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Malcolm N. Bricklin (born March 9, 1939) is an American businessman, widely known for an unorthodox career spanning more than six decades with numerous prominent failures and successes — primarily manufacturing or importing automobiles to the United States, ultimately starting over thirty companies throughout the course of his business career.
The SV-1 was the creation of American entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin, [7] known in the industry for establishing Subaru of America prior to building the SV-1, and for importing Zastava cars to North America under the Yugo name afterwards. [8] Bricklin wanted to build a small, affordable sports car with gullwing doors.
Subaru 360. The Subaru 360 was successful in its native country of Japan. In 1968, entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin imported it to America after he discovered it was very cheap to do so because they were light enough to be exempt from US automotive safety standards. The first Subaru model sold in America, the 360 had an MSRP of $1,297 and was ...
It's sort of the Canadian version of the DeLorean. This one has the less common combo of the 220-hp 5.9-liter AMC V-8 and a four-speed manual transmission.
The 360 was imported to the United States by Malcolm Bricklin before he later manufactured his own cars. The Subaru 360 received notoriety in 1969, when Consumer Reports magazine branded the automobile "Not Acceptable" because of safety concerns and lack of power. Because the car weighed under 1000 pounds, it was exempt from normal safety ...
In 1967, Malcolm Bricklin approached Subaru with the idea of bringing the tiny Subaru 360 to the United States. After a great deal of regulatory red tape and negotiation, Bricklin made a deal with Subaru. Bricklin formed Subaru of America, Inc. to sell Subaru franchises and later brought in Harvey Lamm as the COO.