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Curbside Classics Archives
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![In the long history of the Cedric / Gloria, the Y32 (i.e. the 8th generation for the Cedric, 9th for the Gloria) is the anti-climax of the saga. At this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_20201105_155641-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1994 Nissan Cedric (Y32) Brougham J – The Unravelling Beckons")
CC Capsule: 1994 Nissan Cedric (Y32) Brougham J – The Unravelling Beckons
Posted on January 26, 2021 | 18 CommentsIn the long history of the Cedric / Gloria, the Y32 (i.e. the 8th generation for the Cedric, 9th for the Gloria) is the anti-climax of the saga. At this […] -
![I currently have a variety of fruit juices in my refrigerator. I’ve never been that big into soft drinks, though I do enjoy one from time to time. I grew […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/043-1990-Toyota-Celica-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1990 Toyota Celica GT-S – Cranberry Delight")
Curbside Classic: 1990 Toyota Celica GT-S – Cranberry Delight
Posted on January 26, 2021 | 56 CommentsI currently have a variety of fruit juices in my refrigerator. I’ve never been that big into soft drinks, though I do enjoy one from time to time. I grew […] -
![Enough with all those weird parallel-universe JDM-only cars! For once, here’s one we can all remember – the Toyota saloon that the whole world knows and, presumably, loves. But even […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_20201202_090513-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1991 Toyota Corolla (E90) 1.5 SE Limited – White Rice Deluxe")
Curbside Classic: 1991 Toyota Corolla (E90) 1.5 SE Limited – White Rice Deluxe
Posted on January 21, 2021 | 16 CommentsEnough with all those weird parallel-universe JDM-only cars! For once, here’s one we can all remember – the Toyota saloon that the whole world knows and, presumably, loves. But even […] -
![Well, now that this brief French interlude is over and done with and that Japan is closing its borders, looks like it’s back to our regular JDM finds for the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_20201207_154607-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Isuzu 117 XC Coupé (Series 2) – Quite XC-Looking, For An Isuzu")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Isuzu 117 XC Coupé (Series 2) – Quite XC-Looking, For An Isuzu
Posted on January 15, 2021 | 11 CommentsWell, now that this brief French interlude is over and done with and that Japan is closing its borders, looks like it’s back to our regular JDM finds for the […] -
![(first posted 1/13/2015) While GM was in the midst of downsizing in the US, there was some downsizing occurring elsewhere in their empire. The HZ Holden sedans and wagons, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/800px-1980_HDT_Commodore_VC_sedan_01-Mark-Brown.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978-81 Holden VB/VC Commodore – The Beginning of a New Era")
Curbside Classic: 1978-81 Holden VB/VC Commodore – The Beginning of a New Era
Posted on January 13, 2021 | 84 Comments(first posted 1/13/2015) While GM was in the midst of downsizing in the US, there was some downsizing occurring elsewhere in their empire. The HZ Holden sedans and wagons, […] -
![Twenty twenty, even without hindsight, will be remembered as the Year of the Pandemic. That was pretty evident since the spring, let alone now, as the first vaccines are being […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_20201215_160509-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1973 Toyopet Corona (RT80) Deluxe – Year Of The ‘Rona")
CC Capsule: 1973 Toyopet Corona (RT80) Deluxe – Year Of The ‘Rona
Posted on December 31, 2020 | 17 CommentsTwenty twenty, even without hindsight, will be remembered as the Year of the Pandemic. That was pretty evident since the spring, let alone now, as the first vaccines are being […] -
![This is kind of a Xmas present for Paul, whose love of all vehicles tall and narrow is well documented. In fact, with a red ribbon tied around it and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_20201215_083700-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1991 Daihatsu “Supermirafiori” (L200) Walkthrough Van – Good Things Come In Small, Narrow And Tall Packages")
CC Capsule: 1991 Daihatsu “Supermirafiori” (L200) Walkthrough Van – Good Things Come In Small, Narrow And Tall Packages
Posted on December 20, 2020 | 9 CommentsThis is kind of a Xmas present for Paul, whose love of all vehicles tall and narrow is well documented. In fact, with a red ribbon tied around it and […] -
![It’s going to take a lot of effort for me to find something to criticize here. I really like this car. It’s a real hardtop. It has (most probably) a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_20201118_091138-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1990 Nissan Laurel (C33) – The Last True Hardtop Sedan")
Curbside Classic: 1990 Nissan Laurel (C33) – The Last True Hardtop Sedan
Posted on December 17, 2020 | 18 CommentsIt’s going to take a lot of effort for me to find something to criticize here. I really like this car. It’s a real hardtop. It has (most probably) a […] -
![(first posted 12/27/2011) Honda’s single greatest moment ever? The fall of 1983, when it rocked the world, releasing a whole family of new Civics. As in four discrete cars, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/CC-57-075-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1987 Honda Civic 4WD Wagon (Shuttle) – The Automotive Swiss Army Knife")
Curbside Classic: 1987 Honda Civic 4WD Wagon (Shuttle) – The Automotive Swiss Army Knife
Posted on December 14, 2020 | 76 Comments(first posted 12/27/2011) Honda’s single greatest moment ever? The fall of 1983, when it rocked the world, releasing a whole family of new Civics. As in four discrete cars, […] -
![It’s always a learning experience to be CC hunting in Japan. I’m still baffled by the amount of variants that Toyota used to have of the same thing, with names […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_20201119_111642-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1987 Toyota Vista (V20) 4WD – The Alternate Reality Camry")
CC Capsule: 1987 Toyota Vista (V20) 4WD – The Alternate Reality Camry
Posted on December 14, 2020 | 21 CommentsIt’s always a learning experience to be CC hunting in Japan. I’m still baffled by the amount of variants that Toyota used to have of the same thing, with names […] -
![I drive a fifteen year-old Toyota wagon (Scion xB), and I intend to keep driving it for another ten, or twenty years. Who knows, it may end up being my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CC-402-015.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1981 Toyota Corolla Wagon: It Could Have Been My Previous Car")
Curbside Classic: 1981 Toyota Corolla Wagon: It Could Have Been My Previous Car
Posted on December 11, 2020 | 24 CommentsI drive a fifteen year-old Toyota wagon (Scion xB), and I intend to keep driving it for another ten, or twenty years. Who knows, it may end up being my […] -
![(first posted 7/27/2011) Do you ever step out of a store, stumble into the parking lot, and absentmindedly head for a car that you owned in the past? Even twenty […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/CC-117-165-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1985 Nissan Sentra (B11) – A Fish Out Of Rodeo Drive")
Curbside Classic: 1985 Nissan Sentra (B11) – A Fish Out Of Rodeo Drive
Posted on December 10, 2020 | 48 Comments(first posted 7/27/2011) Do you ever step out of a store, stumble into the parking lot, and absentmindedly head for a car that you owned in the past? Even twenty […] -
![It’s been a veritable Nissan Y30 fest this year on CC, as this is the fourth post I’m writing on the subject. Three were dedicated to the lovely (and long-lived) […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_20201020_091550-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1985 Nissan Gloria Hardtop (Y30) V-Turbo Brougham – An Iron Hand In A Button-Tufted, Crushed Velvet Glove")
CC Capsule: 1985 Nissan Gloria Hardtop (Y30) V-Turbo Brougham – An Iron Hand In A Button-Tufted, Crushed Velvet Glove
Posted on December 4, 2020 | 6 CommentsIt’s been a veritable Nissan Y30 fest this year on CC, as this is the fourth post I’m writing on the subject. Three were dedicated to the lovely (and long-lived) […] -
![Daihatsu never made ‘em like this, but obviously someone out there wanted it this way. It’s difficult to enumerate the many odd additions slapped on this poor car, but the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_20201102_095927-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 2005 Daihatsu Copen – Deep-Sea Anglophile Nightmare Special")
CC Capsule: 2005 Daihatsu Copen – Deep-Sea Anglophile Nightmare Special
Posted on November 30, 2020 | 16 CommentsDaihatsu never made ‘em like this, but obviously someone out there wanted it this way. It’s difficult to enumerate the many odd additions slapped on this poor car, but the […] -
![The link between Nissan and Austin is an ancient one, but this is taking it to a whole nother level. As I’ve documented before, the 1992-2002 Nissan March / Micra […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_20201114_163341-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1997 Nissan March (K11) Mooku Tokio Princess – Van Den Whaaa?")
CC Capsule: 1997 Nissan March (K11) Mooku Tokio Princess – Van Den Whaaa?
Posted on November 25, 2020 | 8 CommentsThe link between Nissan and Austin is an ancient one, but this is taking it to a whole nother level. As I’ve documented before, the 1992-2002 Nissan March / Micra […]
