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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 5/3/2016) The 1973 GM T-Car was a genuine world car, sold on 5 continents under the Opel, Vauxhall, Isuzu and Holden brands, among others. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/holden-rb-gemini-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1985-87 Holden RB Gemini/1985-89 Chevrolet Spectrum/Isuzu I-Mark – The Stars Didn’t Align")
![(first posted 1/29/2014) Those who follow the auto industry know of all the lazily rebadged cars used to fill different manufacturers’ model line-ups. The derisive term “badge engineering” was coined […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/800px-MITSUBISHI_PROUDIA_BY51_01_ceficefi.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "Obscure Rebadges From Around the World")
![(first posted 2/4/2015) When one thinks of a French luxury car, they probably think of the avant-garde Citroen DS or CX. They might think of the boxy-but-capable Peugeot 604. But […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Peugeot_605_2.0_SRi_1995_15237453109.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1999-2010 Peugeot 607 – Le Bateau Magnifique")
![(first posted 2/9/2019) What do the Ford Fusion and Ford EcoSport have in common? Nothing really, being two disparate vehicles in terms of size and using different platforms […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ford-fusion-europe-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 2002-12 Ford Fusion (Europe) – Old Fusion")
![(first posted 2/1/2019) This picture perfectly encapsulates how far Hyundai has come. It’s been a long journey from the cheap and cheerless Excel to the i30 (Elantra […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/hyundai-excel-and-i30-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1990 Hyundai Excel & 2018 Hyundai i30 – 28 Years Of Progress")
![(First posted 1/30/2019) (Inspired by J.P. Cavanaugh’s series, “How Hard Can It Be To Make A Minivan”, here’s a new series about crossovers that for whatever reason […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mazda-cx-7-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2007-12 Mazda CX-7 – How Hard Can It Be To Make A Crossover? (Part 1)")
![(first posted 1/22/2019) The Dodge Avenger was the very bottom of the barrel in the mid-size sedan segment when it was launched. It excelled at nothing and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dodge-avenger-7.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Chrysler’s Deadly Sin #5: 2008-10 Dodge Avenger – Automotive Journalists’ Whipping Boy, And Deservedly So")
![(first posted 1/17/2019) Trust me to find cars in Venice. My poor brother thought he’d gotten a reprieve during our Europe trip when we arrived in Venice. No […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/autobianchi-y10-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1992-95 Autobianchi/Lancia Y10 – The Last Autobianchi")
![(first posted 1/14/2019) Who knew one town could have so many classics? Paul’s already shared his vast collection of sightings from Goldfield, Nevada and we’ve also featured photos from […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1948-nash-super-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1948 Nash Super – You Don’t Have To Dig Deep For Classics In Goldfield")
![(first posted 1/12/2019) Curtis Perry uploaded these exquisite photos of a ’59 Buick, a car from a time where so many cars looked like they wanted to maul […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1959-buick-curtis-perry.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curtis Perry Outtake: A Menacing ’59 Buick Stalks The Night")
![(first posted 1/10/2019) Enthusiasts who have little exposure to contemporary French cars – for example, enthusiasts from the US and Canada – tend to get the impression […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/peugeot-1007-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 2005-09 Peugeot 1007 – On The Wrong Tracks")
![(first posted 1/11/2019) At a recent classic car show, the lone Packard on display was a beautifully restored 1949 Packard Super Eight Victoria convertible. It was truly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/packard-mexico-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1950 Packard Touring Sedan – A Cormorant In The Wild")
![(first posted 1/10/2019) It’s not often I see a Datsun Sunny (210). Early last year, I saw a wagon in a church parking lot that belonged to an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/datsun-sunny-wagon-1980-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1980 Datsun Sunny (210) Wagon – California Love")
![(first posted 1/8/2019) There are certainly plenty of North American obscure rebadges that could be featured in this series, like the Mitsubishi Precis and Saturn Relay. This series, however, has […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mahindra-voyager-ad.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Obscure Rebadges From Around The World: Part 7")
![(first posted 12/22/2018) It’s a question we’ve probably all been asked before whenever someone finds out we’re into cars. “What’s your dream car, money no object?” they ask. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cadillac-cts-v-3G-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Future Classic: 2016-19 Cadillac CTS-V – The Answer")
