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Hillman Imp
The Hillman Imp is a small economy car made by the Rootes Group and its successor Chrysler Europe from 1963 until 1976. Revealed on 3 May 1963, after much advance publicity, it was the first British mass-produced car with the engine block and cylinder head cast in aluminium.
Being a direct competitor to the BMC's Mini, it used a space-saving rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout to allow as much luggage and passenger capacity as possible in both the rear and the
kits, but as these were depleted UK Mk 2 CKD kits were used. The very last batch of IMP IIIs may have used CKD Imp Sport body shell only. Later IMP IIIs also used the UK Mk2 engine. br
- Hillman GT - built from Sunbeam Imp Sport CKD kits. Produced from 1967 to the end of 1968.br
- Hillman Sonic/Stiletto - convertible model produced for Chrysler Australia by Eiffel Tower Motors of Dandenong.
Imp variants.
- Hillman Imp Mark I (1963–65)
- Hillman