the final part of the late 2024 T87 Singles Collection. We have a lot of British steel to get […] -
![Onwards and updwards through the Tokyo finds of the final quarter of 2024! I’m pairing the Italian and the American marques together for no other reason than the number of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20241110_090711_1_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (October-December 2024) – Part 4: More Foreign Cars (Italian & American)")
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (October-December 2024) – Part 4: More Foreign Cars (Italian & American)
Posted on January 8, 2025 | 17 CommentsOnwards and updwards through the Tokyo finds of the final quarter of 2024! I’m pairing the Italian and the American marques together for no other reason than the number of […] -
![Welcome to the second week of the traditional T87 Singles roundup. Cramming three months of brief CC encounters into reasonably digestible posts proved quite challenging, so I hope these won’t […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_20241022_144658_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (October-December 2024) – Part 3: Foreign Cars (German & French)")
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (October-December 2024) – Part 3: Foreign Cars (German & French)
Posted on January 7, 2025 | 24 CommentsWelcome to the second week of the traditional T87 Singles roundup. Cramming three months of brief CC encounters into reasonably digestible posts proved quite challenging, so I hope these won’t […]
