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Curbside Classics Archives
Curbside Classics – European Brands Archive
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![The larger saloon was a consistent feature of every British motor manufacturer’s range from the late 1940s to the late 1960s and beyond. The Austin Westminster, Morris Six and Isis, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/52452178589_ece98bc04f_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Classic: 1959 Humber Super Snipe Series I – The Last Big Car From Rootes; The Last Real Humber")
Cohort Classic: 1959 Humber Super Snipe Series I – The Last Big Car From Rootes; The Last Real Humber
Posted on November 26, 2022 | 38 CommentsThe larger saloon was a consistent feature of every British motor manufacturer’s range from the late 1940s to the late 1960s and beyond. The Austin Westminster, Morris Six and Isis, […] -
![(first posted 11/25/2016) The link between Rover and Honda was always a one sided affair: survival and market credibility conferred on one partner, who was unable or unwilling to take […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/mg-zs.8.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2002 MG ZS120 – Lessons Are Not Always Learnt")
Curbside Classic: 2002 MG ZS120 – Lessons Are Not Always Learnt
Posted on November 25, 2022 | 35 Comments(first posted 11/25/2016) The link between Rover and Honda was always a one sided affair: survival and market credibility conferred on one partner, who was unable or unwilling to take […] -
![I have a problem. It’s not a calamity, but it is a bit of a concern. I try to keep the types CCs I am posting in balance. As some […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_20210626_171747-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1985 Rolls-Royce Camargue – An Embarrassment Of Rollers")
CC Capsule: 1985 Rolls-Royce Camargue – An Embarrassment Of Rollers
Posted on November 25, 2022 | 17 CommentsI have a problem. It’s not a calamity, but it is a bit of a concern. I try to keep the types CCs I am posting in balance. As some […] -
![I don’t see classic Saabs too often, sadly. In fact, this might be the first non-V4 96 I’ve studied up close in over a decade. I wasn’t even sure if […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_20220926_092923-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Saab 96 – The Last Two-Stroke")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Saab 96 – The Last Two-Stroke
Posted on November 21, 2022 | 17 CommentsI don’t see classic Saabs too often, sadly. In fact, this might be the first non-V4 96 I’ve studied up close in over a decade. I wasn’t even sure if […] -
![Are we tired of seeing these big two-door BMWs yet? This is the ninth post on this model, so perhaps we’re hitting CC bedrock here, contents-wise. Fortunately, this one is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_20221023_155548-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1982 BMW Alpina B9 3.5 Coupé (E24) – Enough Already?")
CC Capsule: 1982 BMW Alpina B9 3.5 Coupé (E24) – Enough Already?
Posted on November 10, 2022 | 8 CommentsAre we tired of seeing these big two-door BMWs yet? This is the ninth post on this model, so perhaps we’re hitting CC bedrock here, contents-wise. Fortunately, this one is […] -
![(first posted 11/1/2016) Mercedes-Benz may have been a more established global player among European luxury marques, but by the 1980s, BMW was demonstrating that it could indeed best Mercedes at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1989_BMW_750iL_clouds.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989 BMW 735iL (E32) – Bavaria Builds A True Flagship")
Curbside Classic: 1989 BMW 735iL (E32) – Bavaria Builds A True Flagship
Posted on November 1, 2022 | 57 Comments(first posted 11/1/2016) Mercedes-Benz may have been a more established global player among European luxury marques, but by the 1980s, BMW was demonstrating that it could indeed best Mercedes at […] -
![(first posted 6/12/2012) Many of you are going to read “Triumph Herald” and instantly have a visceral impulse to reach for your touchpad/touchscreen/touchsomethingoranother and move on to a post about […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CC-26-047-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1962 Triumph Herald – A Tempest In A Teapot")
Curbside Classic: 1962 Triumph Herald – A Tempest In A Teapot
Posted on October 31, 2022 | 103 Comments(first posted 6/12/2012) Many of you are going to read “Triumph Herald” and instantly have a visceral impulse to reach for your touchpad/touchscreen/touchsomethingoranother and move on to a post about […] -
![photos posted at the Cohort by robadr Desperation is the mother of invention. In the late fifties, BMW was desperate for something a bit bigger than their two-passenger Isetta; their […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/52447152851_794ac92f18_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1959 BMW 600 – The Isetta Stretch")
Curbside Classic: 1959 BMW 600 – The Isetta Stretch
Posted on October 28, 2022 | 24 Commentsphotos posted at the Cohort by robadr Desperation is the mother of invention. In the late fifties, BMW was desperate for something a bit bigger than their two-passenger Isetta; their […] -
![Let’s not beat about the bush here: Aston Martin, a decades-old British carmaker with a fully grown CEO, a board of (presumably adult) directors and a whole staff of qualified […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_20220618_134503-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2012 Aston Martin Cygnet – Aston’s Bird-Brained Scheme")
Curbside Classic: 2012 Aston Martin Cygnet – Aston’s Bird-Brained Scheme
Posted on October 27, 2022 | 15 CommentsLet’s not beat about the bush here: Aston Martin, a decades-old British carmaker with a fully grown CEO, a board of (presumably adult) directors and a whole staff of qualified […] -
![(first posted 10/26/2016, revised in October 2022) The Citroën 15-Six, colloquially known as the “Quinze” in its native land, was the apex of the automaker’s car range for 18 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1954_brochure.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The Citroën 15-Six – Traction Royalty Genealogy 101")
Automotive History: The Citroën 15-Six – Traction Royalty Genealogy 101
Posted on October 26, 2022 | 34 Comments(first posted 10/26/2016, revised in October 2022) The Citroën 15-Six, colloquially known as the “Quinze” in its native land, was the apex of the automaker’s car range for 18 […] -
![It was a warm June day when I saw this refreshing Giulietta at the gingko-lined avenue in Jingu Gaien. It was impossible to pass up, like an oasis in the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_20220619_123456-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1960 Alfa Romeo Giulietta (101) Sprint Coupé – Long Tall Glass Of Rosso")
Curbside Classic: 1960 Alfa Romeo Giulietta (101) Sprint Coupé – Long Tall Glass Of Rosso
Posted on October 24, 2022 | 11 CommentsIt was a warm June day when I saw this refreshing Giulietta at the gingko-lined avenue in Jingu Gaien. It was impossible to pass up, like an oasis in the […] -
![(first posted 10/23/2016) This is the ultimate Traction, the last pre-war Citroën. The 15-Six came out in mid-1938, four years after the first Traction-Avants, and was the top of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/20160728_105314.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1950 Citroën 15-Six – Double Oxymoron (Austere Luxury, Old-fashioned Avant-garde)")
Curbside Classic: 1950 Citroën 15-Six – Double Oxymoron (Austere Luxury, Old-fashioned Avant-garde)
Posted on October 23, 2022 | 29 Comments(first posted 10/23/2016) This is the ultimate Traction, the last pre-war Citroën. The 15-Six came out in mid-1938, four years after the first Traction-Avants, and was the top of the […] -
![(first posted 10/19/2016) In the interest of full disclosure, I must tell you that I am a Francophile. Set a baguette, Brie and Ch. Carbonnieux in front of me […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/excellence-ex1-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classique: 1958-1961 Facel Vega Excellence")
Curbside Classique: 1958-1961 Facel Vega Excellence
Posted on October 19, 2022 | 85 Comments(first posted 10/19/2016) In the interest of full disclosure, I must tell you that I am a Francophile. Set a baguette, Brie and Ch. Carbonnieux in front of me […] -
![(first posted 10/17/2016) Very unjustifiably, in the early 1990s Audi was almost completely shoved out of the U.S. market amidst false claims of unintended acceleration as a result of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1999-Audi-A8-b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1999 Audi A8 4.2 Quattro – Close, But No “Zigarre”")
Curbside Classic: 1999 Audi A8 4.2 Quattro – Close, But No “Zigarre”
Posted on October 17, 2022 | 40 Comments(first posted 10/17/2016) Very unjustifiably, in the early 1990s Audi was almost completely shoved out of the U.S. market amidst false claims of unintended acceleration as a result of […] -
![Until fairly recently, the Peugeot range was always a model of neatness. Since the early ‘30s, they instituted a perfectly Cartesian numbering system for their cars: the first number indicated […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_20220523_100804-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1991 Peugeot 309 SI – The Unloved Step-Child")
Curbside Classic: 1991 Peugeot 309 SI – The Unloved Step-Child
Posted on October 17, 2022 | 11 CommentsUntil fairly recently, the Peugeot range was always a model of neatness. Since the early ‘30s, they instituted a perfectly Cartesian numbering system for their cars: the first number indicated […]
