Hillman Imp
Magazine road tests and mentions
Small Car, January 1965
It's the well-dressed one...
Last month we showed you what Zagato could do to Rootes's rather prosaic smallest son with the elegant Zimp. This month we're going to show what the Zimp itself can do in a full-scale road test.
Small Car, February 1965
Gents! At £950 it's the slickest, quickest Imp yet
To be really interesting to cynics like small CAR, an Imp variant has to have something to make it stand out from all the other Imp variants. Like sheer power, as in the Emery Imps. Or far-out body engineering, as in the Zimp. Or a mixture of both as in the Imperator GTS. Which is what this aggressive Abarth-esque model is called
Small Car, February 1965
Cut 'n' shut GT
Emery Imp GTI
Small Car, March 1965
Giant Test
Singer Chamois v Fiat 850
CAR Magazine, June 1966
Giant Test
Wolseley Hornet II v Hillman Super Imp
CAR Magazine, December 1966
Giant Test
Morris Mini Cooper v Sunbeam Imp Sport
CAR Magazine, March 1967
Californian here we come
Or do we? CAR takes a critical look at the Rootes Group's adventurous notchback
CAR Magazine, October 1967
Badge Engineers, unite!
Sumbeam Stiletto and Humber Sceptre
CAR Magazine, December 1967
Stiletto
Sharp number from Rootes
CAR Magazine, January 1970
Nine of the nicest?
Lynton Imp
CAR Magazine, March 1970
A Sportique Imp
Garage Sportique Hillman Imp
CAR Magazine, December 1970
Giant Test
Mini 1000 v Hillman Imp
CAR Magazine, December 1971
Rock bottom motoring
Citroen Dyane 4 v Renault R4 v Hillman Imp v Austin Mini v Fiat 500
CAR Magazine, December 1971
Two quick Chrysler cars
Hartwell Imp and Hartwell Avenger
CCC Magazine, May 1973
Hartwell's Clubman
Hartwell tuned Imp
Car Mechanics, November 1973
Custom Car : Kevin's Imp
This hairy 115mph Imp has been built by Kevin Jones with bits from more than fifteen other cars
Car Mechanics, November 1973
Hillman's long-term winner
Traditional motorists were shocked to the core way back in 1963 when the Imp appeared with an aluminium engine lump, in the back, canted sideways and with an overhead cam. Now everyone has done it but the Imp still has a major claim to distinction - it is the cheapest British four-wheeler.
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