The Hillman Avenger was all-new from the ground up, and the first Rootes Group car to be developed under the leadership of Chrysler Europe.
An excellent all-rounder, but one which probably didn’t get the break it deserved thanks to strong opposition, and the politics of the 1970s.
The Hillman Avenger was all-new from the ground up, and the first Rootes Group car to be developed under the leadership of Chrysler Europe. An excellent all-rounder, but one which […]
Undoubtedly, the most stylish Hillman Avenger derivatives were the Brazilian ones. The Dodge Polara looked almost like a two-door Coupe, such was its roofline. In Brazil, this nameplate didn’t last […]
The Hillman Avenger might have been a very British saloon, but that didn’t stop parent company Chrysler from trying to sell it in the USA as an economy-focused sub-compact called […]
In Argentina, the Hillman Avenger carved itself a solid image as a reliable car for the middle classes. There were some interesting differences between European and South American models. It […]
The new Rootes B Car programme would prove to be a departure from the model that preceded it, the Hillman Hunter. The main difference between the Hillman Avenger and Hunter […]
The Hillman Avenger was an ambitious ground-up new car for the Rootes Group, benefiting from the development resources of parent company Chrysler. In many ways, it should have been as […]
The Hillman Avenger was assembled in New Zealand and proved to be a minor hit on the Kiwi market. It remained in production for more than a decade and lives […]
Ryton’s Capri Whitley designed a Coupé version of the Avenger, which would have topped the range and gone head to head with the ultra-successful Ford Capri and Opel Manta. It […]
The cars that form the backbone of AROnline are some of the fastest disappearing motors on British roads. New research into the top British family cars by Honest John Classics reveals that many of UK’s once-popular family cars are on the most endangered. […]
Too close to call? Two doyens of the British family car market slug it out in the first of a new series of road tests… First published in Classic Car […]
Avengers in New Zealand To celebrate the opening of Todd Motor’s Todd Park car plant at Porirua, Wellington, the December 1974 issue of NZ Motor World ran a large feature […]
Ryton’s finest The Avenger was originally built at a new assembly line at the newly expanded Ryton plant, near Coventry. Ryton was essentially an assembly operation, because the bodies and […]
The Avenger was marketed in the European mainland as a Sunbeam Avenger, here are some images… Sunbeam Avenger Estate Pictures kindly supplied by Hervé Le Guernic and Julian Marsh
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