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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 8/24/2015) I get it. I understand why personal luxury coupes were so darn popular in 1970s America. The days of high-performance were an increasingly distant memory, with rising […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Mercury-1977-XR-7.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1977-79 Mercury Cougar XR-7 – Grandest Torino")
![(first posted 8/23/2015) By the mid-2000s, it seemed like GM executives had finally figured out a few things. Firstly, that GM’s global divisions were producing some excellent cars that ought […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Pontiac-2007-G5.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 2007-09 Pontiac G5 – Old Habits")
![(first posted 8/23/2015) Some regard the 1978-83 Ford Fairmont and Mercury Zephyr as dull and boring, but to me I see these Fox sedans and wagons as being one of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Mercury-Zephyr.jpg "Curbside Outtake: 1978-83 Mercury Zephyr – That Very Rare Clean Design")
![(first posted 8/22/2015) For anyone that didn’t already know, there was no Challenger R/T after 1971. For 1972, the sporty trim level of the E-Body Challenger range was known as […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Dodge-1972-challenger.jpg "Dealer Classic: 1972-74 Dodge Challenger “R/T” – Not Quite The Same")
![(first posted 8/21/2015) In the Chrysler Corporation’s lengthy history of badge engineering, a tradition that appears to be drawing to an end, usually you could count on the clone bearing […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Dodge-1983-E-Class.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 1983 Dodge 600 – E-Class With Less Class")
![(first posted 8/21/2015) Sedans. Minivans. Hatchbacks. Convertibles. Coupes. The K-Car platform and its offshoots had almost any permutation imaginable, even a factory limousine! If you need a concise guide to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chrysler-lebaron-gts-6.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1985-89 Chrysler LeBaron GTS – Hatchback Setbacks")
![(first posted 8/20/2015) Perhaps it’s unfair to level the blame for the 1974-77 full-size Plymouth’s failure entirely at the 1973 OPEC Oil Crisis. After all, Chrysler Corporation was grappling with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Plymouth-1974-Gran-Fury.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1974-77 Plymouth Gran Fury – Struck By Oil")
![(first posted 8/19/2015) Toyota has at times been one of the more conservative Japanese automakers. Its cautious approach to adopting front-wheel-drive is testament to this. Honda had released its FWD […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Toyota-1983-1987-Corona.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 1983-87 Toyota Corona – The Sun Sets On The RWD, Japanese Intermediate")
![(first posted 8/18/2015) With Mercedes’ recent steps downmarket in North America, there has been talk about whether they are sacrificing their prestige in the search for greater volume and market […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Mercedes-MB-100-104-van.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 1995-2004 Mercedes-Benz MB100/MB140 – Kim Chi Sauerkraut")
![(first posted 8/18/2015) In the 1970s and 1980s, as Mercedes-Benz and BMW became the most desirable luxury brands in America, domestic brands found themselves losing more and more snob appeal. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Jeep-1984-1991-XJ-Wagoneer.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 1984-91 Jeep XJ Wagoneer Limited – Social Climber")
![(first posted 8/17/2015) The third-generation (1986-91) Cadillac Seville is seemingly remembered only for one thing, which ironically is just how unmemorable it was. Sadly, the 1980s were not kind […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1990-cadillac-seville-5.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1986-91 Cadillac Seville – The Sales in Spain Fall Mostly With The Plain")
![(first posted 8/15/2015) If Fiat’s global strategy seemed confusing in the 1980s, this conservative four-door sedan will not alleviate that confusion. The Regata was a three-box version of the Ritmo/Strada […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fiat-regata-5.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1985–1989 Fiat Regata – Free of Brio")
![(first posted 8/12/2015) Of all the cars I would expect to see on the way to the subway, I never would have anticipated spotting a Bricklin SV-1. Waking up that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/bricklin-sv1-1.jpg "Curbside Classic: Bricklin SV-1 – Safety Colorful")
![(first posted 8/11/2015) It seems even the ugliest Jaguar is still a beautiful rolling sculpture of a car. The British luxury brand has manufactured some of the most gorgeous sedans […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Jaguar-XJ6-XJ-40.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1986-94 Jaguar XJ6 (XJ40) – Beauty Is A Beast")
![(first posted 8/10/2015) The final Riviera was a powerful volley fired directly into a battlefield where most soldiers were long dead or mortally wounded. Featuring a unique interior and the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/buick-riviera-3.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1995-99 Buick Riviera – Out to Sea")
