The SV1 Bricklin :

During the time of emergence of all the problems of security, to build a car answering all the standards and the concerns of the moment was a good step marketing.

It is this reasoning which Malcom Bricklin held while launching the SV, "Safety Vehicle". It was about a car theoretically equipped with a very good passive security (impact resistance) with a very resistant frame, a large arch of security behind of the seats, oversize side amounts and a framing of massive windshield.

Apart from this concept, the other originality of Sv-1 was its body out of resin acrylic and glass fibre, coloured in the mass, inrayable and always brilliant. If Sv-1 passed unperceived in circulation, on the other hand, it created sensation when it the stopped and the passengers entered or left it, with its gates "butterfly" comparable with those of Mercedes 300 SL. .

The large front bumpers were, in their higher part, of the color of the body and the retractable headlights. Aesthetically and mechanically, Bricklin Sv-1, large half-compartment two places with V8 engine, approached the Corvette but was far from having of it the reputation and the distribution network.

The engine of origin was provided by American Motors but was replaced by Ford after only 780 produced models, including 144 with a manual gear box to four reports/ratios. The transmission, it, was of Chrysler origin.

All the following models, with mechanics Ford, V8 of 5 752 Cm3 223 horses, were exclusively equipped with automatic transmission, Ford origin also.

In September 1975, the activity ceased. 2 897 cars had been produced.

Even if it did not leave an imperishable memory, Bricklin is despite everything a interesting case insofar as, in the United States, only the "whimsical" craftsmen have a small market. Previously, Preston Tucker had tried to launch a mass-production car. But vis-a-vis mastodons like "General Motors, Chrysler and Ford, such bets concern the impossible one.