We just love hatchbacks.
The 1969 front-wheel drive Renault 16TA 5-door hatchback was sold as a sedan-wagon. It had a pressure cast aluminum engine block, 5 main bearings, a sealed liquid cooling system that virtually eliminated the need to add anti-freeze and achieved 28 miles per gallon, all for $2,445.
1969 Renault 16TA
1969 Renault 16TA configurations
The rear window of the 1969 Triumph GT6+ was heated electronically. Big news then. A heating grid, fused on the inner surface, freed the glass of fog, ice and snow. All with a flip of a switch. Naturally, it was not as important as the new wishbone rear suspension, or that all four wheels had independent suspension. You also got comfort with increased headroom, contour seats with integral head restraints and the new flow-through ventilation and heating system with face and floor-directed vents. It even had a self-sealing magnetic gas cap along with the mag-style wheel covers and white wall tires. All standard. It had a six cylinder high torque engine with a four speed manual, all-synchomesh gearbox, disc brakes up front and rack-and-pinion steering.
1969 Triumph GT6+
The Renault 6 was launched at the 1968 Paris Motor Show and this 1969 Renault 6 (with an 850cc engine and a 4-speed transmission) is surely a rarity, especially in this condition and in the USA. It is currently available on eBay, and there are many more images to look at in this Shutterfly album. Production and sales in France and most of Europe ended in 1980 with no direct successor, but in Spain and Argentina the car was still produced and sold until 1986.
1969 Renault 6
1969 Renault 6
1969 Renault 6
1969 Renault 6 interior
Datsun asked the public to name this vehicle and “Sunny” was chosen out of 8.5 million entries. It was launched in April of 1966 and had 56 horsepower. (image source: Nissan)
1966 Datsun Sunny 1000 Deluxe B10.
The 1968 Autobianchi was technically called a wagon, but it is quite small, certainly by today’s standards. It really is just a three door hatchback.
1968 Autobianchi
1968 Autobianchi
Not real sure why they called the 1962 Sunbeam Alpine Harrington LeMans Coupe a coupe, but it looks like a hatchback to me. Less than 250 were built (most for the US) and one of them is available for sale at Hyman.
1962 Sunbeam Alpine Harrington LeMans coupe
1962 Sunbeam Alpine Harrington LeMans coupe
1962 Sunbeam Alpine Harrington LeMans coupe
1962 Sunbeam Alpine Harrington LeMans coupe emblem.
The 1969 Reliant Scimitar GT/E could reach 120 mph with its 3 liter engine with seating for four and their luggage. This rare hatch came from Tamworth, Stsfforshire.
1969 Reliant Scimitar GT/E
1969 Reliant Scimitar GT/E