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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 […] -
Curbside Outtake: A Wind Up Mini
Posted on March 7, 2020 | 10 CommentsIt’s been done before, but hey, why not? Still, I think the execution was better back in the day. -
Curbside Review: 2019 Fiat 500X Trekking Plus AWD – More Room To Carry The Baggage
Posted on January 1, 2020 | 47 CommentsThere’s no need to be anything other than frank when discussing Fiat on these pages; while we can celebrate the rebirth of a storied brand on our shores, we also […] -
Junkyard Classic: 1985 Dodge Caravan SE – The Whiplash Special
Posted on October 23, 2019 | 58 CommentsI’ve been holding out for a first year 1984 version of Chrysler’s first generation minivan but finally realized it just will not appear until very soon after I publish this, […] -
Travelogue: Exploring Berlin With BMW’s DriveNow Service
Posted on October 11, 2018 | 29 CommentsDriveNow is BMW’s car-sharing service in the vein of Car2Go and ZipCar. While those services are often popular with inner-city residents who don’t own a car but may occasionally need […] -
CC Feature: SoCal Road Trip – 2017 MINI Countryman Launch and JCW Track Day at BMW West Coast Performance Center
Posted on April 14, 2017 | 16 CommentsDespite my love for cars, working in the automobile industry as a sales position was something I never imagined myself doing. But life has an odd way of working itself out, […] -
Cars Of My Ancestors: England’s Greatest Generation Edition
Posted on October 20, 2016 | 55 CommentsAs my mother’s side of the family hails from Great Britain and I’ve had these few snapshots forever, it’s high time they are put to good use here. Yes, I […] -
CC Outtake: Union Jacked
Posted on April 24, 2016 | 18 CommentsI know the folks at Mini like to trumpet the larger footprint of their Clubman, but as this Monster Mini spotted on 3rd Avenue in Brooklyn makes clear, they’ve got […] -
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 […] -
Too Big Even For America (Part 1): 2000 Ford Excursion
Posted on May 20, 2015 | 141 CommentsHello and welcome to a series called “Too Big Even For America”, where we explore cars that went out of their way to demonstrate that bigger is not always better and is […] -
Curbside Classic: Austin Mini – Yesterday’s Mini; Today’s Micro
Posted on May 16, 2011 | 46 CommentsOut of adversity arises creativity. Alec Issigonis’ brilliant Mini was conceived in the depths of the oil import embargo brought on by the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956. Kind of […]