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Curbside Classics – Asian Brands Archive
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Curbside Classic: 1997 SsangYong “Benz” Musso – Ssurely You Can’t Be SseriousS
Posted on August 13, 2024 | 52 Comments(first posted 8/14/2018) Ok, hands up who would miss SsangYong if they gave up making cars? Hmmm. Direct democracy isn’t going to work here. So I’ll just talk […] -
Cohort Classic: 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback – Another One-Year Wonder
Posted on August 9, 2024 | 36 Comments(first posted 8/9/2018) Americans and wagons are a combination that baffles the mind of product developers everywhere. From being the darling of families looking for a second car […] -
CC Capsule: 1987 Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86) Cabriolet – They Eighty-Sixed The Roof!
Posted on August 7, 2024 | 6 CommentsIt’s getting hot out here. Definitely the season to be out and about in a drop-top. So for the next couple of weeks, we’re going to have a look at […] -
Curbside Classic: 1992 Mazda MX-3 GS – Smallest Production V6 Engine Ever?
Posted on August 6, 2024 | 89 Comments(first posted 9/29/2012) Leave it to Mazda to enter the highly-contested compact sporty coupe market with something quite out of the ordinary. Mazda’s timing was a bit curious too, as […] -
Curbside Classic: 1990 Honda Accord LX coupe – Coupé d’Irrelevance?
Posted on July 31, 2024 | 64 Comments(first posted 7/31/2018) Debuting late in 2017 as a 2018 model, the tenth generation of Honda’s immensely popular and legendary Accord sedan arrived lacking a two-door companion, even […] -
CC & Vintage Review: Pontiac LeMans and Daewoo 1.5i/Cielo – Kadetts Reporting Rather Late For Duty
Posted on July 23, 2024 | 57 Comments(first posted 7/19/2018) Pity the pretty and poised Opel Kadett E, a crude facsimile of it years later having conditioned consumers the world over to wretch at the […] -
Curbside Classic: 2000 Mazda Millenia S – Identity Crisis
Posted on July 21, 2024 | 77 Comments(first posted 10/15/2012) It is common knowledge that in the late ’80s and early ’90s, Japanese automakers broadened their lineups with luxury divisions: Acura, in 1986; Lexus, in 1989; and […] -
Curbside Classic: 2004 Toyota Camry – I’ve Got A Symbol In My Driveway
Posted on June 30, 2024 | 171 Comments(first posted 1/31/2013. How can such a vanilla car (and the Prius) elicit such intense reaction in the comments? Oh, I know…) There is absolutely no question that the events […] -
CC Outtakes: Welcome To The Wild World Of Kei Vans
Posted on June 28, 2024 | 19 CommentsJapanese carmakers are well versed in the art of making large and exciting wares, but let’s not forget that small and dull has always been in their DNA. The issue, […] -
Curbside Classic: 1981-87 Mazda 929 – A Big Tent
Posted on June 23, 2024 | 27 Comments(first posted 6/22/2018) An uninspiring, blocky wagon from the 1970s. A wedgy, sporty-looking coupe with pop-up headlights. A plush, large sedan. All with the same nameplate. Shopping for a […] -
Curbside Classic: 1995 Toyota Previa DX – How Do You Take Your Eggs?
Posted on June 18, 2024 | 52 Comments(first posted 6/18/2018) Although somewhat demoralizing to car enthusiasts, it is nonetheless very understandable that the majority of consumers choose cars of more basic, conventional, humble, and for lack […] -
Curbside Classic: 1988 Nissan 300ZX – The Z Tosses Its Leisure Suit
Posted on June 14, 2024 | 41 Comments(first posted 3/11/2013) As we saw in the recent ’83 280ZX CC, the sporty Z-cars lost their way a bit from the late ’70s to the early ’80s, donning big, […] -
Curbside Classic: 1990 Daihatsu Rocky SE – Technical Knockout
Posted on June 8, 2024 | 64 Comments(first posted 12/18/2015) “A what??” That response probably greeted quite a few of the 50,000 US consumers who bought Daihatsus during the 5 years when they were offered for sale […] -
Curbside Classic: 2000 Infiniti Q45t Anniversary Edition – The Japanese Lincoln?
Posted on June 6, 2024 | 53 Comments(first posted 9/15/15 – updated with new photos of a recent CC sighting) Introduced the same year as Toyota’s Lexus division, Nissan’s Infiniti brand never achieved the runaway success of […] -
Curbside Classic: 1995 Toyota Cresta (X90) Super Lucent – Highly Nielsen-Rated
Posted on June 6, 2024 | 7 CommentsIt just couldn’t be JDM ‘90s Week without a good old RWD Toyota saloon, could it? In the mid-‘90s, the number one Japanese automaker still had a lot of those […]
![Curbside Classic: 1997 SsangYong “Benz” Musso – Ssurely You Can’t Be SseriousS (first posted 8/14/2018) Ok, hands up who would miss SsangYong if they gave up making cars? Hmmm. Direct democracy isn’t going to work here. So I’ll just talk […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180729_103620.jpg)
![Cohort Classic: 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback – Another One-Year Wonder (first posted 8/9/2018) Americans and wagons are a combination that baffles the mind of product developers everywhere. From being the darling of families looking for a second car […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/43257854132_9eb4b8e549_z.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1987 Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86) Cabriolet – They Eighty-Sixed The Roof! It’s getting hot out here. Definitely the season to be out and about in a drop-top. So for the next couple of weeks, we’re going to have a look at […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_20240303_085410_edited.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1992 Mazda MX-3 GS – Smallest Production V6 Engine Ever? (first posted 9/29/2012) Leave it to Mazda to enter the highly-contested compact sporty coupe market with something quite out of the ordinary. Mazda’s timing was a bit curious too, as […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/CC-158-086-1200.jpg)
![CC & Vintage Review: Pontiac LeMans and Daewoo 1.5i/Cielo – Kadetts Reporting Rather Late For Duty (first posted 7/19/2018) Pity the pretty and poised Opel Kadett E, a crude facsimile of it years later having conditioned consumers the world over to wretch at the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/daewoo-cielo-2.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 2000 Mazda Millenia S – Identity Crisis (first posted 10/15/2012) It is common knowledge that in the late ’80s and early ’90s, Japanese automakers broadened their lineups with luxury divisions: Acura, in 1986; Lexus, in 1989; and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/09-19-2012-015-e1348348347643.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 2004 Toyota Camry – I’ve Got A Symbol In My Driveway (first posted 1/31/2013. How can such a vanilla car (and the Prius) elicit such intense reaction in the comments? Oh, I know…) There is absolutely no question that the events […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/0120131022d.jpg)
![CC Outtakes: Welcome To The Wild World Of Kei Vans Japanese carmakers are well versed in the art of making large and exciting wares, but let’s not forget that small and dull has always been in their DNA. The issue, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_20210622_090433_1_edited.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1981-87 Mazda 929 – A Big Tent (first posted 6/22/2018) An uninspiring, blocky wagon from the 1970s. A wedgy, sporty-looking coupe with pop-up headlights. A plush, large sedan. All with the same nameplate. Shopping for a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mazda-hb-929-coupe-1.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1988 Nissan 300ZX – The Z Tosses Its Leisure Suit (first posted 3/11/2013) As we saw in the recent ’83 280ZX CC, the sporty Z-cars lost their way a bit from the late ’70s to the early ’80s, donning big, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1-27-and-1-28-2013-030.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1990 Daihatsu Rocky SE – Technical Knockout (first posted 12/18/2015) “A what??” That response probably greeted quite a few of the 50,000 US consumers who bought Daihatsus during the 5 years when they were offered for sale […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/L-1.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 2000 Infiniti Q45t Anniversary Edition – The Japanese Lincoln? (first posted 9/15/15 – updated with new photos of a recent CC sighting) Introduced the same year as Toyota’s Lexus division, Nissan’s Infiniti brand never achieved the runaway success of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/IMG_0841.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1995 Toyota Cresta (X90) Super Lucent – Highly Nielsen-Rated It just couldn’t be JDM ‘90s Week without a good old RWD Toyota saloon, could it? In the mid-‘90s, the number one Japanese automaker still had a lot of those […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_20211023_161750_edited.jpg)


