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Curbside Classics – European Brands Archive
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![(first posted 9/5/2011) Being a true multi-national, the Jensen Interceptor has many facets to its complex personality. If you were a pessimist you’d say it has the electrical system of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/a-jen.jpg "Curbside Classic: Jensen Interceptor – The Handsome Anglo-Italo-American Mashup")
Curbside Classic: Jensen Interceptor – The Handsome Anglo-Italo-American Mashup
Posted on January 30, 2021 | 54 Comments(first posted 9/5/2011) Being a true multi-national, the Jensen Interceptor has many facets to its complex personality. If you were a pessimist you’d say it has the electrical system of […] -
![(first posted 1/30/2015) The Chrysler 180 and 2-Litre saloons: Where do you start, and where did they go? After all, they could claim French and British ancestry and development, American […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Chrysler-180-2.jpg "Carshow Classic: 1973 Chrysler 180 – British, French, American…Or Just Forgotten?")
Carshow Classic: 1973 Chrysler 180 – British, French, American…Or Just Forgotten?
Posted on January 30, 2021 | 62 Comments(first posted 1/30/2015) The Chrysler 180 and 2-Litre saloons: Where do you start, and where did they go? After all, they could claim French and British ancestry and development, American […] -
![Twentieth Century Minis are a yen a dozen in this country, as I’ve documented in many of my monthly singles posts. Several have included a Mini, because I see them […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_20201211_085427-copy.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1980 Austin / BL Mini 95 Van – Just More Of It To Love")
Curbside Classic: 1980 Austin / BL Mini 95 Van – Just More Of It To Love
Posted on January 28, 2021 | 19 CommentsTwentieth Century Minis are a yen a dozen in this country, as I’ve documented in many of my monthly singles posts. Several have included a Mini, because I see them […] -
![Tokyo is 9400km away from Stuttgart and 10,300km away from Detroit, so both of these big beauties traveled about the same distance to end up next to each other. From […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_20201129_164712-copy.jpg "CC Twofer: 1990 Chevrolet Caprice Brougham LS & Mercedes-Benz 560 SEL (W126) – Blue Collar Meets Blue Blood")
CC Twofer: 1990 Chevrolet Caprice Brougham LS & Mercedes-Benz 560 SEL (W126) – Blue Collar Meets Blue Blood
Posted on January 25, 2021 | 24 CommentsTokyo is 9400km away from Stuttgart and 10,300km away from Detroit, so both of these big beauties traveled about the same distance to end up next to each other. From […] -
![(first posted 11/24/11) A turbocharged Japanese drive train combined with Italian styling on a British chassis. Sounds quite tempting doesn’t it? How about if I add the name De Tomaso […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1982-Innocenti-Turbo-De-Tomaso-1.jpg "Curbside Classic: Innocenti Turbo De Tomaso – The Anglo-Italo-Japanese Mini")
Curbside Classic: Innocenti Turbo De Tomaso – The Anglo-Italo-Japanese Mini
Posted on January 24, 2021 | 58 Comments(first posted 11/24/11) A turbocharged Japanese drive train combined with Italian styling on a British chassis. Sounds quite tempting doesn’t it? How about if I add the name De Tomaso […] -
![There are flat-4 devotees everywhere and Japan is just as crazy about classic Volkswagens as any place. Plenty of Beetles about, running the gamut from older cars to relatively more […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_20210112_085654-copy.jpg "CC Capsule: 1965 Volkswagen 1500 S (Type 3) Notchback – The Five Percenter")
CC Capsule: 1965 Volkswagen 1500 S (Type 3) Notchback – The Five Percenter
Posted on January 19, 2021 | 28 CommentsThere are flat-4 devotees everywhere and Japan is just as crazy about classic Volkswagens as any place. Plenty of Beetles about, running the gamut from older cars to relatively more […] -
![(first posted 1/17/2015) Britain has a reputation for eccentricity, in almost every field. From persevering with a coinage based on the Roman system until 1971, buying most liquids, except beer, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Bristol-411-1.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1972 Bristol 411 (and Bristol History) – The Last Great British Eccentric")
Curbside Classic: 1972 Bristol 411 (and Bristol History) – The Last Great British Eccentric
Posted on January 18, 2021 | 96 Comments(first posted 1/17/2015) Britain has a reputation for eccentricity, in almost every field. From persevering with a coinage based on the Roman system until 1971, buying most liquids, except beer, […] -
![I’ve been writing for CC for nigh on five years now and authored over 350 posts. I realize that’s peanuts compared to many distinguished CContributors (not to mention our dear […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_20201217_094520-copy.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1989 Saab 900 Turbo Four-Door Saloon – The Sweetest Swede")
Curbside Classic: 1989 Saab 900 Turbo Four-Door Saloon – The Sweetest Swede
Posted on January 16, 2021 | 18 CommentsI’ve been writing for CC for nigh on five years now and authored over 350 posts. I realize that’s peanuts compared to many distinguished CContributors (not to mention our dear […] -
![(first posted 1/15/2015) The text of the email was brief: Got a good car for an article. Call me. Knowing my co-worker Rand would not tell me about just any […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/riley-and-mg.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1960 Jaguar XK-150S – Treasures Are Meant to Be Shared (And Driven)")
Curbside Classic: 1960 Jaguar XK-150S – Treasures Are Meant to Be Shared (And Driven)
Posted on January 15, 2021 | 57 Comments(first posted 1/15/2015) The text of the email was brief: Got a good car for an article. Call me. Knowing my co-worker Rand would not tell me about just any […] -
![I’m no fan of the XJ40, but when this one showed up, on an highway service area in France about three weeks ago, I perked up. For one thing, it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_20201220_132525-copy.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1989 Daimler Six (XJ40) – Dead Cat Bounce")
Curbside Classic: 1989 Daimler Six (XJ40) – Dead Cat Bounce
Posted on January 13, 2021 | 30 CommentsI’m no fan of the XJ40, but when this one showed up, on an highway service area in France about three weeks ago, I perked up. For one thing, it […] -
![I’m not sure this really still exists, but there used to be a time when a car could be typically French – or indeed, typically British, American or Japanese. It’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_20201227_103408-copy.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1967 Simca 1501 – The Least Gallic Of All Sixties French Cars")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Simca 1501 – The Least Gallic Of All Sixties French Cars
Posted on January 11, 2021 | 22 CommentsI’m not sure this really still exists, but there used to be a time when a car could be typically French – or indeed, typically British, American or Japanese. It’s […] -
![(first posted 4/18/2011) Ok, so maybe I’m cheating slightly here. No; not about the miles on the odometer. It’s just that this Sunbeam Arrow isn’t actually parked on the curb, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Sunbeam-2.png "Curbside Classic: 1970 Sunbeam Arrow – With Stereotype-Defying 325,000 Miles")
Curbside Classic: 1970 Sunbeam Arrow – With Stereotype-Defying 325,000 Miles
Posted on January 8, 2021 | 52 Comments(first posted 4/18/2011) Ok, so maybe I’m cheating slightly here. No; not about the miles on the odometer. It’s just that this Sunbeam Arrow isn’t actually parked on the curb, […] -
![Of all the weird automotive encounters Tokyo has engineered over this eventful year, this was quite an unexpected pleasure, Mr Bond. Here is a true Brezhnev-era relic, painted in Radium […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_20201208_153944-copy.jpg "Curbside Classic: 2017 UAZ-469 Hunter Classic Jubilee Edition – From Russia With Gloves")
Curbside Classic: 2017 UAZ-469 Hunter Classic Jubilee Edition – From Russia With Gloves
Posted on December 22, 2020 | 12 CommentsOf all the weird automotive encounters Tokyo has engineered over this eventful year, this was quite an unexpected pleasure, Mr Bond. Here is a true Brezhnev-era relic, painted in Radium […] -
![(first posted 12/18/2014) In 1976, the base price of this Mercedes 280C was $13,520 ($55k adjusted), $1041 more than the new 1976 Cadillac Seville. It had a 2.8L six that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/CC-225-032-1200-1.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1976 Mercedes 280C (W114) – Pricey Hardware")
Curbside Classic: 1976 Mercedes 280C (W114) – Pricey Hardware
Posted on December 18, 2020 | 71 Comments(first posted 12/18/2014) In 1976, the base price of this Mercedes 280C was $13,520 ($55k adjusted), $1041 more than the new 1976 Cadillac Seville. It had a 2.8L six that […] -
![(first posted 12/16/2014) “One thing that I learnt the hard way – well not the hard way, the easy way – when you’re designing a new car for production, never, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1280px-Mini_cross_section.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1960 Austin Seven (Mini) – The Future Started Here")
Car Show Classic: 1960 Austin Seven (Mini) – The Future Started Here
Posted on December 16, 2020 | 61 Comments(first posted 12/16/2014) “One thing that I learnt the hard way – well not the hard way, the easy way – when you’re designing a new car for production, never, […]
