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Curbside Classics – Asian Brands Archive
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![Mazda has always been one of those smaller car companies who, despite the fact they are selling mostly mainstream cars, strives to appeal to a specialized audience. In 2015 Toyota was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/0-Mazda-Protege5.jpeg "COAL: 2002 Mazda Protegé5 – Small Wagon Zoom-Zoom")
COAL: 2002 Mazda Protegé5 – Small Wagon Zoom-Zoom
Posted on March 19, 2016 | 30 CommentsMazda has always been one of those smaller car companies who, despite the fact they are selling mostly mainstream cars, strives to appeal to a specialized audience. In 2015 Toyota was […] -
![If people keep buying something, why not keep selling it? That’s what Japanese automakers figured from the Australian automotive market in the 1980s. Conservative, rear-wheel-drive, locally-built, four-cylinder cars wearing Toyota, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/nissan-pintara-4.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 1986-90 Nissan Pintara/Skyline – The Boxes Enter The Ring")
Curbside Capsule: 1986-90 Nissan Pintara/Skyline – The Boxes Enter The Ring
Posted on November 17, 2015 | 21 CommentsIf people keep buying something, why not keep selling it? That’s what Japanese automakers figured from the Australian automotive market in the 1980s. Conservative, rear-wheel-drive, locally-built, four-cylinder cars wearing Toyota, […] -
![Riding the Route 36 bus to the neighborhood grocery store afforded me this view of these two Toyota Camrys (complete with eleventh-generation Ford Thunderbird photobomb). I don’t recall ever having seen […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/038-US-spec-2nd-6th-generation-Toyota-Camrys-V20-XV40.jpg "CC Outtake: US-Spec 2nd & 6th Generation Toyota Camrys – My, How You’ve Grown")
CC Outtake: US-Spec 2nd & 6th Generation Toyota Camrys – My, How You’ve Grown
Posted on October 16, 2015 | 56 CommentsRiding the Route 36 bus to the neighborhood grocery store afforded me this view of these two Toyota Camrys (complete with eleventh-generation Ford Thunderbird photobomb). I don’t recall ever having seen […] -
![For the brand that basically invented the luxury crossover and what some may cite as the first modern crossover – period – you’d think Lexus would’ve been one of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/IMG_0359.jpg "Future CC/Driving Impressions: 2015 Lexus NX 200t – It’s About Time Lexus")
Future CC/Driving Impressions: 2015 Lexus NX 200t – It’s About Time Lexus
Posted on August 18, 2015 | 60 CommentsFor the brand that basically invented the luxury crossover and what some may cite as the first modern crossover – period – you’d think Lexus would’ve been one of the […] -
![(first posted 8/12/2012. I still see this Camaro in daily use) So what is this thing with me and white six-cylinder Powerglide gen1 Camaros? The last one inspired a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/CC-165-201-1200.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1969 Camaro – The Last Unmolested ’69 Camaro Six Daily Driver Left In The World?")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Camaro – The Last Unmolested ’69 Camaro Six Daily Driver Left In The World?
Posted on July 17, 2015 | 113 Comments(first posted 8/12/2012. I still see this Camaro in daily use) So what is this thing with me and white six-cylinder Powerglide gen1 Camaros? The last one inspired a […] -
![(first posted 1/15/2012) Paradoxically, my only experience with Quaaludes was highly memorable. Yet I struggle to elicit any memories of my only drive in a Honda Quaalude. Or did […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Honda-Prelude-gen1-by-Laurence-Jones.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1979 Honda Prelude – “…A Splendid Automobile”?")
Curbside Classic: 1979 Honda Prelude – “…A Splendid Automobile”?
Posted on July 16, 2015 | 75 Comments(first posted 1/15/2012) Paradoxically, my only experience with Quaaludes was highly memorable. Yet I struggle to elicit any memories of my only drive in a Honda Quaalude. Or did […] -
![(7/11/2011) Here in Canada we are treated to some exotic treats with our import laws allowing pretty much anything over fifteen years or older. There is a trickle of interesting […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Honda-Beat-1.jpg "CC Capsule: 1991 Honda Beat – And The Beat Goes On (In Canada)")
CC Capsule: 1991 Honda Beat – And The Beat Goes On (In Canada)
Posted on March 23, 2015 | 49 Comments(7/11/2011) Here in Canada we are treated to some exotic treats with our import laws allowing pretty much anything over fifteen years or older. There is a trickle of interesting […] -
![Always hankered for a Citroen? The Subaru SVX is the closest thing we’ve gotten to one these past few decades. I find the resemblance to the XM more than coincidental. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CC-95-032.jpg "CC Capsule: 1992 Subaru SVX – The Japanese Citroen")
CC Capsule: 1992 Subaru SVX – The Japanese Citroen
Posted on March 20, 2015 | 63 CommentsAlways hankered for a Citroen? The Subaru SVX is the closest thing we’ve gotten to one these past few decades. I find the resemblance to the XM more than coincidental. […] -
![(Needless to say, we received quite a bit of snow in Southeastern Massachusetts this winter) Between 1986 and 1989, three new luxury marques were introduced by Japan’s three largest automakers. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_7590.jpg "CC Capsule: 2002 Infiniti I35 (Future Classic) – The Maximum Maxima")
CC Capsule: 2002 Infiniti I35 (Future Classic) – The Maximum Maxima
Posted on March 16, 2015 | 46 Comments(Needless to say, we received quite a bit of snow in Southeastern Massachusetts this winter) Between 1986 and 1989, three new luxury marques were introduced by Japan’s three largest automakers. […] -
Curbside Classic: 1992 Lexus LS400 – With All Due Respect
Posted on March 12, 2015 | 90 Comments(first published 2/18/2012) This car was once a very big deal. -
![I’ve loved cars my whole life, and my dream is to one day have owned a diverse selection like many of our other authors. However, as someone just shy of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/IMG_2561.jpg "COAL: 2010 Acura TSX V6 – I Picked A Winner")
COAL: 2010 Acura TSX V6 – I Picked A Winner
Posted on February 25, 2015 | 100 CommentsI’ve loved cars my whole life, and my dream is to one day have owned a diverse selection like many of our other authors. However, as someone just shy of […] -
![(first posted 10/7/2011) The weather is way too beautiful in North Georgia to stay inside these days. Even if I have no particular place to go, I will go there […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/suzuki_x-90_1996_2d.jpg "Curbside Classic: Suzuki X-90 – Barbie Would Drive One Of These")
Curbside Classic: Suzuki X-90 – Barbie Would Drive One Of These
Posted on January 24, 2015 | 54 Comments(first posted 10/7/2011) The weather is way too beautiful in North Georgia to stay inside these days. Even if I have no particular place to go, I will go there […] -
![This compact, with its gauche chrome affectations, represents the last conventional compact offering from quirky Daihatsu. To paraphrase their oft-repeated tagline, “Who can build a compact for ten years with few […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Daihatsu-Applause-1.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1997-99 Daihatsu Applause – *sound of crickets in audience*")
Curbside Classic: 1997-99 Daihatsu Applause – *sound of crickets in audience*
Posted on January 6, 2015 | 48 CommentsThis compact, with its gauche chrome affectations, represents the last conventional compact offering from quirky Daihatsu. To paraphrase their oft-repeated tagline, “Who can build a compact for ten years with few […] -
![When I began writing for CC, I was the almost perfect Yin to Paul Niedermeyer’s Yang. He hails originally from Europe, I am a native-born American. He has mostly lived on the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1997Miata01.jpg "My New Curbside Classic: 1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata – The Niedermeyerization of JPC is Complete")
My New Curbside Classic: 1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata – The Niedermeyerization of JPC is Complete
Posted on January 6, 2015 | 93 CommentsWhen I began writing for CC, I was the almost perfect Yin to Paul Niedermeyer’s Yang. He hails originally from Europe, I am a native-born American. He has mostly lived on the […] -
![This micro-truck slays me. It’s just so damn cute and toy-like, my desire to take it home and put it in my playroom is mighty powerful. Have you ever seen […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Suzuki-Truck-001-1200.jpg "CC Capsule: 1979 Suzuki Jimny Pickup (LJ80/SJ20) – Toy Truck")
CC Capsule: 1979 Suzuki Jimny Pickup (LJ80/SJ20) – Toy Truck
Posted on January 2, 2015 | 55 CommentsThis micro-truck slays me. It’s just so damn cute and toy-like, my desire to take it home and put it in my playroom is mighty powerful. Have you ever seen […]
