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Curbside Classics – Asian Brands Archive
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![Welcome to one of the coolest car museums around. Hope you enjoy the tour, just like Jim Klein and I did last October. The term “Megaweb” has always left me […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_20191026_134430-copy.jpg "Museum Classics: Toyota Megaweb Fantasy Garage (Part 1) – The Toyotas")
Museum Classics: Toyota Megaweb Fantasy Garage (Part 1) – The Toyotas
Posted on December 7, 2019 | 21 CommentsWelcome to one of the coolest car museums around. Hope you enjoy the tour, just like Jim Klein and I did last October. The term “Megaweb” has always left me […] -
![Well, that’s it, I’m done for. It’s a fair cop. Turns out smuggling narcotics, manufacturing fake ¥3000 notes and leaving sushi restaurants without paying the check are all illegal in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_20191019_130031-copy.jpg "CC Capsule: 2011 Toyota Crown (S200) Patrol Car – You’re Nicked!")
CC Capsule: 2011 Toyota Crown (S200) Patrol Car – You’re Nicked!
Posted on October 24, 2019 | 19 CommentsWell, that’s it, I’m done for. It’s a fair cop. Turns out smuggling narcotics, manufacturing fake ¥3000 notes and leaving sushi restaurants without paying the check are all illegal in […] -
![I’ve seen this motley group quite a few times, as they are located pretty close to where I’ve been staying for the past couple of months. I think it was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_20190726_085100-copy.jpg "Curbside / Junkyard Classics: Somebody Likes Old Vans And Oddballs")
Curbside / Junkyard Classics: Somebody Likes Old Vans And Oddballs
Posted on October 12, 2019 | 22 CommentsI’ve seen this motley group quite a few times, as they are located pretty close to where I’ve been staying for the past couple of months. I think it was […] -
![(First Posted October 3, 2013) The driver of this Datsun F-10 bought it new in 1977, and she’s still in love with her beautiful baby. Which raises the question: […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/CC-50-070-925.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1977 Datsun F-10 – It Got An F In Beauty School")
Curbside Classic: 1977 Datsun F-10 – It Got An F In Beauty School
Posted on October 11, 2019 | 81 Comments(First Posted October 3, 2013) The driver of this Datsun F-10 bought it new in 1977, and she’s still in love with her beautiful baby. Which raises the question: […] -
![(First Posted October 1, 2013) How often does a truly revolutionary car appear? Let’s disqualify uranium powered flying cars on the cover of Popular Science and other quirky eccentrics from […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/CC-44-059-925.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1973-1979 Honda Civic – The Second Little Revolutionary")
Curbside Classic: 1973-1979 Honda Civic – The Second Little Revolutionary
Posted on October 8, 2019 | 94 Comments(First Posted October 1, 2013) How often does a truly revolutionary car appear? Let’s disqualify uranium powered flying cars on the cover of Popular Science and other quirky eccentrics from […] -
![(First Posted August 14, 2013) Mexico’s Nissan Tsuru. Brazil’s VW Kombi. India’s Hindustan Ambassador. Add to that list the Mitsubishi Express, another car that has gone years without any major […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/800px-1991-1994_Mitsubishi_TR_Magna_GLX_sedan_01.jpg "Curbside Classic: Mitsubishi Express – The White, Boxy Cockroach")
Curbside Classic: Mitsubishi Express – The White, Boxy Cockroach
Posted on August 28, 2019 | 45 Comments(First Posted August 14, 2013) Mexico’s Nissan Tsuru. Brazil’s VW Kombi. India’s Hindustan Ambassador. Add to that list the Mitsubishi Express, another car that has gone years without any major […] -
![Aren’t foreign languages wonderful? And don’t the Japanese suck at them? They’re not the only ones, for sure. But when your country is archipelagic, it can increase linguistic isolation. Britain […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_20190216_090452-copy.jpg "CC Capsule: 1985 Mitsubishi Pajero – Kama Sutra For One")
CC Capsule: 1985 Mitsubishi Pajero – Kama Sutra For One
Posted on August 18, 2019 | 29 CommentsAren’t foreign languages wonderful? And don’t the Japanese suck at them? They’re not the only ones, for sure. But when your country is archipelagic, it can increase linguistic isolation. Britain […] -
![In my one-volume COAL from about a year ago, I gave pretty short shrift to our 2008 Prius, which we had bought new in late 2007 when my wife started making […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_0868.jpg "COAL: 2008 Prius Revisited")
COAL: 2008 Prius Revisited
Posted on August 7, 2019 | 57 CommentsIn my one-volume COAL from about a year ago, I gave pretty short shrift to our 2008 Prius, which we had bought new in late 2007 when my wife started making […] -
![(first posted 6/12/2013) Today’s Curbside Classic is a cautionary tale; a lesson in how difficult it is to predict the future, and how humbling it can be to bet on […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/CC-25-030-900.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1974 Toyota Celica Coupe – Betting on The Wrong Pony")
Curbside Classic: 1974 Toyota Celica Coupe – Betting on The Wrong Pony
Posted on June 5, 2019 | 83 Comments(first posted 6/12/2013) Today’s Curbside Classic is a cautionary tale; a lesson in how difficult it is to predict the future, and how humbling it can be to bet on […] -
![(first posted 6/14/2013) There were three key ingredients that that made the Datsun 510 fly: the BMW 1600, “Mr. K”, and a certain sharp rise taken flat-out on Bunker Hill […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/CC-104-022-900.jpg "Curbside Classic: Datsun 510 (Bluebird/1600) – Learning To Fly")
Curbside Classic: Datsun 510 (Bluebird/1600) – Learning To Fly
Posted on June 3, 2019 | 58 Comments(first posted 6/14/2013) There were three key ingredients that that made the Datsun 510 fly: the BMW 1600, “Mr. K”, and a certain sharp rise taken flat-out on Bunker Hill […] -
![At the dealership for unscheduled service on my ’97, I don’t quite know what came over me. With around 80,000 miles and this unwelcome mechanical problem, I began to question […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Screen-Shot-2019-04-14-at-9.06.52-PM.jpg "COAL: 2001.5 VW Passat Wagon – Living Large?")
COAL: 2001.5 VW Passat Wagon – Living Large?
Posted on May 5, 2019 | 12 CommentsAt the dealership for unscheduled service on my ’97, I don’t quite know what came over me. With around 80,000 miles and this unwelcome mechanical problem, I began to question […] -
![Corporate life was over. After about twenty years with the same family-owned commercial printing firm, a resignation was submitted. We had been bought out, the shop closed, and friends-associates, except […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Element-CC-car-wash.jpg "COAL: 2004 Honda Element EX – Through Thick and Thin")
COAL: 2004 Honda Element EX – Through Thick and Thin
Posted on April 28, 2019 | 40 CommentsCorporate life was over. After about twenty years with the same family-owned commercial printing firm, a resignation was submitted. We had been bought out, the shop closed, and friends-associates, except […] -
![(welcome our newest Sunday COAL series, which will be published in reverse chronological order. We were noting the lack of any exposure of the S2000 here recently; no more) Celebrating […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/S2000-CC-1.jpg "COAL: 2006 Honda S2000 – Lucky Deuce")
COAL: 2006 Honda S2000 – Lucky Deuce
Posted on April 21, 2019 | 15 Comments(welcome our newest Sunday COAL series, which will be published in reverse chronological order. We were noting the lack of any exposure of the S2000 here recently; no more) Celebrating […] -
![I realize that aesthetics is a touchy and highly subjective matter, but if we’re ever going to collectively agree on one thing about car styling, let it be that Nissan […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IMG_20190208_165724.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1975 Datsun 120Y (B210) Saloon – Success Comes In Many Forms, Not All Of Them Pretty")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Datsun 120Y (B210) Saloon – Success Comes In Many Forms, Not All Of Them Pretty
Posted on March 12, 2019 | 57 CommentsI realize that aesthetics is a touchy and highly subjective matter, but if we’re ever going to collectively agree on one thing about car styling, let it be that Nissan […] -
![I’m not sure why I’ve written so many “Twofer” posts. It’s often a good way to write a reasonably long post on cars that are closely (or loosely) related. And […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IMG_20190210_173854-copy.jpg "CC Twofer: 1971 Datsun 1200 (B110) / 1978 Daihatsu Hijet 550 (S40) – 40 Years Ago Today")
CC Twofer: 1971 Datsun 1200 (B110) / 1978 Daihatsu Hijet 550 (S40) – 40 Years Ago Today
Posted on March 10, 2019 | 15 CommentsI’m not sure why I’ve written so many “Twofer” posts. It’s often a good way to write a reasonably long post on cars that are closely (or loosely) related. And […]
