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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 3/27/2018) The conservative coupe and the two-door sedan seem to be peculiarly American phenomena. To an Australian, the idea of sacrificing two doors for a negligible […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mazda-626-coupe-1.jpg "CC Capsule: 1983-87 Mazda 626 Coupe – The Mystery Of The Innocuous Coupe")
![(first posted 3/15/2018) When I saw this odd, faded yellow C-Class, I thought, “Wow. Pale yellow might have worked on Benzes in the 1960s and 1970s but it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/mercedes-benz-c180-esprit.jpg "CC Capsule: 1994-96 Mercedes-Benz C180 Esprit – Mercedes-Benz, Home Of The Four Flavors")
![(first posted 3/13/2018) The first cars to disappear from our roads tend to be the cheapest. No matter how reliable and well-built, A- and B-segment vehicles […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/daihatsu-charade-4.jpg "CC Capsule: 1985-87 Daihatsu Charade – A Childhood Curbside Classic, Two Decades Later")
![(first posted 3/8/2018) Over the years, the Toyota Corolla has been available in myriad permutations: front-, rear-, or four-wheel-drive; sedan, coupe, hatchback, liftback or wagon; and powered […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/toyota-corolla-all-trac-10.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 1987-92 Toyota Corolla All-Trac/4WD Wagon – Wholesome Carib")
![(first posted 2/15/2018) The Chevrolet Camaro has long enjoyed a reputation for great value and high performance but, well, nobody’s ever accused it of being refined. After […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2017-chevrolet-camaro-ss-william-10.jpg "Rental Car Review: 2017 Chevrolet Camaro 1SS – Having Your Cake And Eating It, Too")
![(first posted 2/22/2018) “White van man” is a British stereotype of white commercial van drivers, commonly regarded as inconsiderate drivers. Fortunately, my time behind the wheel of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IMG_4171.jpg "Rental Car Review: 2017 Toyota HiAce – My Day As A White Van Man")
![Not pictured: Gary’s ute (first posted 2/6/2018) Gary lives out in the bush, way out west. He wears Akubras, and his skin is rough and tanned from years […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/toyota-land-cruiser-landcruiser-william-8.jpg "Curbside Classic: Toyota LandCruiser 70-Series – Built For Hard Yakka")
![(first posted 1/26/2018) (The 26th of January is Australia Day so let’s celebrate with some Australiana.) Both Ford North America and Ford Australia released controversially-styled replacement large sedans in the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2003_Ford_Falcon_BA_XR6_Turbo_sedan_17164291199.jpg "Curbside Classic: 2002-05 Ford BA Falcon – One Of The Greatest Australian Cars Ever Made")
![(first posted 1/25/2018) There’s one thing I’ll never understand about the second-generation Toyota Paseo. Toyota wanted to make a compact coupe off the Tercel platform, something a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/toyota-paseo-1.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 1996-99 Toyota Paseo – Un Paseo Aburrido")
![(first posted 1/22/2018) While Pontiac was selling Grand Prix coupes hand over fist in the 1970s, the related LeMans struggled mightily. For the 1978 redesign of the A-Body platform, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1979-pontiac-grand-lemans-coupe-1.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1978-81 Pontiac LeMans – Green With Envy")
![(first posted 1/19/2018) We’ve been on a bit of a Fairmont tear here lately, if you hadn’t noticed. As a result, I must have had Fox-bodies on my […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1980-Ford-Fairmont-01.jpg "Vintage Ad/Brochure Capsule: 1980 Ford Fairmont Turbo/Mercury Zephyr Turbo – Sasquatch. Nessie. Fairmont Turbo.")
![(first posted 1/18/2018) Five years ago today, I published my first article here on Curbside Classic. The subject was the Holden Camira, Australia’s version of the GM […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/holden-camira-6.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1982-89 Holden Camira – The Thrill Of Writing About J-Cars")
![(first posted 1/16/2018) Chrysler has a rich history of special editions and limited-run models, many of which I’ve covered in Part One, Part Two and Part Three of this […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1982-imperial-fs.jpg "The Most Obscure Special Editions And Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Mopar Edition, Part IV")
![(first posted 1/9/2018) (Read Part 1 here) Since GM’s bankruptcy restructuring, the number of brands in its menagerie has shrunk dramatically. Hummer, Saab and Saturn […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/wallpapers_hummer_h3_2008_8_b.jpg "Top 10 Most Obscure Special Editions And Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Other GM Brands Edition, Part II")
![(first posted 1/2/2018) This is a follow-up to this article from, umm, February 2016. Uhh, sorry about the delay there. One of my New Year’s resolutions was to finish this […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1980-oldsmobile-toronado-xsc.jpg "Top 10 Obscure Special Editions and Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Oldsmobile Edition, Part II"){kind=small}
