The TRUTH Behind the HILLMAN IMP Controversy - Rootes' Worst Failure?

In this video we cover one of the most debated topics regarding the british car industry and its decline the Hillman Imp which some have called one of the worst cars ever made and declared one of the biggest Rootes Group disasters. The Hillman Imp though isn't a bad car through Motorsport, sales success it proved itself against all odds to be a mainstay of British cars, we cover long forgotten stories from Ryton, Linwood and analyse the anatomy of what some have called a failure. Follow me on Instagram for more cool stuff: https://www.instagram.com/tomisdrivingcars Credits: AROnline - Imp Development and History Imps4ever - Imp information, development and history Imperial War Museum - Suez Crisis images and information BMIHT - archival photos and videos The Car Expert - Cars of the 50s, sales information trends BBC Studios - Linwood & The Imp Video Rootes Archive - Archival Images and Video If you'd like to read more my sources are linked below: Imps4ever: https://www.imps4ever.info/ AROnline Imp Development: https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/hillman/imp/apex-development-story/ IWM Suez Crisis - https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/why-was-the-suez-crisis-so-important The Car Expert - https://www.thecarexpert.co.uk/the-second-elizabethan-age-and-the-british-motor-industry/