Magazine editor Kath Brown once told The Independent of a Hillman Imp she and a flat-mate bought for £100. It broke down “all the time”. The worst journey, she said, was to Portsmouth ...

In recent years the Hillman Imp has been re-evaluated by those who ... In 1963 the chaps from Motor magazine believed that "If Rootes cannot sell 150,000 Imps a year, as they have planned, we ...

The Hillman Imp may have signalled the beginning of the ... The Age, Wheels, Motor Magazine, Street Machine and Top Gear Australia. Rob’s current rides include a 1996 Mercedes-Benz E-Class ...

You might be wondering why the Hillman Imp has such a bad reputation. This spacious four-seater supermini is fun to drive, costs very little to run and buy, and it looks super cool today.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The compact, rear-engined Hillman Imp made by the Rootes Group failed to compete successfully with its rival Mini. A combination of poor sales, supply problems and industrial disputes caused ...