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Curbside Classics – Asian Brands Archive
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My Curbside Classic Update: 1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata – Wheeeee!
Posted on April 19, 2016 | 48 CommentsIt is hard to believe that it has been over a year since I wrote here about my “new” car. But four seasons have come and gone, and my little […] -
Future CC/Driving Impressions: 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser – Colonel Mustard
Posted on April 14, 2016 | 71 CommentsEvery once in a while at work, we get an out of state deal (typically Rhode Island) that usually requires me to deliver the new car to the buyer at the DMV, […] -
COAL: 1995 Mazda MX-3 – Sometimes The Right Car Just Finds You, Meet Lillian I and Lillian II
Posted on March 26, 2016 | 26 CommentsWe don’t often think about it, but we’ve all benefited from the popping of economic bubbles. You may recall the internet bubble of the late 1990s that burst at the […] -
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 […] -
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, […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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. […] -
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. -
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 […]
![My Curbside Classic Update: 1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata – Wheeeee! It is hard to believe that it has been over a year since I wrote here about my “new” car. But four seasons have come and gone, and my little […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1997Miata09.jpg)
![Future CC/Driving Impressions: 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser – Colonel Mustard Every once in a while at work, we get an out of state deal (typically Rhode Island) that usually requires me to deliver the new car to the buyer at the DMV, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IMG_5059.jpg)
![COAL: 2004 Subaru WRX Wagon – The Strange Case of Dr. Subie Wagon and Mr. WRX “I learned to recognize the thorough and primitive duality of man; I saw that, of the two natures that contended in the field of my consciousness, even if I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1-2004-Subaru-WRX-Wagon.jpg)
![COAL: 1995 Mazda MX-3 – Sometimes The Right Car Just Finds You, Meet Lillian I and Lillian II We don’t often think about it, but we’ve all benefited from the popping of economic bubbles. You may recall the internet bubble of the late 1990s that burst at the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/0-1995-Mazda-MX-3-side-II.jpg)
![COAL: 2002 Mazda Protegé5 – Small Wagon Zoom-Zoom 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)
![Curbside Capsule: 1986-90 Nissan Pintara/Skyline – The Boxes Enter The Ring 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)
![CC Outtake: US-Spec 2nd & 6th Generation Toyota Camrys – My, How You’ve Grown 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)
![Future CC/Driving Impressions: 2015 Lexus NX 200t – It’s About Time Lexus 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)
![Curbside Classic: 1969 Camaro – The Last Unmolested ’69 Camaro Six Daily Driver Left In The World? (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: 1979 Honda Prelude – “…A Splendid Automobile”? (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)
![CC Capsule: 1991 Honda Beat – And The Beat Goes On (In Canada) (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: 1992 Subaru SVX – The Japanese Citroen 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: 2002 Infiniti I35 (Future Classic) – The Maximum Maxima (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)

![COAL: 2010 Acura TSX V6 – I Picked A Winner 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)


