EPIC FAIL BRICKLIN SV-1

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

- SAM PHILIP

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.