Friday, March 17, 2017

1960s+? Autocars Sussita Station Wagon

Autocars was Israel's first car company, not that that's saying a whole bunch. I don't have much data gathered on their station wagon, the Sussita, but I believe it enjoyed at least two generations and it was possibly sold with a Sabra nameplate on it. According to Jalopnik, these were actually briefly sold in the US, but I've never found actual proof of that. Maybe you can!


It's a little hard to get to the actual information in this video, but there's some interesting stuff in it.

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  1. Sabra was the sports car built by Autocars. They were indeed exported to the US, but only in very small numbers (probably 41 in total). Just to square the circle, Sabra was built by Autocars with the help of Reliant, who also had a hand in the Sussita.

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    1. Hmmm.... this other source does say that 35 Sabra-branded Sussitas were exported to the US and Canada in 1960, before the Sabra sports car was even conceived:

      http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/cars/triumph/around-the-world-autocars-of-israel/

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