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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.
![Driving behind a Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit over the weekend, my car-loving friend and I were commenting on its aesthetic merit. It’s a blocky design very much of its era and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/jaguar-xj6-sovereign-3.jpg "CC Outtake: 1987-94 Jaguar XJ6 Sovereign – An Appreciation")
![Holden is doing it tough in Australia. Local manufacturing is over and GM’s Australian brand is now struggling to stay in the top 10 best-selling car brands. Despite once having […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/holden-suv-range.jpg "CC Editorial: Holden – What They’re Doing Right, What They’re Doing Wrong")
![I was a little kid in the early-mid 1990s when I first started noticing cars. That was truly the golden age of Japanese cars. The Japanese automotive industry had come […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/acura-legend-RL.jpg "QOTD: What Design Era Took You The Longest To Get Used To?")
![I love my 2009 Ford FG Falcon, from its cushy seats to its smooth inline six. I know I should just be enjoying what I have but I’ve now had […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ford-fg-falcon-g6e.jpg "QOTD: Would You Buy A Newer Version Of The Same Car You’ve Already Owned?")
![(Ed. Note: The incorrect image was originally used at the top of this post. The updated image makes everything more understandable. Sorry for any confusion.) The Chinese car market is […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/nushen-jb6500.jpg "CC Outtake: 1996-2001 Nushen JB6500 – Down The Rabbit Hole To China"){kind=small}
![After three generations, the Infiniti Q70 – formerly known as the M – is no more. Nissan’s luxury brand has quietly withdrawn the model from the US market and there’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/infiniti_q70_2014_wallpapers_5_b.jpg "CC Newsstand/Capsule: Infiniti Axes The Q70 (M)")
![It’s hard not to compare Infiniti’s commercial success with Lexus’s, seeing as they are both Japanese luxury brands initially aimed squarely at the North American market and which both arrived […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/infiniti-range-3.jpg "CC Editorial: Infiniti – What They’re Doing Right, What They’re Doing Wrong"){kind=small}
![The 1994-99 Cadillac DeVille was large, imposing and unabashedly a Cadillac. So how is it we haven’t had a full Curbside Classic on it yet, and why such a negative […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1997-1999-cadillac-deville-delegance-4.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1994-99 Cadillac DeVille – How To Lose Friends And Alienate New People")
![When it was first launched, the Chevrolet Beretta was a sharp-looking coupe. Its powertrain line-up, however, was nothing exceptional. It used the same four-cylinder and V6 engines that powered tens […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/chevrolet-beretta-gtz-1.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 1990-93 Chevrolet Beretta GTZ – Locked And Loaded")
![I just have to know the story behind this Chrysler Executive, photographed by William Oliver in the London neighborhood of Belgravia. This is a part of London brimming with embassies […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/chrysler-executive-limousine-william-oliver-2.jpg "Cohort Classic: 1983-86 Chrysler Executive Limousine – Pardon Me, Do You Have Any French’s Mustard?")
![I was struck by the sheer audacity of the paint job of this Ford Windstar I saw in Seattle. It looks like Grimace was squirted with grape soda while carrying […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/97-ford-escort.jpg "Cohort Outtakes: These Violet Delights Have Violet Ends")
![Labor Day is celebrated on the first Monday in September in both Canada and the US. Besides being another great excuse for a BBQ, block party or a trip to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1967-1968-pontiac-firebird-1.jpg "CC Outtakes: Sun Lovers Of Vancouver")
![(First Posted August 14, 2013) Mexico’s Nissan Tsuru. Brazil’s VW Kombi. India’s Hindustan Ambassador. Add to that list the Mitsubishi Express, another car that has gone years without any major […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/800px-1991-1994_Mitsubishi_TR_Magna_GLX_sedan_01.jpg "Curbside Classic: Mitsubishi Express – The White, Boxy Cockroach")
![A couple of months ago, my family and I took a weekend trip to beautiful North Stradbroke Island. Just off the coast of Brisbane’s southside and accessible only by ferry, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/stradbroke-island-toyota-camry.jpg "Parking Lot Classics: The Cars Of North Stradbroke Island")
![When I saw this brand-new Aston Martin Vantage in Vancouver, I looked askance at its Vibrant Lime Essence paint. I found such a vibrant shade rather unbecoming of an Aston. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/aston-martin-vantage-1.jpg "CC Outtake: 2019 Aston Martin Vantage – No, I Didn’t Photoshop This")
