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Curbside Classics Archives
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![As is amply documented on this website, I’m not typically a fan of modded cars, though I will concede that sometimes some mods (in moderation) can make a lot of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_20220526_125527-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1993 Mazda B-Series (UF) Proceed Marvie – You Will Meet A Low Dark Stranger")
Curbside Classic: 1993 Mazda B-Series (UF) Proceed Marvie – You Will Meet A Low Dark Stranger
Posted on July 15, 2022 | 16 CommentsAs is amply documented on this website, I’m not typically a fan of modded cars, though I will concede that sometimes some mods (in moderation) can make a lot of […] -
![(first posted 7/13/2016) Well, Cohort regular William Rubano did it again. This time he has found another rice age unicorn: An unmolested Matrk IV Toyota Supra. And, sadly, even here […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/27889276626_9e796ba728_z.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Classic: 1996 Toyota Supra – Taste Test")
Cohort Classic: 1996 Toyota Supra – Taste Test
Posted on July 13, 2022 | 38 Comments(first posted 7/13/2016) Well, Cohort regular William Rubano did it again. This time he has found another rice age unicorn: An unmolested Matrk IV Toyota Supra. And, sadly, even here […] -
![I recently wrote a post about a certain tree-lined street, at the Meiji memorial garden, where classic cars tend to gather on weekends. Well, truth be told, that was just […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_20220501_113956-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Toyota Mark II Hardtop (X70) Grande Twin Cam 24 – Over On CC Street")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Toyota Mark II Hardtop (X70) Grande Twin Cam 24 – Over On CC Street
Posted on July 13, 2022 | 5 CommentsI recently wrote a post about a certain tree-lined street, at the Meiji memorial garden, where classic cars tend to gather on weekends. Well, truth be told, that was just […] -
![Now that’s a two-car garage I’m sure many at CC would approve of! Perhaps neither car would be anyone’s first choice – Mustangs of this era are a bit blobby […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20220423_130552-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Twofer: 1987 Nissan Skyline (R31) Excel Saloon & 1994 Ford Mustang Convertible – Beauty And The Beast, But Which Is Which?")
CC Twofer: 1987 Nissan Skyline (R31) Excel Saloon & 1994 Ford Mustang Convertible – Beauty And The Beast, But Which Is Which?
Posted on June 29, 2022 | 12 CommentsNow that’s a two-car garage I’m sure many at CC would approve of! Perhaps neither car would be anyone’s first choice – Mustangs of this era are a bit blobby […] -
![1990 Eagle Talon cohort photos by cjcz92 (first posted 6/28/2016) Take a compact sports coupe designed and engineered in Japan, manufacture it in the United States through a joint Chrysler-Mitsubishi […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/27059541942_cc6139fa2a_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Classic: 1990 Eagle Talon TSi AWD – The Eagle Has Landed")
Cohort Classic: 1990 Eagle Talon TSi AWD – The Eagle Has Landed
Posted on June 28, 2022 | 51 Comments1990 Eagle Talon cohort photos by cjcz92 (first posted 6/28/2016) Take a compact sports coupe designed and engineered in Japan, manufacture it in the United States through a joint Chrysler-Mitsubishi […] -
![(first posted 2/13/2011): If a picture is really worth a thousand words, I might as well stop right now and just leave you with this one. It says it all. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CC-125-069-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1992 Toyota MR2 – A Camry In Italian Drag")
Curbside Classic: 1992 Toyota MR2 – A Camry In Italian Drag
Posted on June 25, 2022 | 39 Comments(first posted 2/13/2011): If a picture is really worth a thousand words, I might as well stop right now and just leave you with this one. It says it all. […] -
![Well, this was a first. Finding a 45-year-old car just sitting on someone’s front porch (if you can call it that) is one thing, but this one was more gaping […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20220520_143107-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1978 Toyota Corona Mark II (X30) GL 2000 – Out In The Open")
CC Capsule: 1978 Toyota Corona Mark II (X30) GL 2000 – Out In The Open
Posted on June 24, 2022 | 11 CommentsWell, this was a first. Finding a 45-year-old car just sitting on someone’s front porch (if you can call it that) is one thing, but this one was more gaping […] -
![(first posted 8/19/2013. Update 6/18/2022: this same Prius is still there at this address) A happy marriage isn’t exactly the easiest thing to engineer. And gasoline and electricity are about […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ttpo.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2002 Toyota Prius – Toyota’s Big Hybrid Gamble Pays Off")
Curbside Classic: 2002 Toyota Prius – Toyota’s Big Hybrid Gamble Pays Off
Posted on June 20, 2022 | 163 Comments(first posted 8/19/2013. Update 6/18/2022: this same Prius is still there at this address) A happy marriage isn’t exactly the easiest thing to engineer. And gasoline and electricity are about […] -
![Earlier this week, we had a look at two examples of a now relatively rare sub-niche, namely affordable stretched saloons. Those still exist – barely, in most markets, but they’re […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20220314_091226-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1994 Honda Civic (EF2) Shuttle 4WD – The MVP Of Proto-MPVs")
Curbside Classic: 1994 Honda Civic (EF2) Shuttle 4WD – The MVP Of Proto-MPVs
Posted on June 20, 2022 | 4 CommentsEarlier this week, we had a look at two examples of a now relatively rare sub-niche, namely affordable stretched saloons. Those still exist – barely, in most markets, but they’re […] -
![in front of town founder Eugene Skinner’s cabin (first posted 8/19/2013. The Previa took its place some years back, but there’s still a few soldiering on) Stereotypes inevitably fail. Eugene […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/zxcv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "A Gallery Of Curbside Toyota Vans: The (Former) Official Van Of Eugene")
A Gallery Of Curbside Toyota Vans: The (Former) Official Van Of Eugene
Posted on June 19, 2022 | 46 Commentsin front of town founder Eugene Skinner’s cabin (first posted 8/19/2013. The Previa took its place some years back, but there’s still a few soldiering on) Stereotypes inevitably fail. Eugene […] -
![(first posted 10/22/2012) Nineteen eighty-five. The year of Back to the Future and The Goonies. The year of songs like “Born in the USA” and “Take on Me”. What better […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/xttttyg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Subaru XT – Forward To The Future In 1985")
Curbside Classic: Subaru XT – Forward To The Future In 1985
Posted on June 18, 2022 | 57 Comments(first posted 10/22/2012) Nineteen eighty-five. The year of Back to the Future and The Goonies. The year of songs like “Born in the USA” and “Take on Me”. What better […] -
![(first posted 10/23/2012) We’re rapidly approaching the end of Convertible Season here in the Bay Area. Just about a year ago, I profiled a Mercury Monterey Convertible and now, to commemorate the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/yyyygh.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1960 Buick LeSabre Convertible – I’d Really Rather Have This")
Car Show Classic: 1960 Buick LeSabre Convertible – I’d Really Rather Have This
Posted on June 16, 2022 | 78 Comments(first posted 10/23/2012) We’re rapidly approaching the end of Convertible Season here in the Bay Area. Just about a year ago, I profiled a Mercury Monterey Convertible and now, to commemorate the […] -
![Following from yesterday’s Volvo S90 Royal, here is the JDM equivalent of the stretched Swede. This Cedric Brougham L is comparable in almost every respect with the Volvo: same ‘90s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20211107_102141-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1996 Nissan Cedric (Y31) Brougham L – Just A Little More")
Curbside Classic: 1996 Nissan Cedric (Y31) Brougham L – Just A Little More
Posted on June 14, 2022 | 10 CommentsFollowing from yesterday’s Volvo S90 Royal, here is the JDM equivalent of the stretched Swede. This Cedric Brougham L is comparable in almost every respect with the Volvo: same ‘90s […] -
![(first posted 8/20/2013) Forty (update: fifty) years is an instant, and an eternity; so many things change, but others hardly change at all. One minute, I’m with a girlfriend, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CC-126-019-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Toyota Corona Mark II – Some Things Never Change")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Toyota Corona Mark II – Some Things Never Change
Posted on June 13, 2022 | 48 Comments(first posted 8/20/2013) Forty (update: fifty) years is an instant, and an eternity; so many things change, but others hardly change at all. One minute, I’m with a girlfriend, […] -
![Was this the car that should have heralded a parallel universe wherein Mitsubishi played the role of the cool Japanese carmaker? I was still a bit young when this car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20220602_104723-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1991 Mitsubishi GTO (Z16A) – Peak Mitsubishi")
CC Capsule: 1991 Mitsubishi GTO (Z16A) – Peak Mitsubishi
Posted on June 10, 2022 | 17 CommentsWas this the car that should have heralded a parallel universe wherein Mitsubishi played the role of the cool Japanese carmaker? I was still a bit young when this car […]
