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Curbside Classics – European Brands Archive
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Curbside Classic: 1955 Morris Minor Series II – Britain’s Favourite Car, Bar None, And Rightly So.
Posted on August 27, 2026 | 86 Comments(Updated 8/27/2026) CC has recorded previously my nomination for the most significant cars of the 1960s, the 1970s and 1980s. You can probably guess my nominee for the most […] -
My 42 Years With A Citroën Ami: The £90 Car That Became a Lifetime Companion
Posted on August 26, 2026 | 21 CommentsBy the end of 1984, having put another 20,000 miles on the Citroën Dyane it was clear its days were going to either be numbered or expensive. We’d been members […] -
Curbside Classic: 1958 DKW Sonderklasse 3=6 (F94) – The Proto-Audi
Posted on August 25, 2026 | 98 Comments(Updated 8/25/2026) Seeing that it’s a DKW and not a Chevrolet, some of you might be tempted to skip this CC. If you must, but know that this is a […] -
Curbside Classic: c. 1981 Mercedes-Benz 380SL – The Art Of Aging Gracefully
Posted on August 18, 2026 | 45 Comments(Updated 8/18/2026) I have been watching quite a few reruns of game shows from the 1970s and ’80s this year. I have always enjoyed watching vintage […] -
Curbside Classic: Jensen Healey – Care To Take It For A Really Long Test Drive?
Posted on August 14, 2026 | 69 Comments(Updated 8/14/2026) So who would like to be a paying beta tester for a 70s Lotus engine? Anyone? No? Well, eleven thousand Jensen owners were, and we can assume unwittingly. […] -
The Cars That Shaped My Family—and Me
Posted on August 12, 2026 | 16 CommentsWherever you may be, greetings from England. I’m Neil Osborn, known among my friends as Owl, and I am happy to be known as such by my fellow curbivores. As […] -
Museum Classics: 1966 Alfa Romeo Spider 1600 Duetto – Music By Simon & Garfunkuttlefish
Posted on August 10, 2026 | 20 Comments(Updated 8/10/2026) I recently went back to the Toyota Megaweb History Garage, which Jim Klein and I visited last year, and saw a number of cars that […] -
Car Show Classic: 1973 Sunbeam Rapier H120 – The Car I Wanted My Dad to Want
Posted on August 8, 2026 | 60 Comments(Updated 8/8/2026) Last May 23, I was fortunate enough to have a piece published on CC, about a car my dad did buy: a 1966 Hillman Super […] -
Curbside Classic: 1973 (or ’74) Volkswagen 181: Here’s The Thing…
Posted on August 3, 2026 | 59 Comments(Updated 8/3/2026) My older brother’s friends in high school in the ’80s had a variety of vehicles that set my internal bar pretty high in terms of […] -
Car Show Classic: 1928 Rolls-Royce Twenty Phaeton by Barker – Once In A Blue Rolls
Posted on July 31, 2026 | 6 CommentsWe started this little prewar escapade in a big beautiful British blue-blood coachbuilt in two-tones-of-blue, and we’ll end it that way. Only this superlative slab of British beef will be […] -
Curbside Classic: 1994 BMW 325i (E36) – Have We Moved On?
Posted on July 30, 2026 | 63 Comments(Updated 7/30/2026) “The perfect car,” that’s what the ad for the then-current 3-series, which I remember running on MTV between segments of The Real World San Francisco […] -
Curbside Classic: 1974 Citroën HY Van – Corrugated Irony
Posted on July 29, 2026 | 13 Comments(Updated 7/29/2026) I’m writing this literally from the middle of nowhere, otherwise known as the island of Hokkaido. And it so happens that […] -
Carshow Classics: 1961-1972 Vauxhall Victor – Luton Salutes The Victor
Posted on July 28, 2026 | 66 Comments(Updated 7/28/2026) There are two cars from Vauxhall in the after war period that truly remain in the popular memory: the compact Viva series and the larger Vauxhall Victor. The […] -
Car Show Classic: 1936 AC 16/70 Special DHC – Unusual Suspect
Posted on July 27, 2026 | 5 CommentsAs much as I’d like to think that I know a thing or two about cars, some marques are more familiar than others. Although I wrote a pretty long history […] -
Curbside Find: 1975-1978 Fiat X1/9 – Getting Closer Every Day To One Of Nine Left…
Posted on July 24, 2026 | 56 Comments(Updated 7/24/2026) The parking lot of my local Sprouts Market that houses a branch of the Post Office within and has a UPS Store down the row […]
![Curbside Classic: 1955 Morris Minor Series II – Britain’s Favourite Car, Bar None, And Rightly So. (Updated 8/27/2026) CC has recorded previously my nomination for the most significant cars of the 1960s, the 1970s and 1980s. You can probably guess my nominee for the most […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/1955-Morris-Minor-4.jpg)
![My 42 Years With A Citroën Ami: The £90 Car That Became a Lifetime Companion By the end of 1984, having put another 20,000 miles on the Citroën Dyane it was clear its days were going to either be numbered or expensive. We’d been members […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/595A4311-ps-115x115.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1958 DKW Sonderklasse 3=6 (F94) – The Proto-Audi (Updated 8/25/2026) Seeing that it’s a DKW and not a Chevrolet, some of you might be tempted to skip this CC. If you must, but know that this is a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CC-151-031.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: c. 1981 Mercedes-Benz 380SL – The Art Of Aging Gracefully (Updated 8/18/2026) I have been watching quite a few reruns of game shows from the 1970s and ’80s this year. I have always enjoyed watching vintage […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20200621_173600-1981-Mercedes-Benz-380SL-CC.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: Jensen Healey – Care To Take It For A Really Long Test Drive? (Updated 8/14/2026) So who would like to be a paying beta tester for a 70s Lotus engine? Anyone? No? Well, eleven thousand Jensen owners were, and we can assume unwittingly. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Jensen-Healey-04.jpg)
![The Cars That Shaped My Family—and Me Wherever you may be, greetings from England. I’m Neil Osborn, known among my friends as Owl, and I am happy to be known as such by my fellow curbivores. As […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20260723_120301-115x115.jpg)
![Museum Classics: 1966 Alfa Romeo Spider 1600 Duetto – Music By Simon & Garfunkuttlefish (Updated 8/10/2026) I recently went back to the Toyota Megaweb History Garage, which Jim Klein and I visited last year, and saw a number of cars that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IMG_20200801_164727-copy.jpg)
![Car Show Classic: 1973 Sunbeam Rapier H120 – The Car I Wanted My Dad to Want (Updated 8/8/2026) Last May 23, I was fortunate enough to have a piece published on CC, about a car my dad did buy: a 1966 Hillman Super […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1974-Sunbeam-Rapier-H120_2.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1973 (or ’74) Volkswagen 181: Here’s The Thing… (Updated 8/3/2026) My older brother’s friends in high school in the ’80s had a variety of vehicles that set my internal bar pretty high in terms of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/033-1973-VW-Thing-CC.jpg)
![Car Show Classic: 1928 Rolls-Royce Twenty Phaeton by Barker – Once In A Blue Rolls We started this little prewar escapade in a big beautiful British blue-blood coachbuilt in two-tones-of-blue, and we’ll end it that way. Only this superlative slab of British beef will be […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/DSC_1590_edited-115x115.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1994 BMW 325i (E36) – Have We Moved On? (Updated 7/30/2026) “The perfect car,” that’s what the ad for the then-current 3-series, which I remember running on MTV between segments of The Real World San Francisco […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2014-06-05-11.27.28.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1974 Citroën HY Van – Corrugated Irony (Updated 7/29/2026) I’m writing this literally from the middle of nowhere, otherwise known as the island of Hokkaido. And it so happens that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_20200722_101822-copy.jpg)
![Carshow Classics: 1961-1972 Vauxhall Victor – Luton Salutes The Victor (Updated 7/28/2026) There are two cars from Vauxhall in the after war period that truly remain in the popular memory: the compact Viva series and the larger Vauxhall Victor. The […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1961-Victor-F-series.1.jpg)
![Car Show Classic: 1936 AC 16/70 Special DHC – Unusual Suspect As much as I’d like to think that I know a thing or two about cars, some marques are more familiar than others. Although I wrote a pretty long history […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG20260405113409_edited-115x115.jpg)
![Curbside Find: 1975-1978 Fiat X1/9 – Getting Closer Every Day To One Of Nine Left… (Updated 7/24/2026) The parking lot of my local Sprouts Market that houses a branch of the Post Office within and has a UPS Store down the row […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_2122.jpg)


