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Curbside Classics Archives
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![Can you believe there hasn’t been a proper long-form CC post about the 220 Fintail? We’ve virtually had the entire W110/W111 roster, be it the 230S or the 200 saloon, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_20230824_010633_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1963 Mercedes-Benz 220SE (W111) – Just A Bit Of Fin")
CC Capsule: 1963 Mercedes-Benz 220SE (W111) – Just A Bit Of Fin
Posted on November 9, 2023 | 15 CommentsCan you believe there hasn’t been a proper long-form CC post about the 220 Fintail? We’ve virtually had the entire W110/W111 roster, be it the 230S or the 200 saloon, […] -
![(first posted 10/31/2017) In 1949, Volkswagen officially began exporting the Type I to the United States, which, in ‘Deluxe’ trim, featured a few more color options over the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/DSCN1246.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: <i>“In Ordnung”</i> – The New Beetle Turns 20")
Curbside Classic: “In Ordnung” – The New Beetle Turns 20
Posted on October 30, 2023 | 64 Comments(first posted 10/31/2017) In 1949, Volkswagen officially began exporting the Type I to the United States, which, in ‘Deluxe’ trim, featured a few more color options over the […] -
![There is a long line of small sporty Renaults, going all the way back to the 4CV. Some were special-bodied and wore an Alpine badge, but others were closer to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DSC_0295_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 Renault 8 Gordini – Hot Before Hatches Were A Thing")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Renault 8 Gordini – Hot Before Hatches Were A Thing
Posted on October 25, 2023 | 9 CommentsThere is a long line of small sporty Renaults, going all the way back to the 4CV. Some were special-bodied and wore an Alpine badge, but others were closer to […] -
![What do you picture in your mind when you hear or read the name Ferrari? Ever since I was young, the most outrageous Maranello machine was the Testarossa. It was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_20220821_113022_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1987 Ferrari Testarossa – Falling Flat (Twelve)")
Curbside Classic: 1987 Ferrari Testarossa – Falling Flat (Twelve)
Posted on October 20, 2023 | 23 CommentsWhat do you picture in your mind when you hear or read the name Ferrari? Ever since I was young, the most outrageous Maranello machine was the Testarossa. It was […] -
![(first posted 10/19/2017) Success: Is it something measured by popularity and profitability alone? Or is it something measured by innovation, inspiration, and ultimately, legacy? Furthermore, for something to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/thumb_IMG_7941_1024-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1987 Audi 5000 CS Quattro – A Runaway Success?")
Car Show Classic: 1987 Audi 5000 CS Quattro – A Runaway Success?
Posted on October 19, 2023 | 101 Comments(first posted 10/19/2017) Success: Is it something measured by popularity and profitability alone? Or is it something measured by innovation, inspiration, and ultimately, legacy? Furthermore, for something to […] -
![This is the final instalment of the series, but will be a bigger post than the previous two. For a summertime car meet in a small French town, there sure […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_20230730_194728_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: 10th Salon Autos-Motos Anciennes à Bazas (July 2023) – Part 3: Foreign Cars")
Car Show Classics: 10th Salon Autos-Motos Anciennes à Bazas (July 2023) – Part 3: Foreign Cars
Posted on October 19, 2023 | 22 CommentsThis is the final instalment of the series, but will be a bigger post than the previous two. For a summertime car meet in a small French town, there sure […] -
![Bienvenue, chers amis, to ze second partie of ze tour. We kick things off with a very neat early ‘60s 2CV van, but fair warning: the turnout was pretty limited, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_20230730_185415_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: 10th Salon Autos-Motos Anciennes à Bazas (July 2023) – Part 2: More Domestic Cars (Citroën, Simca, etc.)")
Car Show Classics: 10th Salon Autos-Motos Anciennes à Bazas (July 2023) – Part 2: More Domestic Cars (Citroën, Simca, etc.)
Posted on October 18, 2023 | 17 CommentsBienvenue, chers amis, to ze second partie of ze tour. We kick things off with a very neat early ‘60s 2CV van, but fair warning: the turnout was pretty limited, […] -
![(first posted 10/17/2017) I saw this big blue monster on my very first day in Yerevan – how lucky can a CCurbivore be? No way to get a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_20170907_095207.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 GAZ 13 Chaika – Apparat Chic, Or A Short History Of Long Soviet Cars")
Curbside Classic: 1976 GAZ 13 Chaika – Apparat Chic, Or A Short History Of Long Soviet Cars
Posted on October 17, 2023 | 56 Comments(first posted 10/17/2017) I saw this big blue monster on my very first day in Yerevan – how lucky can a CCurbivore be? No way to get a […] -
![I attended only a single car show this summer, but it was a whopper. It was in Bazas, a small town about a half hour east of Bordeaux, and this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DSC_0207_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: 10th Salon Autos-Motos Anciennes à Bazas (July 2023) – Part 1: Domestic Cars (Peugeot & Renault)")
Car Show Classics: 10th Salon Autos-Motos Anciennes à Bazas (July 2023) – Part 1: Domestic Cars (Peugeot & Renault)
Posted on October 17, 2023 | 10 CommentsI attended only a single car show this summer, but it was a whopper. It was in Bazas, a small town about a half hour east of Bordeaux, and this […] -
![There was a Lagonda before it became a four-door Aston Martin, lest we forget. The marque was created in 1900, started making cars a decade later and was independent until […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_20230402_143531_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Capsule: 1935 Lagonda Rapier – Mightier Than The Sword")
Car Show Capsule: 1935 Lagonda Rapier – Mightier Than The Sword
Posted on October 13, 2023 | 6 CommentsThere was a Lagonda before it became a four-door Aston Martin, lest we forget. The marque was created in 1900, started making cars a decade later and was independent until […] -
![(first posted 10/12/2017) Having taken the opportunity to discover Iceland last July, I went ahead and took the opportunity to take a trip to Armenia and Georgia in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_20170915_093004.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: Old (And New) Soviet Metal In The Caucasus")
CC Global: Old (And New) Soviet Metal In The Caucasus
Posted on October 12, 2023 | 55 Comments(first posted 10/12/2017) Having taken the opportunity to discover Iceland last July, I went ahead and took the opportunity to take a trip to Armenia and Georgia in […] -
![(first posted 5/7/2013) On the west side of Houston’s Hobby airport is a small aviation museum converted from the original, 1940-built air terminal. On the third Saturday of each […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pic002-Jaguar-Mark-IX-front-3_4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1959-1961 Jaguar Mark IX – An Englishman Abroad")
Curbside Classic: 1959-1961 Jaguar Mark IX – An Englishman Abroad
Posted on October 9, 2023 | 59 Comments(first posted 5/7/2013) On the west side of Houston’s Hobby airport is a small aviation museum converted from the original, 1940-built air terminal. On the third Saturday of each […] -
![(first posted 10/5/2017) Iceland is a land of contrasts. The fire and the ice, the midnight sun and the dark winters, the sulfurous hot baths and the frozen tundra… […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_20170726_171903.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974 AZLK Moskvich 412 – Cod War Icon")
Curbside Classic: 1974 AZLK Moskvich 412 – Cod War Icon
Posted on October 5, 2023 | 70 Comments(first posted 10/5/2017) Iceland is a land of contrasts. The fire and the ice, the midnight sun and the dark winters, the sulfurous hot baths and the frozen tundra… […] -
![(first posted 10/4/2017) The Fiat 130 Coupe is one of the most attractive cars ever built. It took an emerging aesthetic and set a benchmark never to be […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/130redangle.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972-77 Fiat 130 Coupe – Bill Mitchell’s Regards")
Curbside Classic: 1972-77 Fiat 130 Coupe – Bill Mitchell’s Regards
Posted on October 4, 2023 | 118 Comments(first posted 10/4/2017) The Fiat 130 Coupe is one of the most attractive cars ever built. It took an emerging aesthetic and set a benchmark never to be […] -
![Another tasty summertime treat from the French countryside here: a somewhat miraculously-preserved Diesel Passat of the first kind. I’ve been running into classic VWs pretty often back in Tokyo, but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20230807_231600_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 Volkswagen Passat (B1) GLD – Not Quite Dashing")
Curbside Classic: 1979 Volkswagen Passat (B1) GLD – Not Quite Dashing
Posted on October 2, 2023 | 12 CommentsAnother tasty summertime treat from the French countryside here: a somewhat miraculously-preserved Diesel Passat of the first kind. I’ve been running into classic VWs pretty often back in Tokyo, but […]
