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The Hillman Imp is a small economy car that was made by the Rootes Group and its successor Chrysler Europe from 1963 until 1976. Revealed on 3 May 1963, [6] after much advance publicity, it was the first British mass-produced car with the engine block and cylinder head cast in aluminium.
The Imp was featured in the books "The Worst Cars Ever Sold" by Giles Chapman [10] and "Naff Motors: 101 Automotive Lemons" by Tony Davis. [ 11 ] It was named among " The Five Worst English Cars of All Time" in a 2012 article on askaprice.com [ 36 ] and ranked the 5th worst British car in a 2008 survey of 4,000 motorists by internet magazine ...
Pages in category "Hillman vehicles" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. ... Hillman Imp; Isuzu Hillman Minx; M. Hillman Minx; S. Hillman ...
Adrian Evans (d. 1992), a structural engineer and the car's designer, built a series of cars called Davrian from 1965, based on components from the Hillman Imp, including the front and rear suspension, the 875 or 998 cc (53.4 or 60.9 cu in) [1] aluminium alloy Hillman Imp engine which was Coventry Climax-based [2] and the Imp transaxle.
Hillman was a British automobile marque created by the Hillman-Coatalen Company, founded in 1907, renamed the Hillman Motor Car Company in 1910. The company was based in Ryton-on-Dunsmore, near Coventry, England. Before 1907 the company had built bicycles. Newly under the control of the Rootes brothers, the Hillman company was acquired by ...
Rootes Arrow was the manufacturer's name for a range of cars produced under several badge-engineered marques by the Rootes Group (later Chrysler Europe) from 1966 to 1979 in Europe, and continuing on until 2005 in Iran.
1963–76 Hillman Imp, 875 – 998cc Rootes engine, but design inspired by FWMA; 1964-65 Brabham BT11, 1497cc FWMV; 1965 Lotus 33, 1497cc FWMV, World Champion; 1965–75 Bond 875 and Bond Ranger, low compression version of Imp engine; 1967-74 Ginetta G15, 875cc Imp and 998cc Rally Imp engines; 1971-74 Clan Crusader, 875cc Imp engine
Hillman GT may refer to: a variant of the Hillman Hunter , an automobile produced by Chrysler Europe a variant of the Hillman Imp , an automobile produced by Chrysler Australia