The Hillman Imp also tasted some success as a racing and rally car. In 1964, a 998cc version of the Imp won the Tulip Rally, while other variants would go on to dominate the British Saloon Car ...

More typical, though, is the experience of our 1964 Hillman Imp, an incredible survivor with known history imported from England four years ago. It was purchased on a lark, following a rare and ...

The Hillman Imp could have been a real winner for the Rootes Group. No, scrub that – it should have been a winner. With a free-revving, all-alloy, overhead-cam powerplant, agile independent ...

In recent years the Hillman Imp has been re-evaluated by those who craved a 1963 Porsche 911 but who discovered another car with the engine in the back Credit: Photo: ALAMY One of the greatest ...

Every second advertisement and newspaper article used words like IMP-ressive and IMP-ortant to describe Hillman's new small car in 1963. Closer to the mark was IMP-rudent – the Imp was British ...

As much a salutary lesson in the perils of regional policy as it was in car making, the Imp was produced at Rootes' Linwood factory near Edinburgh, which had its own subsidised die-casting plant.

With as many people who loved it as who loathed it, the Hillman Imp is a classic example of unconventional, quirky British engineering. As with so many automobiles, it held not only the promise of ...

That means the former $100,000 Bavarian statusmobile will be competing toe-to-toe with the TransMission IMPossible Hillman Imp. We love British cars in LeMons, of course, and we’re overjoyed to ...

Classic car enthusiasts marked the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Hillman Imp. The Duke of Edinburgh drove the first completed vehicle out of the Rootes production line near Linwood ...

The Hillman Imp 1969 prices range from $2,200 for the basic trim level Coupe Imp Super to $4,070 for the top of the range Coupe Imp GT. The Hillman Imp 1969 comes in Coupe. The Hillman Imp 1969 is ...

The specially modified Hillman Imp had been expected to fetch £50,000 at the auction in Chippenham. The car was built in 1966 by the Rootes Group, which had bought the Hillman name. Owner Mark ...