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- William Stopford hails from Brisbane in Queensland, Australia but recently lived for a year in his favorite city, New York City. Having been an active contributor on Curbside Classic while living in two different countries, William has been able to provide readers with articles from both an American and an Australian market perspective. He has been an enthusiast from a very young age, and was once pulled aside by his preschool teacher and asked to bring something other than car magazines for show and tell as he was “boring” the other children.
![(first posted 6/7/2016) While General Motors has launched a new Buick Verano in China, the line is being withdrawn from the North American lineup. It had been the first compact […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/bbvvvvc.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1992-98 Buick Skylark – Please Feed The Birds")
![(first posted 5/25/2016) Honda, Toyota and Nissan had all launched luxury divisions by the dawn of the nineties and Mazda saw no reason why they couldn’t launch one of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/mazda_xedos_1997_wallpapers_1_b.jpg "Automotive Histories: Mazda’s Amati Division – Is It Better To Have Loved And Lost, Or To Never Have Loved At All?")
![(first posted 5/13/2016) It’s important, when looking at this Nissan Stanza, to consider the historical context. Nissan was embracing front-wheel-drive for its non-sporting offerings, ditching the overwrought design language that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/5yyg.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1982-86 Nissan Stanza – Well-Versed")
![(first posted 4/28/2016) There’s an interesting progression with Australian station wagons as they age. When new, they are unassuming family transport or handy fleet vehicles. After a decade or […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/chrysler-valiant-wagon-1.jpg "CC Outtakes: Spotting The Big 3 Aussie Wagons Of The 1970s")
![(first posted 4/22/2016) Nissan has a rich performance pedigree, with models like the 240Z, 510 and Skyline GT-R revered by enthusiasts. The torch is carried today by the awe-inspiring GT-R […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/nissan-nx-6.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1991-95 Nissan NX – Not That Hard A Pill To Swallow")
![(first posted 4/13/2016) Trust the Japanese, with their veritable smorgasbord of domestic market choices, to manufacture two mechanically-related sedans that look extremely similar and yet share not a single exterior […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/mazda-929-hc-hardtop-3.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1986-1991 Mazda 929/Luce – Aren’t You Supposed To Dress For Success?")
![(first posted 4/12/2016) For almost every generation in its 61-year existence, the Toyota Crown has had styling that is best described as “generic Japanese luxury car”. One exception was the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/toyota-crown-s60-3.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 1971-74 Toyota Crown (S60) Sedan – Striking Is The Head That Wears The Crown")
![(first posted 3/29/2016) New York City is a mecca for filming. How could it not be? It is an iconic, beautiful city with a government that is friendly to production […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nyc-on-location-7.png "On Location Classics: Why I Miss New York City")
![(first posted 3/22/2016) Land Rover is releasing a convertible version of its Evoque soft-roader, similar to the recently discontinued Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet. The German automakers are offering more and more […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/suzuki-x90-5.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1996-98 Suzuki X-90 – Ahead Of Its Time?")
![(first posted 1/15/2016) Is it cheating to include this car in Toyota week? After all, the Toyota Lexcen was built in the same Elizabeth, South Australia factory as the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/toyota-lexcen5.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1989-97 Toyota Lexcen – A Different Kind Of Toyota: Not A Toyota")
![(first posted 3/15/2016) Americans don’t like hatchbacks. It’s sad, but it’s true. Oh, they will tolerate them on inexpensive subcompacts and compacts but beyond that they, and to a lesser […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bmw-3-series-compact-1.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1995-99 BMW 3-Series Compact – The Bob-Tailed Bimmer")
![(first posted 3/10/2016) The focal point of Nissan’s new prestige brand was the Q45, much like the LS400 was to the Lexus brand. Both Nissan and Toyota realized, though, that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/infiniti-m30-3.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1990-92 Infiniti M30 – To Infinity And Nowhere")
![(first posted 3/4/2016) 280 pound-feet of torque: that was the highest torque figure ever seen in a GM W-Body until the introduction of the transversely-mounted 5.3 LS4 V8 to the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ggggnm.jpg "Future Curbside Classic: 2006-09 Chevrolet Impala SS – A Hot Mess")
![(first posted 3/3/2016) Don’t take that headline to mean any of GM’s current fleet wouldn’t make a sound used car buy. On the contrary. However, the 2006 Impala – still […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/imppii.jpg "Future Curbside Classic: 2006 Chevrolet Impala – The Last “Good Used Car” From General Motors")
![(first posted 1/18/2013) In the rich history of the Australian automotive industry, few cars have offered so much hope–and have provided so much disappointment–as GM’s ill-fated Australian J-car adaptation, the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ccnmh.jpg "Curbside Classic: Holden Camira – The Short-Lived Australian J-Car")
