When the actual full name of “Safety Car One” is used, a mid engine, gullwinged doored sports car doesn’t come to mind. But that’s what Canadian car builder Bricklin did. The concept by owner/designer Malcolm Briklin was simple to make the safest car possible. All sounds good except all that safety equipment like inbuilt roll cage, shock absorbing 12mph bumpers, fuel tank protection and side impact protection added weight, alot of weight the SV1 weighed in at 1600kgs. As a result the 175bhp V8 didn’t give the car the go that went with its coupe glass fibre body. The only thing the SV1 didn’t come with was a cigarette lighter and ashtray as Malcolm believed smoking while driving was dangerous. In truth the company ended up selling all of the 2854 cars at a loss or near as damn it.
