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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 5/23/2019) Jeep has been doing special editions since the 1960s and they’ve only gotten more prolific with time – there were at least a dozen distinct […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/jeep-super-wagoneer-rear.jpg "Top 10 Obscure Special Editions And Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Jeep-Eagle Edition, Part II"){kind=small}
![(first posted 5/21/2019) I’ve been writing about obscure North American special editions and forgotten limited-run models since way back in 2015. Though I’ve travelled extensively in the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/studebaker-speedster-5.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1955 Studebaker Speedster – A Star (Luxury) Liner")
![(first posted 5/16/2019) By the 21st century, Lancia had become little more than a semi-premium marque within the Fiat stable. The Italian company that had once been […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lancia-voyager-and-phedra.jpg "2002-10 Lancia Phedra & 2011-15 Lancia Voyager – A European Town & Country And An Actual Town & Country")
![(first posted 5/15/2019) It’s almost Gemini Season. I’m no astrologer but this is apparently a period of tremendous energy, motion and change, sometimes unpredictable. That likely doesn’t […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/holden-rb-gemini-sle-2.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 1985-87 Holden Gemini SL/E – Missing The I-Mark")
![(first posted 5/10/2019) Many of us were shocked when former Sergio Marchionne announced in 2016 that FCA was ending production of the second-generation Chrysler 200 after just three […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/chrysler-200-2nd-gen-6.jpg "Future Curbside Classic: 2015-17 Chrysler 200 – Goodbye To The Old Normal")
![(first posted 5/3/2019) Toyota is often a cautious company, generally focused on maintaining their reputation for quality and reliability and avoiding costly mistakes and unnecessary risks. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/toyota-rav4-6.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1994-2000 Toyota RAV4 – Light Trail Blazer")
![(first posted 4/25/2019) Daewoo finally entered the lucrative US market in 1999 and, just as it did, its perilous financial situation caught up with it. Just a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/daewoo-tacuma-1.jpg "2000-09 Daewoo Tacuma – The Daewoo America Narrowly Missed")
![(first posted 4/20/2019) The culling of cars from GM’s lineup has reached its antipodean outpost. One of Holden’s longest-running nameplates, the Barina, has been quietly discontinued after […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2016-to-2018-holden-barina-8.jpg "Future Classic: 2018 Holden Barina (Chevrolet Sonic) – Bye-Bye Beep-Beep Barina")
![This Buick Skylark is a tough old cookie. Some time ago, Paul shared some photos of it taken by Cohort contributor William Oliver. I instantly recognized it, having photographed it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/197579-buick-skylark3.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1978 Buick Skylark – The Dauntless Little Buick")
![(first posted 4/10/2019) Cars & Coffee events in Brisbane tend to attract the same people so I almost always end up seeing the same cars. I went to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1975-chevrolet-monza-6.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1975 Chevrolet Monza 5.7 – More Monza Madness")
![(first posted 4/10/2019) Seeing an Opel Monza at an Australian car show is like going to visit an old friend’s house and finding their hot European cousin […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/opel-monza-cars-and-coffee-5.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1978-82 Opel Monza – A Beautiful European Cousin")
![A while ago, I made a new rule: I wouldn’t photograph cars in undercover parking lots anymore. The photos never turned out all that great, rarely meeting my standards for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1965-chrysler-valiant-3.jpg "1965 Chrysler Valiant Safari – A Glimmering Blue Oasis In A Concrete Desert")
![(first posted 4/3/2019) Ford’s luxury division is in the midst of its fourth reboot this century. No car exemplifies the constantly changing winds of Lincoln’s design […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2006-lincoln-zephyr-3.jpg "Curbside Classic: 2006 Lincoln Zephyr – Soft Reboot")
![(first posted 3/29/2019) Kia’s first attempt at a minivan was a commercial success. Just two years after its launch, it became the best-selling minivan in Australia. In […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/kia-sedona-carnival-2.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 1998-2005 Kia Carnival/Sedona – How Easy It Is To Make A Minivan")
![(first posted 3/27/2019) Cascada is the name of two things created in Germany: a dance music group and an Opel (albeit one assembled in Poland). The […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/holden-cascada-3.jpg "Future Classic: 2013-19 Buick/Holden/Opel/Vauxhall Cascada – Not Going Platinum")
