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Curbside Classics Archives
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![(first posted 3/8/2014) It was with the second generation that Honda’s Accord began to take a toehold in the Midwest. At the time, there was a lot more “Buy ‘Murican” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/CC-63-037-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1984 Honda Accord – The Canary in the Coal Mine for the Traditional American Sedan")
Curbside Classic: 1984 Honda Accord – The Canary in the Coal Mine for the Traditional American Sedan
Posted on March 1, 2025 | 80 Comments(first posted 3/8/2014) It was with the second generation that Honda’s Accord began to take a toehold in the Midwest. At the time, there was a lot more “Buy ‘Murican” […] -
![While at a campground in southern Alberta I came across this Daihatsu HiJet Jumbo Kei class pick up truck. While named Jumbo it is still a very small truck and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Daihatsu-Hijet-Jumbo-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Campsite Classic: Daihatsu HiJet Jumbo – The Big Small Pickup Truck")
Campsite Classic: Daihatsu HiJet Jumbo – The Big Small Pickup Truck
Posted on February 24, 2025 | 13 CommentsWhile at a campground in southern Alberta I came across this Daihatsu HiJet Jumbo Kei class pick up truck. While named Jumbo it is still a very small truck and […] -
![(first posted 3/13/2012) We can thank Mazda for adding a lot of spice to the automotive landscape. Their compact, smooth and high-revving rotary engine started (and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Mazda-Rx-4-Wagon-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974 Mazda RX-4 Rotary Wagon – Still Spinning")
Curbside Classic: 1974 Mazda RX-4 Rotary Wagon – Still Spinning
Posted on February 22, 2025 | 57 Comments(first posted 3/13/2012) We can thank Mazda for adding a lot of spice to the automotive landscape. Their compact, smooth and high-revving rotary engine started (and […] -
![(first posted 2/19/2019) There had been an epidemic of ‘80s Nissans on this site lately. Roger Carr’s excellent piece on the lamentable ARNA story and Paul’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/IMG_20190208_170623-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1981 Datsun Pulsar (N10) TL – Not Exactly Star Material")
Curbside Classic: 1981 Datsun Pulsar (N10) TL – Not Exactly Star Material
Posted on February 19, 2025 | 38 Comments(first posted 2/19/2019) There had been an epidemic of ‘80s Nissans on this site lately. Roger Carr’s excellent piece on the lamentable ARNA story and Paul’s […] -
![(first posted 5/21/2014) This one had me stumped for, a while. I just didn’t remember this car being sold in the US; I thought the Pulsar moniker was used strictly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CC-133-123-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1983 Nissan Pulsar Five Door – So Rare I Forgot It Existed")
Curbside Classic: 1983 Nissan Pulsar Five Door – So Rare I Forgot It Existed
Posted on February 16, 2025 | 72 Comments(first posted 5/21/2014) This one had me stumped for, a while. I just didn’t remember this car being sold in the US; I thought the Pulsar moniker was used strictly […] -
![(first posted 2/7/2019) Toyota experienced spectacular success in the US with its first two cars, the Corona and the Corolla. These were both highly affordable cars in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/CC-374-013.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974 Toyota Corona Mark II (X10) – Moving Up, or Down?")
Curbside Classic: 1974 Toyota Corona Mark II (X10) – Moving Up, or Down?
Posted on February 7, 2025 | 21 Comments(first posted 2/7/2019) Toyota experienced spectacular success in the US with its first two cars, the Corona and the Corolla. These were both highly affordable cars in […] -
![(first posted 4/29/2014) There are people who don’t feel any particular allegiance to their given nationality, but rather, claim a more global identity. Likewise, while many cars undeniably reflect their […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hondaciviccrxinsides1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1991 Honda Civic Hatchback – Citizen Of The World")
Curbside Classic: 1991 Honda Civic Hatchback – Citizen Of The World
Posted on February 4, 2025 | 70 Comments(first posted 4/29/2014) There are people who don’t feel any particular allegiance to their given nationality, but rather, claim a more global identity. Likewise, while many cars undeniably reflect their […] -
![(first posted 5/7/2014) You can’t help but pity Nissan who, after making a good name for itself, saw its reputation and influence sink following its name change and a string […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-05-05-12.31.05.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Infiniti Q45 – l’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, And Doggonit, People Like Me")
Curbside Classic: Infiniti Q45 – l’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, And Doggonit, People Like Me
Posted on January 29, 2025 | 119 Comments(first posted 5/7/2014) You can’t help but pity Nissan who, after making a good name for itself, saw its reputation and influence sink following its name change and a string […] -
![(First posted 1/30/2019) (Inspired by J.P. Cavanaugh’s series, “How Hard Can It Be To Make A Minivan”, here’s a new series about crossovers that for whatever reason […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mazda-cx-7-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2007-12 Mazda CX-7 – How Hard Can It Be To Make A Crossover? (Part 1)")
Curbside Classic: 2007-12 Mazda CX-7 – How Hard Can It Be To Make A Crossover? (Part 1)
Posted on January 28, 2025 | 18 Comments(First posted 1/30/2019) (Inspired by J.P. Cavanaugh’s series, “How Hard Can It Be To Make A Minivan”, here’s a new series about crossovers that for whatever reason […] -
![(first posted 1/18/2019) On a gray morning earlier this week I had an in-town errand. As I pulled into the still mostly empty lot, I spotted a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/acty1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Honda 4WD Acty pickup")
CC Outtake: Honda 4WD Acty pickup
Posted on January 18, 2025 | 27 Comments(first posted 1/18/2019) On a gray morning earlier this week I had an in-town errand. As I pulled into the still mostly empty lot, I spotted a […] -
![To close this Week of Small JDM curios, what could be better than Autozam, a marque whose brief existence personified the concept of strange and petite on this market in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20230411_091908_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1995 Autozam Revue – Not So Big In Japan")
Curbside Classic: 1995 Autozam Revue – Not So Big In Japan
Posted on January 17, 2025 | 15 CommentsTo close this Week of Small JDM curios, what could be better than Autozam, a marque whose brief existence personified the concept of strange and petite on this market in […] -
![For the world at large, Subaru was mostly known as a maker of boxer-engined AWD saloons and wagons. But domestically, the Gunma-based automobile arm of Fuji Heavy Industries (formerly known […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20220609_155134_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1991 Subaru Rex VX Open Top – The King’s Last Stand")
Curbside Classic: 1991 Subaru Rex VX Open Top – The King’s Last Stand
Posted on January 16, 2025 | 8 CommentsFor the world at large, Subaru was mostly known as a maker of boxer-engined AWD saloons and wagons. But domestically, the Gunma-based automobile arm of Fuji Heavy Industries (formerly known […] -
![We haven’t had a Mitsuoka post in a long time. I am sorry about that, but the rate of 2-3 Mitsuoka posts per annum we had in 2019-23 was unsustainable […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20240505_095715_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2001 Mitsuoka Yuga – Square-Looking Cube")
Curbside Classic: 2001 Mitsuoka Yuga – Square-Looking Cube
Posted on January 14, 2025 | 11 CommentsWe haven’t had a Mitsuoka post in a long time. I am sorry about that, but the rate of 2-3 Mitsuoka posts per annum we had in 2019-23 was unsustainable […] -
![(first posted 3/22/2012) The 3rd Generation Subaru Leone was a car of many names during its run from 1984 to 1994. In the US market, it was known […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Tan-GL-Glenshire-Dr-2-Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1984-94 Subaru – Loyale with Cheese")
Curbside Classic: 1984-94 Subaru – Loyale with Cheese
Posted on January 8, 2025 | 43 Comments(first posted 3/22/2012) The 3rd Generation Subaru Leone was a car of many names during its run from 1984 to 1994. In the US market, it was known […] -
![(First Posted 9/1/2011. Updated 3/3/21 ) Although the Japanese in the ’50s copied liberally from the more advanced automakers in the West, by the early sixties that was starting to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Datsun-Sports-side.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Datsun Sports 1600 (SPL311) – My Fairlady’s Better MGB")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Datsun Sports 1600 (SPL311) – My Fairlady’s Better MGB
Posted on January 6, 2025 | 51 Comments(First Posted 9/1/2011. Updated 3/3/21 ) Although the Japanese in the ’50s copied liberally from the more advanced automakers in the West, by the early sixties that was starting to […]
