- 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.
![Cannon Hill is a suburb (neighborhood) relatively close to the Brisbane CBD – about a 20 minute drive outside of rush hour. It’s not the kind of place I’d expect […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/henrys-car-lot-cannon-hill-1.jpg "Dealer Outtakes: Call Henry!")
![You may have noticed there’s something not quite right about this Firebird. That’s because it isn’t a Firebird but, rather, an Arcadipane Imitator. It’s a Holden Monaro dressed up with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/arcadipane-imitator.jpg "Design Outtake: What’s Wrong With This Firebird?")
![I was extremely excited to see this second-generation Cadillac CTS in my local shopping mall parking lot, even following it so I could get some photos. Those of you in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cadillac-cts-australia-valley.jpg "CC Capsule: 2009 Cadillac CTS – Turn The Boat Around")
![The measure of good car design should perhaps be how well a car looks when parked in the most unflattering location and under the most unflattering lighting. Such a test […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/90s-mazdas-with-small-v6s.jpg "CC Outtakes: Adventures Of A Mall Mole, Part 2")
![It’s funny the things you miss when you move to a new place. I moved into my new apartment a couple of months ago and I love that I can […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/jaguar-s-type-r-2.jpg "CC Outtakes: Adventures Of A Mall Mole, Part 1")
![It’s clear the Chinese market has become the most important automotive market in the world—new vehicle registrations in 2017 totalled around 24 million, compared to 17 million in the US. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/venucia-t90-1.jpg "Missing Out? The Japanese And Korean-Branded Cars Sold Only In China")
![The Aviator nameplate is returning to Lincoln and another automaker may also be looking at dusting off one of their old SUV nameplates. That company is Honda, who is rumored […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/honda-passport-v6.jpg "CC Capsule: 1998-2002 Honda Passport – A Name Awaiting Another Stamp")
![Much was made of Lincoln’s revival of the Continental nameplate on its new flagship sedan. It was just the start: Lincoln is discarding its confusing alphanumeric naming scheme and switching […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/lincoln-aviators.jpg "Future Curbside Classics: 2003-05 & 2019 Lincoln Aviator – One Aviator Flew Under The Radar, One Will Soar")
![It’s no secret Volkswagen has been having trouble in the North American market. However, the world’s largest automaker continues to thrive in China where it is the number one automaker. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/volkswagen-phideon.jpg "CC Global: Missing Out? The European-Branded Cars Sold Only In China")
![Oh Americans, you must have thought you were so special. The European and Asian automakers spent years developing models specifically for your market. Cars like the Honda Pilot and Toyota […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/jeep-grand-commander-1.jpg "Missing Out? The American-Branded Cars You Can Only Buy In China")
![Sometimes, I wonder if people just drive their cars right off the showroom floor, into a time portal, and materialize in the present day. I spotted this Datsun Sunny (aka […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/datsun-sunny-1.jpg "CC Outtake: A Datsun Sunny On The Shady Side Of The Street")
![For those of you who weren’t aware, the title is a quote I paraphrased from Mean Girls, a film that came out just a few years before this advertisement. One […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Final-Lucerne-SEMA-Ad.jpg "Advertising Outtake: 2007 Buick Lucerne SEMA Cars – Stop Trying To Make Fetch Happen, Buick!")
![Cars & Coffee has become a global institution, with events popping up all over the world. There are a few different events bearing the Cars & Coffee name here in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/carsandcoffee-datsun-roadster-6.jpg "Car Show Classics: Turbo Drive Cars & Coffee In December 2017")
![I like to include vintage TV commercials in my articles and so, naturally, I went looking on YouTube for a Holden Camira ad for today’s post. I selected the launch […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/holden_gemini_1975_pictures_1_b.jpg "QOTD: Can You Identify The Mysterious, Broken-Down Cars In This Commercial?")
