- Description
- 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.
![There was a time once when a gas-guzzling, full-size, American luxury SUV would have looked out of place on a European street. Today, a Cadillac Escalade no longer looks so […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cadillac-escalade-potsdam.jpg "CC Outtake: Cadillac Escalade – An American Elephant In Europe")
![Forgotten special editions are kind of my bag. I’ve written 21 different articles on various obscure limited-run models that have been lost to time and there are a few more […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/datsun-200b-aspen-gl.jpg "CC Outtake/QOTD: 1998 Ford Windstar Northwoods & 1980 Datsun 200B Aspen GL – Stumble Across A Forgotten Limited Edition Lately?")
![DriveNow is BMW’s car-sharing service in the vein of Car2Go and ZipCar. While those services are often popular with inner-city residents who don’t own a car but may occasionally need […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/drivenow-app.jpg "Travelogue: Exploring Berlin With BMW’s DriveNow Service")
![My most recent return to the US had a cinematic twinge to it. For example, I got to have a huge fanboy moment by visiting the Paramount Ranch in Malibu […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/greenwich-village-film-shoot-2.jpg "On Location Classics: Vintage Cars On Camera In Greenwich Village")
![Beetle owners have chopped, sliced and diced their vehicles in many different ways but I’d never seen one modified like this. Suffice it to say, K.T. Keller wouldn’t be a fan […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/chopped-vw-beetle-1.jpg "CC Outtake: Squashed Bug")
![Los Angeles is a car enthusiast’s paradise. Oh sure, sure, the traffic can be diabolical. But look what it’s got going for it: Amazing and iconic driving roads nearby, like […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/porsche-914-2.jpg "Curbside Outtakes: 1980-82 Toyota Tercel & 1970-76 Porsche 914 – Baby, I Love LA")
![If all goes to plan, by the time you read this I will have returned to the US from my two week trip to Europe. I will have landed in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras-3.0.3/images/thumbnail.png "QOTD: What Was The Greatest Drive You Ever Took?")
![What do you suppose the best-selling car is in South Korea? The sensible, affordable Hyundai Elantra, perhaps? Perhaps crossovers are king there, too, and the Tucson sits at the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2018-hyundai-grandeur-6.jpg "CC Global: South Korea – Where The Sedan Still Thrives")
![“Shonky” is another Australian slang term you mightn’t be familiar with although our British and Kiwi readers may be. It means to be shoddy, of poor or dubious quality or, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/nissan-pathfinder-2.jpg "CC Outtake: Shining A Light On Shonky Repairs")
![There was a time, before the rise of Jennifer Lopez, Nicki Minaj and Kim Kardashian, where it was considered almost shameful for a woman to have a large posterior. Among […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/renault-megane-1.jpg "CC Outtake: 2002-09 Renault Mégane – I Like Big Butts")
![The town of Daylesford was originally a gold-mining town back in the 19th century but the presence of so many mineral springs nearby – 80% of the state’s, in fact […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/holden-gemini-3-1.jpg "Road Trip Outtake: The Cars Of Daylesford, Victoria, Part 3 – 1978 Holden TD Gemini SL/E")
![It’s always a pleasure to explore an unfamiliar part of one’s own country. I’d not heard of Hepburn Springs, Victoria but when my family suggested I fly down and spend […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/range-rover-vogue-3.jpg "Road Trip Outtake: The Cars Of Daylesford, Victoria, Part 1 – 1992-95 Range Rover Vogue LSE")
![I would’ve been impressed enough to see a regular 605, Peugeot’s oft-forgotten luxury flagship from the 1990s at this year’s RACQ MotorFest. I can’t remember if I’d ever seen a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/peugeot-605-ute-1.jpg "Car Show Capsule: 1994-96 Peugeot 605-amino – They Wanted A French Ute")
