The Clan Crusader was a fibreglass monocoque British sports car using a rear mounted 875cc Hillman Imp Sport engine. It was made in Washington, Co Durham, England between 1971 and 1974. The Hillman Imp was a compact, rear-engined saloon (US: sedan) automobile manufactured by the Rootes Group (later Chrysler Europe) from 1963 to 1976. ... Map sources for Washington, Tyne and Wear at grid reference NZ3157 Washington is a town in the county of Tyne and Wear in northeast England. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

The car was designed by a group of ex-Lotus engineers led by Paul Haussauer with styling by John Frayling and made in a new factory in Washington set up with the aid of a government grant. The car was available in either kit of fully built versions. Although the car received good reviews and achieved some competition success, it was expensive at £1400 when compared with rivals and production ended when just over 300 had been produced. Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports cars and racing cars based in East Anglia, and formed as Lotus Engineering Ltd. ...

After closure the body moulds were bought by Andreas Kaisis, a businessman from Northern Cyprus. A mysterious time in the car's history started with disputes over ownership and replica body shells being made by copying an existing car. In 1982 the original moulds returned to the UK and experimental vehicles were made using various engines. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus(TRNC) {NOTE: the name is not accepted by UN} , in Turkish Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, is a self-proclaimed state occupying the northern third of the island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean. ...

Also in 1982 some "unofficial" body moulds were bought by Peter McCandless who started a new company Clan Cars Ltd in Newtownards, Northern Ireland and built about 120 cars. Contemporary advertisements give an amazing price range of from £1200 to £10000. The Crusader name was not used for these cars. In 1985 a mid engined version was developed called the Clan Clover using an Alfa Romeo 1500cc flat-four engine and gearbox. It is believed that approximately 20 cars were made. Clan Cars ran into financial difficulties and went into receivership and ceased trading in 1987. Newtownards (Baile Nua na hArda in Irish) is a town in County Down in Northern Ireland, on the shores of Strangford Lough on the Ards Peninsula. ... Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto) (French for God and my right)3 Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 4th 1,685... Alfa Romeo is an Italian automobile manufacturing company, founded as Darracq Italiana by Cavaliere Ugo Stella, an aristocrat from Milan in partnership with the French automobile firm of Alexandre Darracq. ... A flat-4 is a four cylinder internal combustion engine where the cylinders are arranged in a flat configuration. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

There was also a Mini-engined version made in 1984 by Arthur Birchall, one of the company founders, called the McCoy. The Mini (from Latin small) is the name of a small car produced from 1959 to 2000, and the name of its replacement (known as the New MINI) launched in 2001. ...

References

• The Clan Owners Club