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![(first posted 8/30/2012) The nationality of vehicles can be hard to discern these days, what with manufacturer collaboration, world cars, overseas production and remote design studios. However, the blurring of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/1987-Renault-GTA.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1987 Renault GTA – An Alliance Of A Different Stripe")
Curbside Classic: 1987 Renault GTA – An Alliance Of A Different Stripe
Posted on October 2, 2022 | 116 Comments(first posted 8/30/2012) The nationality of vehicles can be hard to discern these days, what with manufacturer collaboration, world cars, overseas production and remote design studios. However, the blurring of […] -
![(first posted 8/31/2014) While driving around Antibes, France, looking for a parking spot after dropping the family off at the beach, I came across this interesting looking vehicle. Once I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/P1000582.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classique: Renault Estafette 1000 – Could Even Its Mother Love That Face?")
Curbside Classique: Renault Estafette 1000 – Could Even Its Mother Love That Face?
Posted on August 31, 2020 | 46 Comments(first posted 8/31/2014) While driving around Antibes, France, looking for a parking spot after dropping the family off at the beach, I came across this interesting looking vehicle. Once I […] -
![(first posted 5/18/2013) My phone vibrated. It was a text from my brother, with this photo attached. “I’m in Columbus, Ohio, and look what I found!” “What is it?” I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/66Renault-Caravelle1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Renault Caravelle – Drama, Intrigue, A Man Named Exner and Disappointing Sales")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Renault Caravelle – Drama, Intrigue, A Man Named Exner and Disappointing Sales
Posted on July 13, 2019 | 43 Comments(first posted 5/18/2013) My phone vibrated. It was a text from my brother, with this photo attached. “I’m in Columbus, Ohio, and look what I found!” “What is it?” I […] -
![(first posted 2/5/2013) So far in this series, we’ve seen only British cars from this storage yard. While most of its inhabitants originated in the UK, there were also a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Renault-4-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Storage Yard Classic: Renault 4 – French Basics")
Storage Yard Classic: Renault 4 – French Basics
Posted on July 3, 2018 | 80 Comments(first posted 2/5/2013) So far in this series, we’ve seen only British cars from this storage yard. While most of its inhabitants originated in the UK, there were also a […] -
![(first posted 7/1/2013) July 1st is Canada Day which is always a good time to get a bit patriotic. If the words “Canadian” and “sports car” were used together, most […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Manic-GT-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The French Canadian Sports Car – Manic GT")
Automotive History: The French Canadian Sports Car – Manic GT
Posted on July 1, 2018 | 50 Comments(first posted 7/1/2013) July 1st is Canada Day which is always a good time to get a bit patriotic. If the words “Canadian” and “sports car” were used together, most […] -
![Believe it or not, there was a time when the French automobile industry was the most technologically advanced in the world, the largest producer of automobiles in the world, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Renault-Alliance-Convertible-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1985 Renault Alliance Convertible – Ton Camembert à la Open Air")
Curbside Classic: 1985 Renault Alliance Convertible – Ton Camembert à la Open Air
Posted on April 24, 2018 | 46 CommentsBelieve it or not, there was a time when the French automobile industry was the most technologically advanced in the world, the largest producer of automobiles in the world, and […] -
![Wanderlust (/’wändərˌləst/) — A strong desire to travel. In my 24 years of life, I’ve been very fortunate to have travelled a lot, both with family and friends. However, I’ve never […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/thumb_IMG_6766_1024.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Roadtrip/Driving Impressions: 2017 Renault Talisman Initiale Paris – Eurotripping The Autobahn")
CC Roadtrip/Driving Impressions: 2017 Renault Talisman Initiale Paris – Eurotripping The Autobahn
Posted on September 21, 2017 | 53 CommentsWanderlust (/’wändərˌləst/) — A strong desire to travel. In my 24 years of life, I’ve been very fortunate to have travelled a lot, both with family and friends. However, I’ve never […] -
![Sometimes it seems as if I’ve mined all the automotive finds around where I live. So on a recent family trip to southern Arkansas, I was pretty pumped about what […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG_0758.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: A Triple Alliance")
CC Outtake: A Triple Alliance
Posted on November 4, 2016 | 75 CommentsSometimes it seems as if I’ve mined all the automotive finds around where I live. So on a recent family trip to southern Arkansas, I was pretty pumped about what […] -
![In this second of two trips down memory lane in the Paris area, we’ll look at some (mostly) non-French vehicles that might have been seen on the streets during the 1990-98 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Opel-Vectra_Astra-Parc-des-Expos-20151111.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Road Trip: Reliving the ’90s on a Paris Weekend, Part 2")
CC Road Trip: Reliving the ’90s on a Paris Weekend, Part 2
Posted on November 29, 2015 | 18 CommentsIn this second of two trips down memory lane in the Paris area, we’ll look at some (mostly) non-French vehicles that might have been seen on the streets during the 1990-98 […] -
![The above shot of twin Renault Twingos goes some way toward explaining why one doesn’t see too many older cars in Grey Paree. Although I somehow managed to end up resident there from 1990 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1983-98-Peugeot-205-Bir-Hakeim-20131116.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Road Trip: Reliving the ’90s on a Paris Weekend, Part 1")
CC Road Trip: Reliving the ’90s on a Paris Weekend, Part 1
Posted on November 22, 2015 | 56 CommentsThe above shot of twin Renault Twingos goes some way toward explaining why one doesn’t see too many older cars in Grey Paree. Although I somehow managed to end up resident there from 1990 […] -
![‘Tagging’, that controversial combination of vandalism and urban self-expression, made its way from the US to Europe in the late 1970s and has taken deep root there ever since. In […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_7942.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Streetscape: This Ain’t American Graffiti")
CC Streetscape: This Ain’t American Graffiti
Posted on October 14, 2015 | 21 Comments‘Tagging’, that controversial combination of vandalism and urban self-expression, made its way from the US to Europe in the late 1970s and has taken deep root there ever since. In […] -
![R.I.P vans with seats; long live… just what is the new Espace exactly? It started off so simply: the design of the first generation in 1984 made us understand that there was more […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Renault-Espace_2015_1280x960_wallpaper_03.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Classic: Renault Espace – The French Up Their Game")
Future Classic: Renault Espace – The French Up Their Game
Posted on February 18, 2015 | 30 CommentsR.I.P vans with seats; long live… just what is the new Espace exactly? It started off so simply: the design of the first generation in 1984 made us understand that there was more […] -
![Take a Renault 25, Americanize it, add some of that Italdesign magic and you get…a resounding sales failure. It’s a shame, really, because the Eagle Premier was one of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/13.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "eBay Find: 1991 Eagle Premier – Give Betsy a Home.")
eBay Find: 1991 Eagle Premier – Give Betsy a Home.
Posted on January 28, 2015 | 70 CommentsTake a Renault 25, Americanize it, add some of that Italdesign magic and you get…a resounding sales failure. It’s a shame, really, because the Eagle Premier was one of the […] -
![Ah oui, le French and big saloons or hatchbacks: a fantastique genre that’s never quite managed to make it to the big boy’s table, but not through lack of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Wheel-e1420014201874.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Classic: 2007 Citroen C6 – Une Limousine Française Excentrique")
Future Classic: 2007 Citroen C6 – Une Limousine Française Excentrique
Posted on January 9, 2015 | 86 CommentsAh oui, le French and big saloons or hatchbacks: a fantastique genre that’s never quite managed to make it to the big boy’s table, but not through lack of […] -
![(Exterior pictures of the Twingo courtesy of Hannnes at the CC Cohort) The French auto industry: Amazingly comfortable large cars that nobody wants, Amazing Hot Hatchbacks, Amazing van that seems […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Renault_Twingo_3_020.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1997 Renault Twingo – Keep France Weird.")
CC Capsule: 1997 Renault Twingo – Keep France Weird.
Posted on November 17, 2014 | 56 Comments(Exterior pictures of the Twingo courtesy of Hannnes at the CC Cohort) The French auto industry: Amazingly comfortable large cars that nobody wants, Amazing Hot Hatchbacks, Amazing van that seems […]
