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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 8/3/2015) Rover Sterling. Ford Scorpio. Nissan Cube. These are all cars that have been successful in one market, but have flopped in another. You can add to that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Toyota-Previa.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1991-97 Toyota Previa/Tarago – The First and Final Frontier For The Space Pod")
![(first posted 7/28/2015) The 1971-73 Mustang has probably never been called “ahead of its time”, but this sometimes forgotten, sometimes maligned generation could have been just that. With just a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Mustang-Grande.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1971-73 Ford Mustang Grandé – A Missed Opportunity?")
![An AMC Hornet that was pricier and more exclusive than a equivalently-specified Ford, GM or Chrysler product, sold in a market where what would be an American compact was the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/rambler-hornet-side.jpg "CC Capsule: 1972-75 Rambler Hornet – A Swarm Didn’t Exactly Descend")
![(first posted 7/13/2015) David Leisure famously portrayed the sleazy, smug commercial spokesman Joe Isuzu for many years during the 1980s and 1990s. If you’ve never had the pleasure of watching […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Isuzu-ascender.jpg "Future Curbside Classic: 2003-08 Isuzu Ascender – Where Were You, Joe Isuzu?")
![(first posted 7/9/2015) Datsun 120Y. Sunny. B210. Whatever you called it, whatever market it was sold in, this quirkily-styled subcompact was regarded as being reliable and dependable, if unexciting. In […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/datsun-120y-5.jpg "Curbside Classic: Datsun 120Y/B210/Sunny – Reliable. Well-Built. Ugly.")
![(first posted 7/7/2015. And I happened to see one just this morning) Today, European cars permeate the lineups of domestic automakers. The Ford Fiesta, Focus and Fusion, for example, differ […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Merkur-xr4ti.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1985-89 Merkur XR4Ti – Too Close To The Sun")
![(first posted 7/1/2015) Benign neglect. This was just one of the many manifestations of the poor parenting GM provided to its products during the 1980s and 1990s. Some children entered […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Chevrolet-Baretta.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1988-96 Chevrolet Beretta – Latchkey Kid")
![(first posted 6/26/2015) Not too long ago, our J.P. Cavanaugh expressed his dissatisfaction with the first-generation Buick LaCrosse. Many of you agreed the LaCrosse was a somewhat half-baked effort, considering the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Lacrosse.jpg "Future Curbside Classic: 2008-09 Buick LaCrosse Super – Do 300 Horses and 8 Cylinders Change Your Mind?")
![(first posted 6/24/2015) “The who what?” you may ask. And even those of you who know that Ssangyong is a South Korean manufacturer of pickups and SUVs might not have […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SSangyong-Chairman.jpg "Curbside Capsule: (Photo) Capturing My White Whale, the Ssangyong Chairman")
![(first posted 6/18/2015) Malaysian automaker Proton has been selling cars in Australia for around two decades now but have struggled to make any headway. Those who have even heard of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Proton-Jumbuck.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 2003-10 Proton Jumbuck – Simple, Honest, Little Car-Truck")
![(first posted 6/15/2015) This 1970s-era Checker Marathon photographed in Red Hook, Brooklyn has some interesting parallels to its surroundings. For many years, Red Hook was just a simple, industrial neighbourhood, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Checker-marathon-will.jpg "Curbside Classic: Checker Marathon – The Brooklyn Bruiser")
![(first posted 6/8/2015) When I stumbled across this sunshine yellow Yugo Cabriolet next to Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, I didn’t realize I was looking at possibly the rarest […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Yugo-conv.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 1990 Yugo Cabriolet – Western Frivolity, Eastern Bloc Style")
![These might just be two of the most forgettable French cars ever made, but that’s because they aren’t really French. Say bonjour konichiwa to the Citroen C4 Aircross and Peugeot […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/citroen-c4-aircross-peugeot-4008.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 2012-17 Peugeot 4008 and Citroen C4 Aircross – As French As Sushi"){kind=small}
![(first posted 6/1/2015) BMC’s attempts to maintain a significant presence in the Australian market were fascinating. Until I spotted this 1800 Utility in Brisbane a couple of years back, I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Austin-1800-ute.jpg "Curbside Capsule: Austin 1800 Utility – Unique Ute")
![(first posted 5/25/2015) Toyota’s luxury brand Lexus made a huge splash when it arrived in North America just in time for the nineties. The LS luxury sedan was such a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Lexus-ES250.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1989-91 Lexus ES250 – Lexus’ Learning Curve")
