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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 field was divided into four classes according to the retail price of each vehicle. [4] ... Hillman Imp: Class B : £901 to £1,000 [2] 1 Marie Nolan Denis Geary
Hillman Imp. Despite being released with high hopes and getting much positive media attention at the time of its launch, the Hillman Imp was a commercial failure that was largely responsible for its parent group, the Rootes Group, getting into financial difficulties and being taken over by Chrysler to become part of Chrysler Europe in 1967.
Rootes Group was under-capitalised and unable to survive industrial relations problems and losses from the 1963 introduction of a new aluminium-engined small car, the Hillman Imp. By mutual agreement, from mid-1964, Rootes Motors was taken over in stages by Chrysler , which bought control from the Rootes family in 1967.
Hillman GT: Imp Spares and Repair DNF Brian Sampson, Barry Ferguson 4 Toyota Corolla A.M.I. Racing Team 78 DNF Bert Balfour, Jim Smith 9 Morris Mini Deluxe: Goulds Motors Pty. Ltd. Class B : $1801 – $2250 1 Jack Eiffeltower, David O'Keefe 23 Hillman Gazelle: Eiffel Tower Motors Pty. Ltd. 108 2 Fred Sutherland, John Ould 25 Datsun 1600
The Clan Crusader is a fibreglass monocoque British sports car based on running gear from the Hillman Imp Sport, including its Coventry Climax inspired, rear-mounted 875 cc engine. It was first made in Washington, Co Durham , England between 1971 and 1974, but since then several efforts have been made to bring the car back to production. [ 2 ]
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.
The new factory was officially opened in May 1963 and the new rear-engined Hillman Imp went on sale the next day but there were difficulties with industrial relations and, soon, the Imp's reliability. The Imp's heavy development expenses and slackening sales to USA brought about losses for the Rootes group in both 1962 and 1963. [24]