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Curbside Classics – European Brands Archive
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CC Capsule: 1953 Austin A40 Somerset – The Mouse That Squeaked
Posted on July 14, 2023 | 71 Comments(first posted 7/14/2017) The British motor industry started its long descent into oblivion in the ‘50s. These things take time: Britain was an automotive powerhouse immediately after the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1981 Rolls-Royce Camargue – Much Ado About Nothing?
Posted on July 13, 2023 | 82 Comments(first posted 7/13/2017) Sometimes you see a car parked on the side of the road that you simply have to stop and photograph*, such as this Rolls Royce […] -
Curbside Classic: The 2003-2012 “L322” Range Rover – New Heights & Horizons
Posted on July 13, 2023 | 21 CommentsA History of the Range Rover The Range Rover debuted in 1970, under the Land Rover brand. While it was nicer than the existing “Series” Land Rover truck, it was […] -
CC Capsule: 1991 Rolls-Royce Corniche III – Dark Suit And White Gloves Compulsory
Posted on July 9, 2023 | 31 Comments(first posted 7/9/2017) It was a hot day to be out and about in Shibuya, one of Tokyo’s trendier districts. And it seems whoever owned this Corniche was so […] -
Curbside Classic: 1961 Porsche 356 B 1600 Super Roadster – Ice-Cold And Air-Cooled
Posted on July 7, 2023 | 5 CommentsTemperatures are now reaching their usual uncomfortable summer peaks in Tokyo. It’s nothing compared to what some of you over in the southern US have had to endure in recent […] -
Curbside Classic: 1965 Simca 1000 GLS – Cute Cubic CC
Posted on July 3, 2023 | 21 CommentsThe ‘80s may now be regarded as the decade of square car design par excellence, but it was arguably the third such era in automotive history. Back in the ‘20s, […] -
Curbside Classic: 1992 Maserati 430 4v (AM332) – The Better Biturbo
Posted on June 26, 2023 | 16 CommentsMaserati are doing pretty well these days. That’s an outlier in the marque’s history though: for most of the 20th Century, Maserati were either about to go under or trying […] -
In-Motion / Car Show Classic: 1950 Austin A90 Atlantic – Missed The Boat
Posted on June 21, 2023 | 16 CommentsIn the aftermath of the Second World War, the “Export or die” era of the British motoring industry, when steel was only allocated to carmakers who sold ¾ths of their […] -
Reader’s Curbside Classic: 2005 Jaguar S-Type–My Kitty
Posted on June 20, 2023 | 33 CommentsAs you long time CC hangers-on know, I now have three classic cars from the late 50s/early 60s in my stable. But the fact is you really need a […] -
Curbside Classic: 1966 Hillman Super Minx – Rooting For Rootes
Posted on June 18, 2023 | 67 Comments(first posted 5/23/2013) By 1961, the Rootes Group was established as one of the Big Four in the UK, along with BMC (Austin/Morris/MG/Wolseley/Riley), Ford and Vauxhall (representing GM and then […] -
Curbside Classic: 1968 Volkswagen Automatic Stickshift · Chrysler’s Fluid Drive Returns In The Safer Käfer
Posted on June 17, 2023 | 103 Commentsfirst posted 22 May 2013 I’m walking to the the subway on a lovely May day, and a glimmer of chrome on powder blue in the distance hits me. It’s […] -
Curbside Classic: Austin Mini Moke – The Mini Thing
Posted on June 15, 2023 | 62 Comments(first posted 5/23/2013) Take a compact economy car chassis and make it into an inexpensive utility vehicle for your country’s armed forces. In Germany, this formula produced the Volkswagen-based Kubelwagen […] -
Curbside Classic: Triumph TR4A IRS – Stereotype Defying Tractor-Engined IRS Daily Driver
Posted on June 9, 2023 | 54 Comments(first posted 5/23/2017) OK; old British cars have a rep, but this one has been defying it for many years. I’ve seen it coming and going on the streets of […] -
CC Capsule: 1975 Volkswagen Transporter – You’ve Stayed The Same, Man
Posted on June 8, 2023 | 24 CommentsDuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude! We’ve had so many CCs on old air-cooled Transporters, gnarly as they are, it would require something pretty, like, out there to justify one more. And not to bogart […] -
Curbside Classic: 1992 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce – Tall Tails
Posted on June 5, 2023 | 10 CommentsIn the Great Book of Long-Lived Cars that I wrote in my head, there is a relatively small chapter dedicated to sports cars and convertibles. Just between the MG B […]
![CC Capsule: 1953 Austin A40 Somerset – The Mouse That Squeaked (first posted 7/14/2017) The British motor industry started its long descent into oblivion in the ‘50s. These things take time: Britain was an automotive powerhouse immediately after the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/image3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1981 Rolls-Royce Camargue – Much Ado About Nothing? (first posted 7/13/2017) Sometimes you see a car parked on the side of the road that you simply have to stop and photograph*, such as this Rolls Royce […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Black-Camargue-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: The 2003-2012 “L322” Range Rover – New Heights & Horizons A History of the Range Rover The Range Rover debuted in 1970, under the Land Rover brand. While it was nicer than the existing “Series” Land Rover truck, it was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/9eY4Qwa6.VhbOlRokj-edit.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Capsule: 1991 Rolls-Royce Corniche III – Dark Suit And White Gloves Compulsory (first posted 7/9/2017) It was a hot day to be out and about in Shibuya, one of Tokyo’s trendier districts. And it seems whoever owned this Corniche was so […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_20170708_102401.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1961 Porsche 356 B 1600 Super Roadster – Ice-Cold And Air-Cooled Temperatures are now reaching their usual uncomfortable summer peaks in Tokyo. It’s nothing compared to what some of you over in the southern US have had to endure in recent […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_20230219_113106-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1965 Simca 1000 GLS – Cute Cubic CC The ‘80s may now be regarded as the decade of square car design par excellence, but it was arguably the third such era in automotive history. Back in the ‘20s, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_20230416_102918-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1992 Maserati 430 4v (AM332) – The Better Biturbo Maserati are doing pretty well these days. That’s an outlier in the marque’s history though: for most of the 20th Century, Maserati were either about to go under or trying […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_20230228_142721-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![In-Motion / Car Show Classic: 1950 Austin A90 Atlantic – Missed The Boat In the aftermath of the Second World War, the “Export or die” era of the British motoring industry, when steel was only allocated to carmakers who sold ¾ths of their […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_20230319_143357-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Reader’s Curbside Classic: 2005 Jaguar S-Type–My Kitty As you long time CC hangers-on know, I now have three classic cars from the late 50s/early 60s in my stable. But the fact is you really need a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/20230219_153214-1-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1966 Hillman Super Minx – Rooting For Rootes (first posted 5/23/2013) By 1961, the Rootes Group was established as one of the Big Four in the UK, along with BMC (Austin/Morris/MG/Wolseley/Riley), Ford and Vauxhall (representing GM and then […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Hillman-Super-Minx-1966-fq.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1968 Volkswagen Automatic Stickshift · Chrysler’s Fluid Drive Returns In The Safer Käfer first posted 22 May 2013 I’m walking to the the subway on a lovely May day, and a glimmer of chrome on powder blue in the distance hits me. It’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_5790.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: Austin Mini Moke – The Mini Thing (first posted 5/23/2013) Take a compact economy car chassis and make it into an inexpensive utility vehicle for your country’s armed forces. In Germany, this formula produced the Volkswagen-based Kubelwagen […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1-Moke-front.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: Triumph TR4A IRS – Stereotype Defying Tractor-Engined IRS Daily Driver (first posted 5/23/2017) OK; old British cars have a rep, but this one has been defying it for many years. I’ve seen it coming and going on the streets of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CC-164-087-900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Capsule: 1975 Volkswagen Transporter – You’ve Stayed The Same, Man Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude! We’ve had so many CCs on old air-cooled Transporters, gnarly as they are, it would require something pretty, like, out there to justify one more. And not to bogart […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_20220731_123717-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1992 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce – Tall Tails In the Great Book of Long-Lived Cars that I wrote in my head, there is a relatively small chapter dedicated to sports cars and convertibles. Just between the MG B […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_20221204_133721-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


