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International Archive
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CC Commentary: Two Key Automotive Industry Developments from Japan
Posted on January 4, 2025 | 23 CommentsThe recent holiday season has brought two major, perhaps landmark, automotive news stories from Japan. The first is obviously the potential merger of Honda and Nissan. Lots of commentary and […] -
Vintage Editorial: “Reflections from an English Country Inn” (Brock Yates, C&D 1968)
Posted on April 15, 2024 | 69 Comments(first posted 5/23/2013, as a follow-up to yesterday’s Grosse Pointe Myopians) This is the kind of stuff I inhaled as a fifteen year-old: Brock Yates analyzing the British Car industry, […] -
Curbside Classic – There’s Always Something Interesting in a Small Town: 1995 Pajero Wide Exceed 5-Door Turbo Diesel
Posted on August 29, 2023 | 21 CommentsI live in a small town, surrounded by mostly other small towns. The kinds of places that not too long ago would have been the butts of jokes and shaggy […] -
Automotive History: A Tribute To The Australian Ford Falcon
Posted on August 7, 2023 | 93 Comments(first posted 7/7/2017) I started writing this article as news came through that the very last Ford car to be produced in Australia had started its journey down […] -
The Radioactive Cars of Chernobyl – Can You Identify Them?
Posted on April 1, 2023 | 29 CommentsI’ve been contacted by the University of Turin, which recently found a collection of photographic prints in their archives made thirteen years after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear meltdown. In 1999, […] -
Right Hand Drive 1965 Thunderbird? I Didn’t Know They Made That
Posted on March 12, 2023 | 74 Comments(first posted 1/7/2013) The reason that I blog about cars is because there is so much to learn, and what better way to do that? glenh posted this at his […] -
CC Global: Brazilian Maverick – From Deception to Passion
Posted on December 3, 2022 | 69 Comments(first posted 12/3/2016) 43 years after its debut in Brazil, the Ford Maverick has reached superstar status among gearheads and collectors. They are in love with the many qualities […] -
Mountainside Classics – The Bergbahnen of the Berner Oberland
Posted on August 21, 2022 | 16 Comments(first posted 8/21/2016) Late nineteenth century Switzerland had an opportunity, but also a problem. Some of the most spectacular scenery in Europe in the great Alpine mountain ranges were […] -
2004 Chevrolet Tornado: How Far Is It From Home?
Posted on July 23, 2022 | 41 CommentsDriving up the freeway on the morning commute, I overtook something that looked a bit out of place. While pickup trucks have morphed into all sorts of variations, this one […] -
CC Global: The Immortal (And Frankensteinian) Curbside Classics of Cuba
Posted on June 13, 2022 | 57 Comments(first posted 6/13/2016) As US-Cuba relations keep normalizing, many of us have got to wonder, what might happen to all those iconic classic cars so characteristic to the island? I […] -
Car Show Classics: 1963 Rover 2000 and Triumph 2000 – Britain Leads The Way
Posted on April 14, 2022 | 40 Comments(first posted 10/19/2013) 1963 was an important year in the United States for new cars, but possibly just as important in the UK and Europe. It was the birth […] -
Today’s Oddity: 1962 Rambler Chapron Presidencial – De Gaulle Says Non Merci!
Posted on April 9, 2022 | 61 Comments(first posted 1/4/2012. Updated 4/9/2016) I don’t read French very well, but somehow, someone got it in their heads to have French coachbuilder Chapron build a Presidential 1962 Rambler. The […] -
Beaten By Hand, But Not A Beater: 1973 Rolls Royce Phantom VI Drophead by Frua – The End Of An Era Of Custom Coachbuilt Rollers
Posted on March 23, 2022 | 82 Comments(first posted 7/11/2012) Once upon a time, luxury car manufacturers like Rolls Royce only built the chassis, and the buyer would either select from a number of coach builders who […] -
God’s Rambo: The Story Of A Real Life Road Warrior
Posted on February 4, 2022 | 28 CommentsBosnia and Herzegovina wasn’t a nice place in the early 1990s. What became known as the Bosnian War concluded in 1995 with a stalemate, more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians […] -
Automotive History: Volkswagen Gol – The Difficult Mission to Replace a Legend
Posted on October 4, 2021 | 69 Comments(first posted 10/4/2015) As I’ve written in the past, the first generation of automakers that landed in Brazil used to produce really crappy cars. Well, all of them but one: […]
![CC Commentary: Two Key Automotive Industry Developments from Japan The recent holiday season has brought two major, perhaps landmark, automotive news stories from Japan. The first is obviously the potential merger of Honda and Nissan. Lots of commentary and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/images-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Vintage Editorial: “Reflections from an English Country Inn” (Brock Yates, C&D 1968) (first posted 5/23/2013, as a follow-up to yesterday’s Grosse Pointe Myopians) This is the kind of stuff I inhaled as a fifteen year-old: Brock Yates analyzing the British Car industry, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/UK-006-2-900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic – There’s Always Something Interesting in a Small Town: 1995 Pajero Wide Exceed 5-Door Turbo Diesel I live in a small town, surrounded by mostly other small towns. The kinds of places that not too long ago would have been the butts of jokes and shaggy […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1995pajerofront.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Automotive History: A Tribute To The Australian Ford Falcon (first posted 7/7/2017) I started writing this article as news came through that the very last Ford car to be produced in Australia had started its journey down […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Ford-Falcon-orange-2016-sedan-Ford-Territory-black-2016-suv-and-Ford-Falcon-ute-silver-2016-3_0.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![The Radioactive Cars of Chernobyl – Can You Identify Them? I’ve been contacted by the University of Turin, which recently found a collection of photographic prints in their archives made thirteen years after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear meltdown. In 1999, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/chernobyl_06.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Right Hand Drive 1965 Thunderbird? I Didn’t Know They Made That (first posted 1/7/2013) The reason that I blog about cars is because there is so much to learn, and what better way to do that? glenh posted this at his […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Thunderbird-RHD.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: Brazilian Maverick – From Deception to Passion (first posted 12/3/2016) 43 years after its debut in Brazil, the Ford Maverick has reached superstar status among gearheads and collectors. They are in love with the many qualities […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/maverick-gt-v8-1974-original-248601-MLB20384029587_082015-O.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Mountainside Classics – The Bergbahnen of the Berner Oberland (first posted 8/21/2016) Late nineteenth century Switzerland had an opportunity, but also a problem. Some of the most spectacular scenery in Europe in the great Alpine mountain ranges were […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/feature.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![2004 Chevrolet Tornado: How Far Is It From Home? Driving up the freeway on the morning commute, I overtook something that looked a bit out of place. While pickup trucks have morphed into all sorts of variations, this one […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20401BBD-9443-4EF9-BCAC-8847EC94864F.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: The Immortal (And Frankensteinian) Curbside Classics of Cuba (first posted 6/13/2016) As US-Cuba relations keep normalizing, many of us have got to wonder, what might happen to all those iconic classic cars so characteristic to the island? I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ssdcg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Classics: 1963 Rover 2000 and Triumph 2000 – Britain Leads The Way (first posted 10/19/2013) 1963 was an important year in the United States for new cars, but possibly just as important in the UK and Europe. It was the birth […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/P6-1964.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Today’s Oddity: 1962 Rambler Chapron Presidencial – De Gaulle Says Non Merci! (first posted 1/4/2012. Updated 4/9/2016) I don’t read French very well, but somehow, someone got it in their heads to have French coachbuilder Chapron build a Presidential 1962 Rambler. The […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/rambler-20chapron-20presidence-img.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Beaten By Hand, But Not A Beater: 1973 Rolls Royce Phantom VI Drophead by Frua – The End Of An Era Of Custom Coachbuilt Rollers (first posted 7/11/2012) Once upon a time, luxury car manufacturers like Rolls Royce only built the chassis, and the buyer would either select from a number of coach builders who […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/rrrrrr.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![God’s Rambo: The Story Of A Real Life Road Warrior Bosnia and Herzegovina wasn’t a nice place in the early 1990s. What became known as the Bosnian War concluded in 1995 with a stalemate, more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/gods-rambo-2.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Automotive History: Volkswagen Gol – The Difficult Mission to Replace a Legend (first posted 10/4/2015) As I’ve written in the past, the first generation of automakers that landed in Brazil used to produce really crappy cars. Well, all of them but one: […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/vw-gol.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


