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EPIC FAIL BRICKLIN SV-1

BBC Top Gear UK

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January 2025

"When the SV-1 actually drove, it did so slowly, making it tricky to have a high speed crash"

- SAM PHILIP

EPIC FAIL BRICKLIN SV-1

At its launch in 1974, founder Malcolm Bricklin heralded his new sports car as nothing less than "the safest production car in the world." As it turned out, the SV-1 (short for Safety Vehicle) would indeed prove near impossible to crash. Just not necessarily for the reasons Bricklin had envisaged.

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