Malcolm Bricklin

Malcolm N. Bricklin
Born (1939-03-09) March 9, 1939 (age 85)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Florida
OccupationBusinessman
Known forHis self-named automobile company, importer of foreign cars
SpouseSania Teymeny[1]

Malcolm N. Bricklin (born March 9, 1939) is an American businessman, widely known for an unorthodox career spanning more than six decades with numerous prominent failures and successes — primarily manufacturing or importing automobiles to the United States, ultimately starting over thirty companies throughout the course of his business career.[2]

After franchising his father's hardware stores at age 19, Bricklin founded Subaru of America, Inc. in 1968, founded General Vehicles to manufacture the Bricklin SV-1 (1974–76), imported and marketed Fiat X1/9 and Fiat 124 Sport Spider (1982), imported and marketed under the name Yugo the Zastava Koral hatchback from the then-Yugoslavia (1985−92), manufactured and marketed an electric bicycle as the EV Warrior (1982), and contracted to import and distribute vehicles made by the Chinese company Chery (2004). In 2017, at age 78, he promoted a plan to transform high-end car dealers into high-end art dealers, after becoming interested in the business aspect of art.[3]

  1. ^ Todd Lassa (September 3, 2017). "Catching Up With: Malcolm Bricklin, Automotive Impresario". Automobile.
  2. ^ Randy Wyrick (August 2, 2013). "Bricklin's automotive odyssey is ending happier all the time". Vail Daily. Eagle County, Col.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference autoweek was invoked but never defined (see the help page).