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Curbside Classics – Asian Brands Archive
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![(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 […] -
![(another Niedermeyer nephew joins the CC Contributors’ club) It’s hard to believe that in eight years of Curbside Classic that this generation of Toyota Pickup/Hilux has never been covered. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Mammoth-Lakes.jpg "Curbside Classic/COAL: 1994 Toyota Pickup – Last of the Hiluxes, At Least For the U.S.")
Curbside Classic/COAL: 1994 Toyota Pickup – Last of the Hiluxes, At Least For the U.S.
Posted on March 1, 2019 | 22 Comments(another Niedermeyer nephew joins the CC Contributors’ club) It’s hard to believe that in eight years of Curbside Classic that this generation of Toyota Pickup/Hilux has never been covered. […] -
![The car. They say first impressions are everything. That’s not always the case. I really liked the car on the test drive, but the longer I owned it, the less […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_0087.jpg "COAL:2007 Toyota Matrix – Underwhelming")
COAL:2007 Toyota Matrix – Underwhelming
Posted on November 17, 2018 | 33 CommentsThe car. They say first impressions are everything. That’s not always the case. I really liked the car on the test drive, but the longer I owned it, the less […] -
![All pics are of the actual car! In the summer of 2011, we were doing quite a bit of camping. The CR-V was too small to haul the camper, so I’d bought […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/DSC00842.jpg "COAL:2003 Subaru Outback – All-Weather Friend")
COAL:2003 Subaru Outback – All-Weather Friend
Posted on November 3, 2018 | 43 CommentsAll pics are of the actual car! In the summer of 2011, we were doing quite a bit of camping. The CR-V was too small to haul the camper, so I’d bought […] -
![Having had my winter beater ’92 Shadow develop a case of headgasket-itis, I figured it was time to get a good vehicle. I had a few things in mind – the only […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/DCP03128.jpg "COAL:2001 Honda CR-V – Perfectly Average")
COAL:2001 Honda CR-V – Perfectly Average
Posted on October 13, 2018 | 14 CommentsHaving had my winter beater ’92 Shadow develop a case of headgasket-itis, I figured it was time to get a good vehicle. I had a few things in mind – the only […]
