The Hillman Imp was produced from 1963 to 1976, the Imp was Hillman’s attempt to produce a car to compeat with the highly successful Mini. The Imp was a huge gamble for for the Rootes Group (the owners of Hillman) as the introduction of the Imp saw the need for a new factory to be built in Scotland and also a huge cost in developing the rear engine car.
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While this car from the Iranian company Iran Khodro is not really a microcar (its more of the small car class) we have done this story on it because we liked the fact it was based on the 1966 Hillman Hunter. The Pakyan came about after the Iranian government set up the nationally owned car factory to produce cheap cars for the Iranian people.

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