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Curbside Classics – European Brands Archive
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![Ray was a sales representative (a rep in common parlance) in the 1970s and 1980s. His employer issued him a car to drive on business and for his personal use. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/1994_vauxhall_cavalier_2.0CDi-5.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1994 Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0 CDi – “Come Inside Mr Ford, The General Needs To Talk”")
Curbside Classic: 1994 Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0 CDi – “Come Inside Mr Ford, The General Needs To Talk”
Posted on August 9, 2021 | 103 CommentsRay was a sales representative (a rep in common parlance) in the 1970s and 1980s. His employer issued him a car to drive on business and for his personal use. […] -
![Nothing is ever 100% sure in this world, particularly nowadays as regards intercontinental travel, but by the time this is published, I should be in Europe (France and Switzerland, to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_20210505_112812-copy.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1982 Citroën CX Pallas IE – Hydropneumatifragilistic Pallasialidocious")
Curbside Classic: 1982 Citroën CX Pallas IE – Hydropneumatifragilistic Pallasialidocious
Posted on August 8, 2021 | 34 CommentsNothing is ever 100% sure in this world, particularly nowadays as regards intercontinental travel, but by the time this is published, I should be in Europe (France and Switzerland, to […] -
![(first posted 8/3/2015) In the US, the Fiat 124 Coupe has always lived in the shadow of its flashier drop-top sibling, the Fiat 124 Sport Spider, which was built for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Fiat-1969-124-coupe.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1969 Fiat Coupé (AC) – Classic Italian Sports Coupe And Design Inspiration For The Chevy Vega")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Fiat Coupé (AC) – Classic Italian Sports Coupe And Design Inspiration For The Chevy Vega
Posted on August 3, 2021 | 61 Comments(first posted 8/3/2015) In the US, the Fiat 124 Coupe has always lived in the shadow of its flashier drop-top sibling, the Fiat 124 Sport Spider, which was built for […] -
![(first posted 11/12/2011) Alfa Romeo and longevity. Does that seem like an unlikely pairing? The Alfa Spider, a vehicle whose gestation alone ran a decade, was built for almost […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Alfa-1986-spider.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1986 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce – A Work In Progress, For Four Decades")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce – A Work In Progress, For Four Decades
Posted on August 1, 2021 | 62 Comments(first posted 11/12/2011) Alfa Romeo and longevity. Does that seem like an unlikely pairing? The Alfa Spider, a vehicle whose gestation alone ran a decade, was built for almost […] -
![Export or Die. That short but powerful post-war British expression blazed through my mind upon seeing this exported Ford Consul, a product of Ford of England. While the economic conditions […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_1847.jpeg "Curbside Classic: 1953 Ford Consul – The English Immigrant")
Curbside Classic: 1953 Ford Consul – The English Immigrant
Posted on July 30, 2021 | 49 CommentsExport or Die. That short but powerful post-war British expression blazed through my mind upon seeing this exported Ford Consul, a product of Ford of England. While the economic conditions […] -
![There is no oxymoron likelier to raise a bunch of red flags than “cheap Ferrari.” Quite right, too. If it’s cheap, there must be something terribly wrong with it. Missing […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_20210528_090807-copy.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1984 Ferrari Mondial QV Cabriolet – Bargain Bin Supercar")
Curbside Classic: 1984 Ferrari Mondial QV Cabriolet – Bargain Bin Supercar
Posted on July 29, 2021 | 13 CommentsThere is no oxymoron likelier to raise a bunch of red flags than “cheap Ferrari.” Quite right, too. If it’s cheap, there must be something terribly wrong with it. Missing […] -
![tbm3fan sent me a link to a CL ad for this 1964 Fiat 1500 Berline, a model that was never sold in the US. This is a rare opportunity, not […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Fiat-1500-a.jpg "Curbside Classic (For Sale): 1964 Fiat 1500 – Corvair Styling Arrives In Italy")
Curbside Classic (For Sale): 1964 Fiat 1500 – Corvair Styling Arrives In Italy
Posted on July 27, 2021 | 24 Commentstbm3fan sent me a link to a CL ad for this 1964 Fiat 1500 Berline, a model that was never sold in the US. This is a rare opportunity, not […] -
![(first posted 7/23/2015) This site has looked at the 75 in various Outtakes but this car really deserves its own CC. I owned one of these in the perfectly-balanced two-liter […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/7504.jpg "Curbside Classic: Alfa Romeo 75 (Milano) – Alfa Romeo’s Swansong")
Curbside Classic: Alfa Romeo 75 (Milano) – Alfa Romeo’s Swansong
Posted on July 23, 2021 | 86 Comments(first posted 7/23/2015) This site has looked at the 75 in various Outtakes but this car really deserves its own CC. I owned one of these in the perfectly-balanced two-liter […] -
![“It’s JUST A FORD!” they wailed. Ford assumed control of Jaguar in 1989 and there were dire pronouncements that Jags would devolve into Tauruses with leather seats and a thin […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Stype.1.jpg "Curbside Classic: 2000-2008 Jaguar S-Type – A Modern Classic")
Curbside Classic: 2000-2008 Jaguar S-Type – A Modern Classic
Posted on July 23, 2021 | 32 Comments“It’s JUST A FORD!” they wailed. Ford assumed control of Jaguar in 1989 and there were dire pronouncements that Jags would devolve into Tauruses with leather seats and a thin […] -
![(first posted 7/20/2015) My father is, perhaps unwittingly, an enabler. Therefore, when he called my house last Friday and told me we should ride up to see this “old Fiat […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Renault-caravelle.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1963 Renault Caravelle S: A Francophile’s Underdog, Musty Smell and Regret Included in Purchase Price")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Renault Caravelle S: A Francophile’s Underdog, Musty Smell and Regret Included in Purchase Price
Posted on July 20, 2021 | 76 Comments(first posted 7/20/2015) My father is, perhaps unwittingly, an enabler. Therefore, when he called my house last Friday and told me we should ride up to see this “old Fiat […] -
![I love Squarebacks, you love Squarebacks, everybody loves Squarebacks. And that term certainly sounds better than “Variant” in our present pandemic-plagued predicament. I don’t wish to sound alarmist, but there’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_20210515_145125-copy2.jpg "CC Capsule: 1962-73 Volkswagen Type 3 Variant(s) – Squareback Cubed")
CC Capsule: 1962-73 Volkswagen Type 3 Variant(s) – Squareback Cubed
Posted on July 20, 2021 | 12 CommentsI love Squarebacks, you love Squarebacks, everybody loves Squarebacks. And that term certainly sounds better than “Variant” in our present pandemic-plagued predicament. I don’t wish to sound alarmist, but there’s […] -
![The story of the British motor industry from the early 1960s can be told through a relatively small number of cars: The ingenuity of the Mini, the spot-on Morris/Austin 1100, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/51030256287_1ee0cbf2d4_o.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1963 Ford Cortina Mk1 – Ford Takes On BMC, And Wins")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Ford Cortina Mk1 – Ford Takes On BMC, And Wins
Posted on July 18, 2021 | 39 CommentsThe story of the British motor industry from the early 1960s can be told through a relatively small number of cars: The ingenuity of the Mini, the spot-on Morris/Austin 1100, […] -
![posted at the Cohort by Corey Behrens Which car from my early years would I most want to have again? That’s a tough one to answer. 1963 Corvair Monza four-speed? […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/51294352491_464bb22b16_k.jpg "Auto-Biography: Peugeot 404 Wagon – The One I Miss The Most")
Auto-Biography: Peugeot 404 Wagon – The One I Miss The Most
Posted on July 16, 2021 | 21 Commentsposted at the Cohort by Corey Behrens Which car from my early years would I most want to have again? That’s a tough one to answer. 1963 Corvair Monza four-speed? […] -
![(first posted 7/15/2015) “It’s complicated.” This 21st Century catchphrase sums up the origins of the Porsche 914 and the relationship between it and Porsche enthusiasts that began upon its introduction […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Porsche-914-2.0.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1973-74 Porsche 914 2.0 — Entry Level Porsche 1.0")
Curbside Classic: 1973-74 Porsche 914 2.0 — Entry Level Porsche 1.0
Posted on July 15, 2021 | 63 Comments(first posted 7/15/2015) “It’s complicated.” This 21st Century catchphrase sums up the origins of the Porsche 914 and the relationship between it and Porsche enthusiasts that began upon its introduction […] -
![(first posted 8/1/2012) The early post-war MGs are typically described as the iconic sports car; the granddaddy of the genre in this country. There’s some truth to that, but not […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/MG-TD.jpg "Curbside Classic: MG TD – I Was Retro Before Retro Was Cool")
Curbside Classic: MG TD – I Was Retro Before Retro Was Cool
Posted on July 12, 2021 | 56 Comments(first posted 8/1/2012) The early post-war MGs are typically described as the iconic sports car; the granddaddy of the genre in this country. There’s some truth to that, but not […]
