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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.
![March 2019 marks the end of Ford Taurus production in Chicago. Like the rest of Ford’s non-crossover, non-Mustang lineup, the Taurus is dead in the US and Canada. It’s been […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2013-ford-taurus-sho-1.jpg "Future CC Capsule: 2010-19 Ford Taurus SHO – SHO’s Over, Folks")
![Despite being smaller than the Chinese Big 4 – or perhaps because of it – Great Wall Motors has been much more confident and aggressive in pursuing export opportunities. Those […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/haval-h9-2.jpg "Industry Analysis: Chinese Brands To Watch, Part 3 – Haval")
![It was perhaps inevitable that the Chinese car companies who would experience the most success wouldn’t look like Chinese car companies at all. The MG brand was scooped up by […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/MG-GS.jpg "Industry Analysis: Chinese Brands To Watch, Part 2 – MG"){kind=small}
![I hear so often on Curbside Classic about days long past where young people cruised around the USA in modified Chevrolet Novas, invariably jacked up at the rear and boasting […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mitsubishi-lancer-coupe4.jpg "QOTD: What Do Young People Drive In Your Area?")
![To date, no Chinese car brands have been sold in North America. Chinese-built cars sold on the continent have been limited to cars from established brands (Buick Envision) or extremely […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ldv_australia_range.jpg "Industry Analysis: Chinese Brands To Watch, Part 1 – LDV")
![I was strolling the forecourt of Motorman Imports the other day, checking out some V36 Skylines (Infiniti G37s), when I started chatting with the salesman. Some of you may remember […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fake-rolls-royce-ford-au-falcon-wagon-1.jpg "Dealer Outtakes: The Curious Cars Of Motorman Imports")
![Just over 60 demonstrator Holden VF II Commodores remain at dealerships in Australia nationwide as of January 2019. The dramatically different, imported front/all-wheel-drive ZB Commodore has replaced the local rear-wheel-drive […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/holden-vf-II-commodore-sv6-24.jpg "Rental Car Review: 2017 Holden VF II Commodore SV6 – Epilogue")
![We’ve seen car interiors that have used wood, leather and carbon fiber. Bentley even offered stone veneers. But meteorite? Actual meteorite? Yes, the BMW M850i Night Sky Edition is decorated […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/bmw-m850i-night-sky-profile.jpg "CC News: BMW M850i Night Sky Edition – It Actually Uses Meteorites")
![There’s one car in my driving history that I’ve mentioned in passing but never really delved into. For a short period of time, while I was between cars, my father […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/holden-barina-5-door-1-resized.jpg "COAL Capsule: 1995 Suzuki Swift Cino – Temporary Wheels")
![Like you, I love classic cars. But I also follow industry news and trends and I have a passion for new luxury cars, even if I’ve yet to own one. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/lexus-hybrids.jpg "CC Editorial: Lexus – What They’re Doing Right, What They’re Doing Wrong")
![There’s a rug store here in Brisbane called Rugs-a-Million. It seems like every year, they’d air a new commercial where a man would shout they were closing down and to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dodge-journey-rt-1.jpg "Driving Impressions: 2011-19 Dodge Journey FWD V6 – The NeverEnding Sale")
![I moved to my current apartment in February and it’s been a bit of a culture-shock. I went from a quieter neighborhood around 10 minutes by train from the central […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/holden-xc-barina-2.jpg "QOTD: What’s Your Local Abandoned Car?")
![For many years, Holden was best known for… the Holden. Well, it wore names like Kingswood and Premier and Belmont, and it came in sedan, coupe, wagon and ute […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1986-holden-formula-ad.jpg "Ad Outtake: The 1986 Formula Holdens – One Big Family")
![[For this week’s review, I’ll be sharing both my driving impressions and that of my friend, road trip buddy and fellow Curbivore, Jason White] Will Stopford: If the Challenger was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2017-ford-mustang-8.jpg "Rental Car Review: 2017 Ford Mustang EcoBoost – Rolling In Our 2.3")
![Minivans. Washington Heights, a predominantly Puerto Rican and Dominican neighborhood in uptown Manhattan, is full of them. I’ve featured the disproportionately large number of Nissan Quests and Mercury Villagers in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ford-windstar-mazda-mpv.jpg "CC Outtake: Ford Windstar & Mazda MPV – Welcome To Minivan Land")
