- 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.
![Do you remember a time when you could purchase an all-wheel-drive Toyota Corolla, or a turbocharged Dodge Colt, or a Mazda 626 coupe? If so, you remember the 1980s, a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nissan-pulsar-exa-nx-2.jpg "CC Outtake: 1987-90 Nissan Pulsar NX – When Nissan Made Small Coupes")
![Mexican muscle car enthusiasts loved their V8s and Chrysler had offered these enthusiasts what they had wanted for years. However, Chrysler’s brush with bankruptcy had left the company with different priorities […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dodge-magnum-obrera.jpg "Mexican Mopars, Part 6: Dodge Magnums Of The 1980s – Coming Down From A V8 High")
![A while ago, I came into possession of a 1979 Pontiac foldout, each page measuring 8×11 inches. When you fold it out and flip it over, you have this wonderful […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1979-pontiac-foldout.jpg "Advertising Outtake/QOTD: The 1979 Pontiac Range – Which One Do You Want?"){kind=small}
![The Dart name first appeared on a Dodge in 1960. By 1963, it was placed on the compact Dodge and there it stayed until 1976. That year, Dodge launched their […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dodge-diplomat-dart-mexico-2.jpg "Mexican Mopars, Part 5: Dodge Darts of the 1980s – Not Darting Away From A Good Name")
![I only turned 26 on the 17th, but I already feel as though I am getting old. I used to be able to eat whatever I wanted with reckless abandon. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/chevrolet-monte-carlo-dodge-challenger-2.jpg "CC Outtake: Chevrolet Monte Carlo and Dodge Challenger – Two Four-Piece Boxes")
![Europe, 1996. Renault launches a compact MPV (multi-purpose vehicle) based off of their C-segment Mégane. Even though the Japanese have experimented in this segment before, with cars like the Nissan Prairie […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fiat-500l-2.jpg "CC Outtake: Fiat 500L and Plymouth Grand Voyager – Mopar Minivans")
![One day during my trip to Mexico, I was taking the Metro back to my friend’s apartment and had to transfer at Chabacano station. While walking through the partially aboveground […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/pontiac-trans-sport-obrera.jpg "CC Global: The Cars And Facades Of Colonia Obrera, Mexico City")
![Looking at this photo, I feel a mixture of both frustration and envy. I am frustrated because I failed to take any more snaps of this rare Cadillac STS-V, one […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cadillac-sts-v-harlem.jpg "Future Curbside Classic: 2006-09 Cadillac STS-V – Gazing Longingly")
![If you’ve turned on a radio or, you know, walked through a mall in the past month, you will have heard Bruno Mars’ new single, 24K Magic, from the album […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/24k-magic-cadillac-allante.jpg "CC Jukebox: Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic And $54K Caddy Roadster")
![China is where, in one form or another and for one reason or another, old cars are shipped. Many cars are recycled for their steel, while others find their mechanicals […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/faw-f1-3.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 2008-10 FAW F1 – All Cars Go To China")
![Medical tourism is the term applied to persons who travel to another country to obtain medical treatment, whether for the lower cost or wider range of treatment available elsewhere. Mexico, for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2004-chevrolet-suburban.jpg "CC Outtake: 2004 Chevrolet Suburban (MX-Spec) – Medical Tourism")
![We are in the midst of a turbocharging epoch as automakers use boosted, small-displacement engines to satisfy consumer and regulatory demands for fuel economy, while still offering healthy power output. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/chrysler-stratus-turbo-2.jpg "Mexican Mopars, Part 2: Chrysler Stratus and Cirrus 2.4 Turbo – Clouds That Fly")
![The Ford Flex is rumored to be axed from Ford’s crossover-heavy lineup come 2020 but if you saw sales figures, you would be wondering why it didn’t happen sooner. Here’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ford-flex-explorer1.jpg "CC Outtake: 2016 Ford Flex and Explorer – Same Goods, Different Packaging")
![There’s a reason this Windstar owner in San Miguel de Allende slapped an EcoBoost badge on their minivan. Ford’s EcoBoost line of engines have been tremendously successful in migrating owners of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ford-windstar-ecoboost.jpg "CC Outtake: The Turbocharged Power Of Marketing")
![In Part I, I showed you the most common vehicles of this century in Mexico and promised Part II would feature the most ubiquitous pre-2000 vehicles. If you were expecting […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/vw-caribe.jpg "CC Global: The Mexican Carscape In 2016 – Part II, The Older Metal")
