Category: Hillman

The Hillman Aero Minx was Rootes’ sporting interpretation of the early Minx: lower, lighter and far more glamorous than the ordinary family saloon. Introduced for the British market in the early 1930s, it combined familiar Hillman mechanical parts with a specially lowered chassis and a remarkable choice of open and closed bodies. Surviving cars are…

The Hillman Minx Californian was one of the most distinctive British family cars of the 1950s: a pillarless two-door coupé with wind-down rear quarter windows, two-tone paint and styling influenced by Raymond Loewy’s work for Studebaker. Built in Coventry and sold through Hillman dealers, it turned the sensible Minx into an aspirational transatlantic-looking model that…

The Hillman Husky was Rootes Group’s compact dual-purpose estate, sold in Britain in three distinct forms between 1954 and 1970. The first two generations were shortened Minx-based utility cars; the final version was a tall, rear-engined estate derived from the Imp van. All combined four-seat practicality with modest running costs, and all have become considerably…

The Hillman Super Minx was Rootes Group’s larger and more sophisticated companion to the familiar Minx. Sold in Britain from 1961, it combined transatlantic-influenced styling with conventional rear-wheel-drive engineering and appeared as a saloon, estate and particularly attractive convertible. It was once an ordinary middle-class family car; today every version is scarce, while surviving convertibles…