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Curbside Classics – European Brands Archive
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Curbside Classics: Peugeot 403 Sedan and Cabriolet – The Beginning Of The Pininfarina Era or Who’s The Fairest Pug Of Them All?
Posted on July 11, 2022 | 56 Comments(first posted 7/11/2016) I once owned a Peugeot 403. The fact that it never ran the whole time I owned it, for close to a year, didn’t really bother me […] -
Trackside And Curbside Classic: 1951 Peugeot 203 – How I Came To Own The World’s Fastest 203
Posted on July 9, 2022 | 42 Comments(first posted 4/28/2013. revised 7/7/2016) How many saloon racing cars can claim the title of curbside classic after fifty years? This is the story of a highly modified 1951 Peugeot […] -
Curbside Classic: 1948 Peugeot 202 – The Baby Chrysler Airflow
Posted on July 8, 2022 | 61 Comments(first posted 3/19/2013) Our Peugeotphile in South Africa, Dawid Botha, whose treks across the wilds of Africa in his 404 wagon have been documented here and here sent me these […] -
Curbside Classic: 1953-1955 Sunbeam Alpine – First Dibs
Posted on July 1, 2022 | 26 Comments(first posted 7/1/2016) The CC Effect can strike most obliquely. Just as I was putting the finishing touches to my Alpine A310 piece, I came across my first ever Sunbeam […] -
Curbside Classic: 1951 Austin A40 Devon – The Best-Selling Import Of Its Time
Posted on June 30, 2022 | 92 Comments(first posted 11/5/2012) Oooh, what a cute little car. Indeed it is, if the pygmy look is your thing; however, on its skinny little tires this A40 carries the weight […] -
Curbside Classic: 1997 Volkswagen Polo 1.6 Automatic – The Golf’s Little Brother
Posted on June 30, 2022 | 69 Comments(first posted 6/30/2016) In 1994 Volkswagen introduced the third generation of the Polo, their B-segment (subcompact) model. Built at the Wolfsburg plant and still very common on the European roads. […] -
Curbside Classic: 1959 Fiat-Abarth 750 GT Coupé Zagato – Double The Bubble, Double The Fun
Posted on June 28, 2022 | 20 CommentsThere isn’t a size limit to automotive royalty. The term conjures up the likes of Duesenberg, Hispano-Suiza or Maybach, but probably not a sub-1-litre ‘50s Fiat. Ah, but the Fiat […] -
Curbside Classic: 1971-76 Alpine A310 – Bittersweet Edge
Posted on June 25, 2022 | 71 Comments(first posted 6/25/2016) For some the Alpine A310 is an acquired taste, for others it is ‘jolie laide’ and for others again it’s just plain ugly. But when I first […] -
Curbside Classic: 1966 Mercedes 250SE Cabriolet (W111) – Class Before S-Class
Posted on June 21, 2022 | 61 Comments(first posted 10/21/2012) Is there a classier postwar Mercedes? The W111 Cabriolet became an instant classic from the day it arrived in 1961, and its image and status only grew […] -
CC Capsule: 1964 Porsche 356C – Happy Ending
Posted on June 21, 2022 | 3 CommentsSome might call it daring, others inauspicious, but I’m going to start this post by claiming that CC has probably said everything that could be said about the Porsche 356. […] -
CC Capsule: 1995 Volvo 850 T-5R – A Rare Yellow Bird With A Touch Of Porsche
Posted on June 17, 2022 | 61 Comments(first posted 11/30/2012) I see some of you really go for purple-trimmed houses. That reminded me of another colorful car I shot in front of a purple house (also in […] -
CC Capsule: 1999 Bentley Azure “Spyder” – Mulliner-Park Weird
Posted on June 15, 2022 | 16 CommentsI’m rarely at a loss for words when cars are concerned. Whether it’s utterly misguided BS or well-researched information is sometimes a matter of some debate, but that’s never stopped […] -
Curbside Classic: 1997 Volvo S90 Royal – Formal Follows Function
Posted on June 13, 2022 | 8 CommentsLimos don’t have to be overly expensive Rolls-Royces or ludicrously stretched Lincolns. Between those and a bog standard four-door, there is a middle way: the modest extended wheelbase saloon. We […] -
Curbside Classic: 1968 Opel Kadett Rallye 1900 – The European SS396 Which Up-Ended The Old World Order
Posted on June 10, 2022 | 62 Comments(first posted 8/22/2012) There are two very good reasons why we’re having the third Kadett CC, when other cars have had none. First: this isn’t just any Kadett, but […] -
Curbside Classic: Sunbeam (Hillman) Imp – The British Corvair
Posted on June 6, 2022 | 29 Comments(first posted 8/19/2011) The Hillman Imp shares much more with the Corvair than its obviously cribbed styling. It’s a classic tale: a maker of very conventional front engine-rear wheel drive […]
![Curbside Classics: Peugeot 403 Sedan and Cabriolet – The Beginning Of The Pininfarina Era or Who’s The Fairest Pug Of Them All? (first posted 7/11/2016) I once owned a Peugeot 403. The fact that it never ran the whole time I owned it, for close to a year, didn’t really bother me […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Peugeot-403-b-srq-crop-1200-vert.jpg)
![Trackside And Curbside Classic: 1951 Peugeot 203 – How I Came To Own The World’s Fastest 203 (first posted 4/28/2013. revised 7/7/2016) How many saloon racing cars can claim the title of curbside classic after fifty years? This is the story of a highly modified 1951 Peugeot […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/203-WS-Killarney-Raceway-crop.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1948 Peugeot 202 – The Baby Chrysler Airflow (first posted 3/19/2013) Our Peugeotphile in South Africa, Dawid Botha, whose treks across the wilds of Africa in his 404 wagon have been documented here and here sent me these […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Peugeot-202-Latie-RV-gris.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1953-1955 Sunbeam Alpine – First Dibs (first posted 7/1/2016) The CC Effect can strike most obliquely. Just as I was putting the finishing touches to my Alpine A310 piece, I came across my first ever Sunbeam […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sunbeam2-1.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1951 Austin A40 Devon – The Best-Selling Import Of Its Time (first posted 11/5/2012) Oooh, what a cute little car. Indeed it is, if the pygmy look is your thing; however, on its skinny little tires this A40 carries the weight […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/CC-20-052-800.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1997 Volkswagen Polo 1.6 Automatic – The Golf’s Little Brother (first posted 6/30/2016) In 1994 Volkswagen introduced the third generation of the Polo, their B-segment (subcompact) model. Built at the Wolfsburg plant and still very common on the European roads. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IMG_1773.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1959 Fiat-Abarth 750 GT Coupé Zagato – Double The Bubble, Double The Fun There isn’t a size limit to automotive royalty. The term conjures up the likes of Duesenberg, Hispano-Suiza or Maybach, but probably not a sub-1-litre ‘50s Fiat. Ah, but the Fiat […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20220605_104703-copy.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1971-76 Alpine A310 – Bittersweet Edge (first posted 6/25/2016) For some the Alpine A310 is an acquired taste, for others it is ‘jolie laide’ and for others again it’s just plain ugly. But when I first […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Alp310f.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1966 Mercedes 250SE Cabriolet (W111) – Class Before S-Class (first posted 10/21/2012) Is there a classier postwar Mercedes? The W111 Cabriolet became an instant classic from the day it arrived in 1961, and its image and status only grew […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/yyyyh.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1964 Porsche 356C – Happy Ending Some might call it daring, others inauspicious, but I’m going to start this post by claiming that CC has probably said everything that could be said about the Porsche 356. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20220401_155521-copy.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1995 Volvo 850 T-5R – A Rare Yellow Bird With A Touch Of Porsche (first posted 11/30/2012) I see some of you really go for purple-trimmed houses. That reminded me of another colorful car I shot in front of a purple house (also in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/CC-180-077-1200.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1999 Bentley Azure “Spyder” – Mulliner-Park Weird I’m rarely at a loss for words when cars are concerned. Whether it’s utterly misguided BS or well-researched information is sometimes a matter of some debate, but that’s never stopped […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20220424_101450-copy.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1997 Volvo S90 Royal – Formal Follows Function Limos don’t have to be overly expensive Rolls-Royces or ludicrously stretched Lincolns. Between those and a bog standard four-door, there is a middle way: the modest extended wheelbase saloon. We […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_20220202_085137-copy.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1968 Opel Kadett Rallye 1900 – The European SS396 Which Up-Ended The Old World Order (first posted 8/22/2012) There are two very good reasons why we’re having the third Kadett CC, when other cars have had none. First: this isn’t just any Kadett, but […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/edfdffd.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: Sunbeam (Hillman) Imp – The British Corvair (first posted 8/19/2011) The Hillman Imp shares much more with the Corvair than its obviously cribbed styling. It’s a classic tale: a maker of very conventional front engine-rear wheel drive […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/immpp.jpg)


