![(updated 12/19/2025) I know CC Royalty when I see it and while I’m not sure if anything actually ranks higher than a Peugeot in wagon form, it’s at least […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_7811.jpg "Junkyard Classic: 1980 Peugeot 504 Diesel Wagon – Paris’ 16th Arrondissement Just Got A Little Poorer")
![Yesterday, Jim Brophy treated us to a treatise on the newest Kei cars in Japan. I realized I had some pictures of Japan’s best seller from my visit to Tokyo […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/IMG_5276-115x115.jpg "The Joy of Kei: 2025 Honda N-BOX Joy")
![(Updated 12/19/2025) I don’t think I can make a more Swedish-looking picture than an Astral Blue Saab in a snowy setting on a foggy day. Never mind the junkyard […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_7829.jpg "Junkyard Classic: 1977 Saab 99GL Combi Coupe – In Its Element")
![(Updated 12/12/2025) My second full day in Tokyo was marked with exceedingly poor weather. While I had arrived late enough to miss Cyclone Hagibis, Japan caught the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_6683.1.jpg "2008 Chevrolet MW: Little Big Block")
![(Updated 12/4/2025) Just outside of my hotel, as I was walking to the crosswalk in order to duck into yet another FamilyMart, one of the ubiquitous combinis blanketing […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_7003.jpg "2001 Toyota Origin: Past Is Present")
![(Updated 12/2/2025) Color? Check. Smelly? Check. Solid and slow to move? Check. Alright, yes, the late 70’s and early 80’s were Diesel’s first time to shine in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_7610.jpg "Junkyard Classic: 1980 Audi 5000S Diesel – All Signs Point To Turd")
![(Updated 11/29/2025) I don’t believe we have featured one of these here on CC yet and I know this is the first one I’ve come across in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_7617.jpg "Junkyard Classic: 1986 Subaru GL Coupe 4WD – The Shy But Prettier One")
![Ah, the Suzuki X-90, a vehicle that when it was new back in the mid-90s I did not have the time of day for, however nowadays I absolutely appreciate the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/IMG_5156-115x115.jpg "Curbside Finds: Suzuki X-90 Captain America And BRAT Editions")
![(Updated 11/25/2025) Our family had four of these, the Audi 100, the first generation of Audi’s larger sedan (C1 generation, current model now called A6). Two in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_7576.jpg "Junkyard Classic: 1977 Audi 100LS – My Dad Was The Lord Of The Four Rings")
![(Updated 11/14/2025) While we’ve featured a few big Benzes that have fallen on hard times here on CC, this one perhaps takes the Kuchen. Walking past an […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_6788edit.jpg "Curbside Find: 2003 Maybach 57 – First World Problem")
![(Updated 11/8/2025) One of the things that always struck me about Japan and Japanese cars are that there are a lot of small cars, more than in most […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_7106.jpg "Curbside Finds in Japan: Parking At Home – The Long And Short Of It")
![Yes, we are back with another installment of my junkyard chronicles. And today, we feature a guest that squeaks in just over our informal (informal to the point of often […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_7250.jpg "Junkyard Classic: 1999 Ford Taurus SHO – Hail-Battered Plain Wrapper")
![(Updated 11/3/2025) There’s nothing more frustrating than seeing something special approaching from more than a block away and realizing there is no way to get any closer […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_6781-2.jpg "In Motion Classic: 1959–1966 Alfa Romeo Giulietta/Giulia Sprint Speciale – They Drive On The Wrong Side In Japan As Well")
![(Updated 10/24/2025) I’ve been holding out for a first year 1984 version of Chrysler’s first generation minivan but finally realized it just will not appear until very […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_3967.jpg "Junkyard Classic: 1985 Dodge Caravan SE – The Whiplash Special")
![If the GM B-Body in general is hallowed chassis here at CC, then the B-Body wagon must be even more sacred. After all, what vehicle was ever made worse by […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_5693.jpg "Junkyard Classic: 1983 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Wagon – Goodbye, Jumbo")
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