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BMW Vision Neue Klasse Concept Car: To Kidney or Not To Kidney
Let me take you through a potted part-history of the BMW frontal treatment and via an appreciation of the very handsome Vision Neue Klasse sedan shape before answering this existential question. BMW’s...
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Curbside Classic: Nissan 330 Cedric Hardtop Sedan Brougham – Spirit of ’67
(first posted 9/2/2019) I thought I’d done the 330 Cedric, then this cherrybombed my phone courtesy of AVL. A rare-these-days generation, an almost immaculate example of a rarer variant and, on...
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Toyota S60/S70 Crown Design History – The Thunderwhale
(first posted 10/21/2014) The 1971-74 Toyota Crown was a watershed moment for the company; one that I believe had a significant influence on the initial success of the Lexus. Being a Toyota, it...
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In Motion Classic: Pagoda De Ville Long Island Edition
In the early 1960s, Cadillac brought some short deck variants to market – known as the Park Avenue. Pictured here is the aftershock – the extended deck Cadillac Sedan DeVille Long Island Edition. With...
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Curbside Classic: Mazda F800/F1000 – Expresso Bongo.
(First posted 12/18/2014) We got a lot of Japanese vehicles in Australia, but we missed a lot of cool oddballs. There was one we did get; the Mazda Bongo – a kooky-looking van sold here from 1966 to...
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In-Motion Classic: Missed It By That Much – Red Ford XA GT Edition
(first posted 4/11/2018) Welcome to another edition of my lowly-acclaimed Missed It By That Much series. Today, we get to see almost all of the bodies produced by Ford Australia for their XA...
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Automotive History: Nissan Cedric – When The Pupil Becomes A Master
(first posted 5/5/2014) I’d like to introduce you to my favourite Japanese car; the Datsun 260C sedan, aka Nissan 330 Cedric. For this article, I’m going to look at the intermingling of the...
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Curbside Classic: Porsche 928 – Blasphemy With a Big Butt
(first posted 3/5/2014) The Porsche 928 is perhaps more maligned than the recently featured 924. Water-cooling, an engine in the front and jelly-mould styling have all contributed to this car...
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CC Cinema: 007 The Cars That Never Were – Morris Minor GPO Van
(first posted 1/16/2019) I came across the catalogue for a James Bond exhibition which had some great behind-the-scenes images and sketches. This one’s by Michael White for the production of...
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CC’s Best of 2024: The American Two-Door Wagon 1928-1981: Ponies
(First published 4/9/24) I’ve been away from CC for a while. One of the things occupying my time has been a piece on the American two-door wagon. In an extract from that piece, I profile the ponycars...
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CC’s Best of 2024: CC Design: How E12 Spelled The End For Michelotti And...
(First published 6/18/24) Since I wrote my bio of Paul Bracq in 2018, a lot more BMW material has come to light. Olivier Guin over at Car Design Archive has been constantly feeding in new snippets,...
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Automotive History: John Z. DeLorean, The BMW Turbo And The Birth Of The...
(first posted 6/14/2018) There are coincidences and there are coincidences. According to the dictionary, the word describes a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent...
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Automotive History Capsule: Rolls-Royce SX Proposal
(first posted 10/4/2018) Yesterday’s piece on the Camargue garnered a lot of query around a prototype Rolls-Royce it featured. It was hardly familiar to me as well, so I did a bit of digging....
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Curbside Classics: Two Out Of Three Camargues
(first posted 10/3/2018) My musical tastes match my taste in car shapes, insofar as sitting primarily between 1950 and 1980. But there’s an essential difference between these two life-affirming...
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Curbside Classic: 1972-79 Australian ‘Super’ Premium Fords – Parsing FoMoCo’s...
(first posted 4/9/2014 – with comments left by the daughter of this car’s owner) Last week I caught myself an Aussie beast rarer than the Tasmanian Tiger: a Ford Landau. This example was being driven...
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Curbside Classic: 1959 Chrysler AP2 Plainsman – Happy Accident
(first posted 9/28/2018) One day a while back I took a long stroll to the beach. On my way I managed to capture a host of CCs, but this one in particular stuck out. First I’ve ever seen of this...
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CC Design: How E12 Spelled The End For Michelotti And Bertone At BMW
Since I wrote my bio of Paul Bracq in 2018, a lot more BMW material has come to light. Olivier Guin over at Car Design Archive has been constantly feeding in new snippets, Adam Wade at Rare Classic...
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CC Photography: The Cars of Ray K. Metzger
Chicago, 1958 I’m a fan of Ray Metzker’s photography. It has a strong graphic feel; compositionally tight and driven by contrast. He manages to capture a specific moment of light through the lens,...
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Curbside Classic: The Colonnades Of Melbourne Part 2 – 1975 Pontiac Grand Am.
(first posted 6/22/2018) What with the recent frenzy and all, feels like as good a time as ever for another installment of the Colonnades of Melbourne. This week’s episode features the Grand Am, a...
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Automotive History: John Z. DeLorean, The BMW Turbo And The Birth Of The...
(first posted 6/14/2018) There are coincidences and there are coincidences. According to the dictionary, the word describes a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent...
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