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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.
![The skies were grey and the roads were slick. Storms had lashed Brisbane before easing into a mere drizzle and the endless concrete and bitumen of Gympie Road looked dreary […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1971-buick-electra-lead.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1971 Buick Electra 225 – A Texan Socialite")
![(first posted 3/9/2019) Most pickups are workhorses, a tool for their owners like a hammer or a pair of pliers. They’re hardy and built to last but […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ford-courier-3.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1985-98 Ford Courier & 1986-96 Mitsubishi Triton – Trusty (But Not Rusty) Old Tools")
![Part 1 of a series on the many unique Mexican market Chrysler, Dodge and Plymouth vehicles of recent years. Production of the Dodge Dart ended in September of 2016. Fiat […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a-dart.jpg "Mexican Mopars, Part 1: 2017 Dodge Neon and Vision – Hola!")
![Hoods and trunk lids that go for days were par for the course for full-size American cars of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. For that extra dimension of extravagance and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1975-oldsmobile-delta-88-convertible-press-photo.webp "The Last Full-Size Convertibles – The End Of An Era")
![(first posted 3/4/2014) The car business sometimes creates strange bedfellows. When an automaker lacks the knowledge or expertise to build a car in a previously unexplored segment, they will often […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/800px-SsangYong_Rodius_270_Xdi_rear_20100719.jpg "Obscure Rebadges From Around The World: Part 2")
![(first posted 5/13/2019) GM’s Epsilon platform was used by a vast array of vehicles, including the Chevrolet Malibu, Saab 9-3 and Opel Vectra. As part of Fiat’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/fiat-croma-front-34.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 2005-10 Fiat Croma – Monocromatic")
![(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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/holden-rb-gemini-2.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/800px-MITSUBISHI_PROUDIA_BY51_01_ceficefi.png "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Peugeot_605_2.0_SRi_1995_15237453109.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ford-fusion-europe-2.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/hyundai-excel-and-i30-4.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mazda-cx-7-1.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dodge-avenger-7.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/autobianchi-y10-1.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1948-nash-super-2.jpg "CC Capsule: 1948 Nash Super – You Don’t Have To Dig Deep For Classics In Goldfield")
