Fail, Britannia!

Something happened in Britian in the late 60s and early 70s. In one fell swoop it’s entire automotive industry collapsed into a steaming pile of rust. BMC ran itself into the ground, and smaller firms seemed to suddenly loose the ability to design an attractive http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifautomobiles. Two strikingly similar cars are shown here – the Marcos Mantis and the Clan Crusader.

1968 Marco Mantis

The Mantis came first in 1968 as Marcos’ first 2+2. Remarkable, the styling was not well received and only 32 were sold. It almost looked as if a group of designers designs a piece of the car individually, and then glued them all together. The Clan Crusader followed in 1971, sounding like a white supremacist superhero. It looks eerily similar with it’s high mounted rectangular headlights and different but equally odd window treatment.

1971 Clan Crusader