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Curbside Classics Archives
Curbside Classics – European Brands Archive
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![(first posted 8/17/2013) Following a decent 14,634 unit run of the Austin-Healey 100 from 1953–56, Leonard Lord, the Managing Director of Austin, asked Donald Healey to design an affordable, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sprite_front.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1958-61 Austin-Healey Mark I Sprite – A Sports Car For The Masses")
Curbside Classic: 1958-61 Austin-Healey Mark I Sprite – A Sports Car For The Masses
Posted on April 12, 2025 | 47 Comments(first posted 8/17/2013) Following a decent 14,634 unit run of the Austin-Healey 100 from 1953–56, Leonard Lord, the Managing Director of Austin, asked Donald Healey to design an affordable, […] -
![(first posted 7/7/2013) Lately we’ve had quite a lot of mini-van discussion hereabouts. So no, I’m not going to really try to argue or defend the headline, as it’s essentially […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CC-130-086-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1959 Fiat 600 Multipla – The Original Mini-Van?")
Curbside Classic: 1959 Fiat 600 Multipla – The Original Mini-Van?
Posted on April 11, 2025 | 75 Comments(first posted 7/7/2013) Lately we’ve had quite a lot of mini-van discussion hereabouts. So no, I’m not going to really try to argue or defend the headline, as it’s essentially […] -
![(first posted 4/10/2019) Seeing an Opel Monza at an Australian car show is like going to visit an old friend’s house and finding their hot European cousin […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/opel-monza-cars-and-coffee-5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978-82 Opel Monza – A Beautiful European Cousin")
Curbside Classic: 1978-82 Opel Monza – A Beautiful European Cousin
Posted on April 10, 2025 | 38 Comments(first posted 4/10/2019) Seeing an Opel Monza at an Australian car show is like going to visit an old friend’s house and finding their hot European cousin […] -
![Broughams and personal luxury cars (“PLC”) are an American construct, and Ford was the acknowledged pioneer of the genres. The 1955 Ford Thunderbird was the first to be dubbed a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20240322_162618.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Found: 1977 Ford Granada 3000 Ghia Coupe – Was This Europe’s PLC?")
Found: 1977 Ford Granada 3000 Ghia Coupe – Was This Europe’s PLC?
Posted on April 7, 2025 | 14 CommentsBroughams and personal luxury cars (“PLC”) are an American construct, and Ford was the acknowledged pioneer of the genres. The 1955 Ford Thunderbird was the first to be dubbed a […] -
![(first posted 3/24/2012) The MGB is one of the most common classic 1960s British sports car. Even folks who are not into cars probably recognize an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/3-20-12-001-e1332341430792.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 MGB GT – Early Adopter")
Curbside Classic: 1972 MGB GT – Early Adopter
Posted on April 6, 2025 | 33 Comments(first posted 3/24/2012) The MGB is one of the most common classic 1960s British sports car. Even folks who are not into cars probably recognize an […] -
![Have car prices really plummeted in the past half century, or is it house prices that have just gone mad? I’m guessing the answer might be somewhere in the middle, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20230108_151630_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Bentley S3 Continental Flying Spur – Three Houses’ Worth")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Bentley S3 Continental Flying Spur – Three Houses’ Worth
Posted on March 28, 2025 | 15 CommentsHave car prices really plummeted in the past half century, or is it house prices that have just gone mad? I’m guessing the answer might be somewhere in the middle, […] -
![The older I get the less is my inclination to believe in coincidence. Maybe that is due to devout skepticism about such things or simply how everything in life seems […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20240715_100856_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Mercedes 190D – Heck, Flossie, I Haven’t Seen You In Years!")
Curbside Classic: Mercedes 190D – Heck, Flossie, I Haven’t Seen You In Years!
Posted on March 28, 2025 | 14 CommentsThe older I get the less is my inclination to believe in coincidence. Maybe that is due to devout skepticism about such things or simply how everything in life seems […] -
![(first posted 3/27/2019) Cascada is the name of two things created in Germany: a dance music group and an Opel (albeit one assembled in Poland). The […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/holden-cascada-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Classic: 2013-19 Buick/Holden/Opel/Vauxhall Cascada – Not Going Platinum")
Future Classic: 2013-19 Buick/Holden/Opel/Vauxhall Cascada – Not Going Platinum
Posted on March 26, 2025 | 45 Comments(first posted 3/27/2019) Cascada is the name of two things created in Germany: a dance music group and an Opel (albeit one assembled in Poland). The […] -
![Is it completely wrong to call the Aston DB6 Vantage a muscle car? In a way, it isn’t: these are refined, handcrafted 6-cyl. machines that cost three or four times […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20240929_083019_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Aston Martin DB6 Vantage – The Aristocratic Muscle Car")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Aston Martin DB6 Vantage – The Aristocratic Muscle Car
Posted on March 26, 2025 | 5 CommentsIs it completely wrong to call the Aston DB6 Vantage a muscle car? In a way, it isn’t: these are refined, handcrafted 6-cyl. machines that cost three or four times […] -
![(First published 12/16/2015) Well Christie Brinkley never drove a 348 Spider, let alone any Ferrari that wasn’t red in either of her appearances in the National Lampoon’s Vacation series, it’s still hard not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_1483.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1994 Ferrari 348 Spider – Paging Christie Brinkley")
Curbside Classic: 1994 Ferrari 348 Spider – Paging Christie Brinkley
Posted on March 25, 2025 | 26 Comments(First published 12/16/2015) Well Christie Brinkley never drove a 348 Spider, let alone any Ferrari that wasn’t red in either of her appearances in the National Lampoon’s Vacation series, it’s still hard not […] -
![Transitional models are fascinating. Depending on your point of view, they can be either seen as a car’s best variant, or a sort of chimera that lacks proper character. What […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20240922_085941_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 Triumph TR5 – Best Of Its Kind?")
Curbside Classic: 1968 Triumph TR5 – Best Of Its Kind?
Posted on March 24, 2025 | 19 CommentsTransitional models are fascinating. Depending on your point of view, they can be either seen as a car’s best variant, or a sort of chimera that lacks proper character. What […] -
![I thought I’d get the obligatory Columbo reference out of the way in the title. The Peugeot 403 is chiefly associated with that show for a lot of you, I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20241224_093619_ed.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Peugeot 403 – Oh, Just One More Thing…")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Peugeot 403 – Oh, Just One More Thing…
Posted on March 21, 2025 | 17 CommentsI thought I’d get the obligatory Columbo reference out of the way in the title. The Peugeot 403 is chiefly associated with that show for a lot of you, I […] -
![Back in the ‘60s and for a couple of decades afterwards, French roads were downright dangerous. Full of potholes, lined by unyielding plane trees, half the drivers drunk on cheap […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20241103_120206_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1966 Citroën Ami 6 – Nightmarish Deep-CC Creature")
Car Show Classic: 1966 Citroën Ami 6 – Nightmarish Deep-CC Creature
Posted on March 19, 2025 | 34 CommentsBack in the ‘60s and for a couple of decades afterwards, French roads were downright dangerous. Full of potholes, lined by unyielding plane trees, half the drivers drunk on cheap […] -
![In post-war France, convertibles (or, to give it its more apt denomination, cabriolets) were a relative rarity. Peugeot always had them in their range, but they were rather exclusive. Citroën […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20230730_194259_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1964 Renault Caravelle 1100 – Cheap Thrills")
Car Show Classic: 1964 Renault Caravelle 1100 – Cheap Thrills
Posted on March 17, 2025 | 15 CommentsIn post-war France, convertibles (or, to give it its more apt denomination, cabriolets) were a relative rarity. Peugeot always had them in their range, but they were rather exclusive. Citroën […] -
![(first posted 5/9/2016) Estate sales are great places to pick up household items you never knew you wanted, or at least to browse and see what unexpected treasures await. I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/LF-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Volkswagen 411 – Searching For Its Niche")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Volkswagen 411 – Searching For Its Niche
Posted on March 7, 2025 | 101 Comments(first posted 5/9/2016) Estate sales are great places to pick up household items you never knew you wanted, or at least to browse and see what unexpected treasures await. I […]
