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Car Show Classic: 1963 Humber Sceptre – Lipstick On A Minx
Posted on February 14, 2025 | 12 CommentsIn the Riley post we looked at recently, I stated that BMC were past masters at badge-engineering – and they certainly were. But in the British automotive landscape of the […] -
Curbside Time Warp: Severance’s Strange Universe of Cars
Posted on February 13, 2025 | 20 CommentsThis post concerns Apple TV+’s science fiction/thriller/cult documentary/lord-knows-what show, Severance. As of this writing, the episodic show is about half way through its second season. There are four more episodes […] -
Curbside Find: 1965 Ford Cortina GT – Nothing To Add
Posted on February 12, 2025 | 28 CommentsWe couldn’t have a ‘60s British Saloon Week without a small contribution from Dagenham, could we? Behold, the Cortina GT, a true legend in its own time and, short of […] -
Curbside Classic: 1962 Riley One-Point-Five – Old-Fashioned Charm
Posted on February 10, 2025 | 24 CommentsYou have to hand it to the BMC boys. They were masters at badge engineering, at stretching a bodyshell’s life to its extreme limit and at glamorizing the dullest econobox […] -
Curbside Classic: 1987 Volkswagen Santana Xi5 Autobahn DOHC – Nissan’s Quantum Entanglement
Posted on February 7, 2025 | 17 CommentsWhether you know this car as the Santana, the Quantum, the Corsar, the Carat or the Passat, you know it was made by the good people at Volkswagen. Sometimes in […] -
Curbside Classic: 1976 BMW 1502 – Poverty Speck
Posted on February 5, 2025 | 19 CommentsWhat do you do when you have just launched a brand-new smaller model, but you are still in the process of ramping up production and need to keep your hungry […] -
Curbside Classic: 1970 Mercedes-Benz 200 Automatic (W115) – Keep Guessing, M/8
Posted on February 3, 2025 | 15 CommentsCC is really about the luck of the draw. Sometimes you walk around for a couple of blocks and find something truly amazing, sometimes you hit a dry spell and […] -
Curbside Classic: 2000 Jaguar S-Type – The Big Cat Takes A Leap
Posted on January 24, 2025 | 56 Comments(first posted 1/24/2019) Name the first luxury automobile brand that comes to mind, and I’ll bet it’s something German or Japanese, or possibly American. Even narrowing it down to […] -
Curbside Classic: Porsche 928 – Blasphemy With a Big Butt
Posted on January 23, 2025 | 132 Comments(first posted 3/5/2014) The Porsche 928 is perhaps more maligned than the recently featured 924. Water-cooling, an engine in the front and jelly-mould styling have all contributed to this car […] -
Curbside Classic: 1979 Jaguar XJ6 Series III – Pininfarina Redux
Posted on January 3, 2025 | 29 Comments(first posted 4/9/2012) The Jaguar XJ6 set the motoring world afire when introduced in late 1968, and was considered the most beautiful sedan at the time. It arguably […] -
Curbside Capsule: 1974 Land Rover Series III Flatbed – Kangaroos Next 14 km
Posted on January 2, 2025 | 26 Comments(first posted 12/23/2018) Spotted this rare bird while walking the dogs in the neighborhood. 4WD Land Rovers are not an uncommon sight in the Pacific Northwest, being so […] -
Curbside Classic: 1978 Reliant Scimitar GTE – Princess Anne Had One, You Know. And Another, And Another…
Posted on December 23, 2024 | 34 Comments(first posted 12/24/2018) Mention to non Curbside Classic devotees that you’ve bought a Reliant and many people’s first reaction could well be (still be) “You’re driving a […] -
Curbside Classic: 1970 Audi 100 LS – Ingolstadt’s Table-Setter
Posted on December 20, 2024 | 72 Comments(first posted 12/23/2018) Well, this was about the last car I expected to see parked outside a local burger joint on a Monday afternoon in December. I […] -
CC Follow-Up: 1951 Ferrari 212 by Ghia-Aigle – Prancing Horse Finally Tamed
Posted on December 20, 2024 | 6 CommentsLast May, I posted about this car – a one-of-a-kind Swiss-bodied Ferrari – under the “In-Motion Classic” rubric, as it was one of those infuriating cars that never seemed to […] -
Curbside Classic: 1979 Renault 5GTL (Le Car) – Style Pioneer
Posted on December 19, 2024 | 94 Comments(first posted 3/12/2014) France is justifiably famous for good food, good wine, great scenery and (outside of Paris at least) a wonderfully relaxed atmosphere and pace of life. One aspect that […]