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Curbside Classics – European Brands Archive
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![It’s September 1984, and you just made partner at Smith, Johanson and Olafson, C.P.A. in Minnetonka, Minnesota. You’ve been driving your tried and true 1972 318-and-TorqueFlite equipped Plymouth Valiant sedan […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/09-02-2012-001-e1347238305361.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1985 BMW 318i – Teutonic Respite At The Tail End Of The Great Brougham Epoch")
Curbside Classic: 1985 BMW 318i – Teutonic Respite At The Tail End Of The Great Brougham Epoch
Posted on September 25, 2012 | 70 CommentsIt’s September 1984, and you just made partner at Smith, Johanson and Olafson, C.P.A. in Minnetonka, Minnesota. You’ve been driving your tried and true 1972 318-and-TorqueFlite equipped Plymouth Valiant sedan […] -
![Yes, it’s easy (and a bit cheap) to rip Ford a new anus for the Merkur fiasco; it’s been done here before exactly a year ago with the XR4TI. But […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/CC-39-084-1200.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1988 Merkur (Ford) Scorpio – Nice Landing, Wrong Airport")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Merkur (Ford) Scorpio – Nice Landing, Wrong Airport
Posted on September 18, 2012 | 82 CommentsYes, it’s easy (and a bit cheap) to rip Ford a new anus for the Merkur fiasco; it’s been done here before exactly a year ago with the XR4TI. But […] -
![The Rootes Group was one of the earliest practicioners of badge engineering. Long before the 1982 GM A-body quartet came into being–going back to the mid-1930s, in fact–Rootes was keeping […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Sunbeam-Rapier-1-e1345253869743.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1964 Sunbeam Rapier Series IV – A Saucier Minx")
Curbside Classic: 1964 Sunbeam Rapier Series IV – A Saucier Minx
Posted on August 27, 2012 | 22 CommentsThe Rootes Group was one of the earliest practicioners of badge engineering. Long before the 1982 GM A-body quartet came into being–going back to the mid-1930s, in fact–Rootes was keeping […] -
![[Curbside photos by Cohorts BeWo86 and Kurtzos] For such a small car, the story of the Renault R10 is huge. No other car so perfectly epitomizes the enormous ups and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Renault-R10-fq.jpg "Curbside Classic: Renault R10 – When Being A Better Volkswagen Isn’t Good Enough")
Curbside Classic: Renault R10 – When Being A Better Volkswagen Isn’t Good Enough
Posted on August 17, 2012 | 87 Comments[Curbside photos by Cohorts BeWo86 and Kurtzos] For such a small car, the story of the Renault R10 is huge. No other car so perfectly epitomizes the enormous ups and […] -
![Pop quiz: What is the most boring 2012 model car in existence? The Camry, you say? Well done. Now, what was the most boring, competent and efficient car of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/CC-117-028-800-e1344199483442.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1982 Volvo 244DL – Best Value Box")
Curbside Classic: 1982 Volvo 244DL – Best Value Box
Posted on August 16, 2012 | 43 CommentsPop quiz: What is the most boring 2012 model car in existence? The Camry, you say? Well done. Now, what was the most boring, competent and efficient car of the […] -
![This is a milestone car–not just for BMW, but for the whole future of the sport-sedan segment, now such a large one. Plenty of folks have written about the original […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/5-31-2012-017-e1343766930978.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1976 BMW 2002 – The Ultimate Big-Bumpered Driving Machine")
Curbside Classic: 1976 BMW 2002 – The Ultimate Big-Bumpered Driving Machine
Posted on August 14, 2012 | 34 CommentsThis is a milestone car–not just for BMW, but for the whole future of the sport-sedan segment, now such a large one. Plenty of folks have written about the original […] -
![Now here is a car that you don’t see every day, since oddly enough, most of them went to Japan: a mid-nineties MG R V8 convertible. It looks rather like […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/1995-MG-R-V8-1.jpg "Curbside Classic: MG R V8 – The Ultimate Classic MG?")
Curbside Classic: MG R V8 – The Ultimate Classic MG?
Posted on August 9, 2012 | 20 CommentsNow here is a car that you don’t see every day, since oddly enough, most of them went to Japan: a mid-nineties MG R V8 convertible. It looks rather like […] -
![Most Americans wouldn’t recognize this little shitbox for the brilliant and pioneering car it is. A Yugo? A Lada? Fair enough; we just don’t have a tradition in this country […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=4,height=4,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Fiat-Panda-side.jpg "Cohort Classic: Fiat Panda 4×4 – Simply Simple")
Cohort Classic: Fiat Panda 4×4 – Simply Simple
Posted on July 29, 2012 | 27 CommentsMost Americans wouldn’t recognize this little shitbox for the brilliant and pioneering car it is. A Yugo? A Lada? Fair enough; we just don’t have a tradition in this country […] -
![Remember our 1982 Rolls-Royce Corniche Convertible from January? We saw her just after a light drizzle in the fall, top up, what turned out to be her last appearance for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/TopDown.jpg "CC Follow-Up: The Flying Lady Drops Her Top")
CC Follow-Up: The Flying Lady Drops Her Top
Posted on July 9, 2012 | 13 CommentsRemember our 1982 Rolls-Royce Corniche Convertible from January? We saw her just after a light drizzle in the fall, top up, what turned out to be her last appearance for […] -
![The VW Vanagon was one of the last vestiges of the old VW, the VW that emerged from the ashes of World War II and, against all odds, became a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/4-26-2012-013-e1339094801542.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1990 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia – Slow, Expensive, And Loved The World Over")
Curbside Classic: 1990 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia – Slow, Expensive, And Loved The World Over
Posted on June 18, 2012 | 31 CommentsThe VW Vanagon was one of the last vestiges of the old VW, the VW that emerged from the ashes of World War II and, against all odds, became a […] -
![Well, Richard Bennett’s recent post on the 1991 Capri got me thinking about its namesake, the first Capri sold in the United States, unveiled in 1970 and sold by Lincoln-Mercury […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/front-quarter1-e1338324948606.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1973 Mercury Capri – Get Yours Today, At The Sign Of The Cat")
Curbside Classic: 1973 Mercury Capri – Get Yours Today, At The Sign Of The Cat
Posted on June 5, 2012 | 113 CommentsWell, Richard Bennett’s recent post on the 1991 Capri got me thinking about its namesake, the first Capri sold in the United States, unveiled in 1970 and sold by Lincoln-Mercury […] -
![The Volvo GL was a stroke of genius for Volvo. Adding a little luxury and exclusivity to its tough-as-nails 240 series gave you the option of a luxury Volvo without […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/aa-4-15-2012-028.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1984 Volvo 240GL – Sensible Luxury")
Curbside Classic: 1984 Volvo 240GL – Sensible Luxury
Posted on April 19, 2012 | 45 CommentsThe Volvo GL was a stroke of genius for Volvo. Adding a little luxury and exclusivity to its tough-as-nails 240 series gave you the option of a luxury Volvo without […] -
![Sometimes sitcoms imitate life, or life imitates television. Kevin Arnold on The Wonder Years got his 1965 Oldsmobile Cutlass Sedan for $1. Did I ever tell you about the time my […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/1971-Jaguar-XJ6-color-ad.jpg "CC Outtake: My 1st Car – The 1970 Jaguar X-J6 That Never Ran")
CC Outtake: My 1st Car – The 1970 Jaguar X-J6 That Never Ran
Posted on March 27, 2012 | 25 CommentsSometimes sitcoms imitate life, or life imitates television. Kevin Arnold on The Wonder Years got his 1965 Oldsmobile Cutlass Sedan for $1. Did I ever tell you about the time my […] -
![The 928 story is a big one, given what a radical departure it was for the brand that was so deeply associated with rear-engined boxers. And although the 928 was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/CC-161-125-800.jpg "Curbside Classic: Porsche 928 – The Future Of Porsche, Twenty-Five Years Too Soon")
Curbside Classic: Porsche 928 – The Future Of Porsche, Twenty-Five Years Too Soon
Posted on March 10, 2012 | 38 CommentsThe 928 story is a big one, given what a radical departure it was for the brand that was so deeply associated with rear-engined boxers. And although the 928 was […] -
![In some ways, it’s the roller coaster of emotion that makes a hobby enjoyable. A good hobby will always provide problems to solve, challenges to overcome, and improvements to be […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSCN0034.jpg "My Curbside Classic: 1986 BMW 528i – The Ecstasy of Beige, Part 2")
My Curbside Classic: 1986 BMW 528i – The Ecstasy of Beige, Part 2
Posted on March 1, 2012 | 8 CommentsIn some ways, it’s the roller coaster of emotion that makes a hobby enjoyable. A good hobby will always provide problems to solve, challenges to overcome, and improvements to be […]
