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Curbside Classics – European Brands Archive
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![(Updated 10/19/2026) I vividly remember reading in Auto Motor und Sport the first time about BMW’s plans to build a diesel. Oh no! How can they […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CC-419-031.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1985 BMW 524td – The Ultimate Diesel Driving Machine")
Curbside Classic: 1985 BMW 524td – The Ultimate Diesel Driving Machine
Posted on October 19, 2026 | 20 Comments(Updated 10/19/2026) I vividly remember reading in Auto Motor und Sport the first time about BMW’s plans to build a diesel. Oh no! How can they […] -
![Mk1 Cortinas have me going full-on Brit, more than most English cars do. Minis and Range Rovers remind me of Paris, where they used to be default transportation in the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/IMG20260802081944_edited-115x115.jpg "Curbside Find: 1965 Ford Lotus Cortina – Cor Blimey, More Like")
Curbside Find: 1965 Ford Lotus Cortina – Cor Blimey, More Like
Posted on October 19, 2026 | 7 CommentsMk1 Cortinas have me going full-on Brit, more than most English cars do. Minis and Range Rovers remind me of Paris, where they used to be default transportation in the […] -
![Everybody harps on about the whacky (read: pig-ugly) styling of ’70s Datsuns, and quite rightly too. At the time, some rather peculiar-looking machines were also made by the likes of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/IMG20250629075615_edited-115x115.jpg "1969 Renault 10 – Ungainly At Any Speed")
1969 Renault 10 – Ungainly At Any Speed
Posted on October 16, 2026 | 16 CommentsEverybody harps on about the whacky (read: pig-ugly) styling of ’70s Datsuns, and quite rightly too. At the time, some rather peculiar-looking machines were also made by the likes of […] -
![Dad only ever owned one car—or, more accurately, half a share in a “sit-up-and-beg” Ford Popular with his brother, my uncle. Yet among his belongings in his desk were two […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/VivaHC01-115x115.jpg "1974 Vauxhall Viva Standard: A Taste of British Family Motoring")
1974 Vauxhall Viva Standard: A Taste of British Family Motoring
Posted on October 16, 2026 | 21 CommentsDad only ever owned one car—or, more accurately, half a share in a “sit-up-and-beg” Ford Popular with his brother, my uncle. Yet among his belongings in his desk were two […] -
![(Updated 10/15/2026) The world was once a very different place. Automotive scale has changed dramatically, more in terms of height than length. Sure, American cars were long in the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CC-166-010.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1972 MG Midget MkIII – Small Pleasures")
Curbside Classic: 1972 MG Midget MkIII – Small Pleasures
Posted on October 15, 2026 | 70 Comments(Updated 10/15/2026) The world was once a very different place. Automotive scale has changed dramatically, more in terms of height than length. Sure, American cars were long in the […] -
![“Sport wagons” are a weird sort of combo, aren’t they? More roof equals more cargo space, not necessarily better aerodynamics. I suppose the shooting brake was the ultimate expression of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/IMG20250808125002_edited-115x115.jpg "Museum Classic: 1961 Simca Aronde P60 Ranch – Le Magnifique Wagon Sport")
Museum Classic: 1961 Simca Aronde P60 Ranch – Le Magnifique Wagon Sport
Posted on October 14, 2026 | 14 Comments“Sport wagons” are a weird sort of combo, aren’t they? More roof equals more cargo space, not necessarily better aerodynamics. I suppose the shooting brake was the ultimate expression of […] -
![It’s been a minute since we’ve had a visit from the original extraterrestrial Citroën, hasn’t it? There are a few floating around town here, so I do have a few […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/IMG20260215102015_edited-115x115.jpg "1966 Citroën ID 19 – The Stripper Goddess")
1966 Citroën ID 19 – The Stripper Goddess
Posted on October 12, 2026 | 12 CommentsIt’s been a minute since we’ve had a visit from the original extraterrestrial Citroën, hasn’t it? There are a few floating around town here, so I do have a few […] -
![(Updated 9/29/2026) It was wonderful to take my first days off from work this year the week of Labor Day Monday. Before this happened, that little break […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/014-c.-1967-FIAT-500L-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: c. 1967 FIAT 500L – <i>Senape Piccante</i>")
Curbside Classic: c. 1967 FIAT 500L – Senape Piccante
Posted on September 29, 2026 | 30 Comments(Updated 9/29/2026) It was wonderful to take my first days off from work this year the week of Labor Day Monday. Before this happened, that little break […] -
![(Updated 9/25/2026) At about 6:30 Saturday night, I looked up from resetting the trip odometer after filling the gas tank. And this grill was coming toward me. Stacked headlamps […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/a-facel.jpg "Curbside Classic: Facel Vega Facel II – Franco-American Lust Object")
Curbside Classic: Facel Vega Facel II – Franco-American Lust Object
Posted on September 25, 2026 | 90 Comments(Updated 9/25/2026) At about 6:30 Saturday night, I looked up from resetting the trip odometer after filling the gas tank. And this grill was coming toward me. Stacked headlamps […] -
![I see a lot of Ferraris around Tokyo. It’s a habitual hazard that I’ve come to begrudgingly accept. The great majority are 21st Century ones, naturally, but older ones from […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/IMG20250928091148_edited-115x115.jpg "1969 Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 – Greener On The Other Side")
1969 Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 – Greener On The Other Side
Posted on September 18, 2026 | 10 CommentsI see a lot of Ferraris around Tokyo. It’s a habitual hazard that I’ve come to begrudgingly accept. The great majority are 21st Century ones, naturally, but older ones from […] -
![Remember when retro was a new thing in cars? Kind of an oxymoronic (or just plain moronic) question, but if you do, you must be in your seventies at least. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/IMG_20240428_082915_edited-115x115.jpg "Curbside Find: 1966 Alfa Romeo Gran Sport Quattroruote by Zagato – The Avant-Garde Of Retro")
Curbside Find: 1966 Alfa Romeo Gran Sport Quattroruote by Zagato – The Avant-Garde Of Retro
Posted on September 17, 2026 | 4 CommentsRemember when retro was a new thing in cars? Kind of an oxymoronic (or just plain moronic) question, but if you do, you must be in your seventies at least. […] -
![Good things, like coachbuilt sporty Italian coupés, come in small packages. This is especially true when we’re talking about a car from the height of the carrozzerie era, in the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/IMG20260405084227_edited-115x115.jpg "1962 Fiat-Abarth 850 Coupé Scorpione by Allemano – Tailored Arachnid")
1962 Fiat-Abarth 850 Coupé Scorpione by Allemano – Tailored Arachnid
Posted on September 15, 2026 | 8 CommentsGood things, like coachbuilt sporty Italian coupés, come in small packages. This is especially true when we’re talking about a car from the height of the carrozzerie era, in the […] -
![(Updated 9/12/2026) The Morris Marina was the first new car from the newly merged British Leyland (BLMC) and illustrates clearly why the volume car business of the preceding BMC had […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/a-Marina.jpg "Carshow Classic: 1973 Morris Marina Coupe 1.8TC – A BLMC Deadly Sin")
Carshow Classic: 1973 Morris Marina Coupe 1.8TC – A BLMC Deadly Sin
Posted on September 12, 2026 | 72 Comments(Updated 9/12/2026) The Morris Marina was the first new car from the newly merged British Leyland (BLMC) and illustrates clearly why the volume car business of the preceding BMC had […] -
![There’s always something to be said for a base model. Not necessarily the absolute miserly no-options stripper, but a car’s honest standard version, usually the biggest seller, is a worthy […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/DSC_3147_edited-115x115.jpg "1967 Mercedes-Benz 250 S (W108) – Straight And Not-So-Narrow")
1967 Mercedes-Benz 250 S (W108) – Straight And Not-So-Narrow
Posted on September 10, 2026 | 14 CommentsThere’s always something to be said for a base model. Not necessarily the absolute miserly no-options stripper, but a car’s honest standard version, usually the biggest seller, is a worthy […] -
![Jaguar produced 115,000 examples of its long, low XJ-S over two decades, and like all cars with long production lives, some variants were pretty rare. This Signal Red coupe with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/1989-Jaguar-XJ-S-Rouge-RR-1-115x115.jpg "1989 Jaguar XJ-S Rouge: When An XJ-S Just Isn’t Exclusive Enough")
1989 Jaguar XJ-S Rouge: When An XJ-S Just Isn’t Exclusive Enough
Posted on September 9, 2026 | 25 CommentsJaguar produced 115,000 examples of its long, low XJ-S over two decades, and like all cars with long production lives, some variants were pretty rare. This Signal Red coupe with […]
