Quasar-Unipower
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The Quasar-Unipower was a box-like car produced in limited numbers between 1967 and 1968 by Universal Power Drives
Universal Power Drives
Universal Power Drives was a British truck manufacturer which branded its trucks with the Unipower marque.-History:Universal Power Drives was founded in 1934 with a factory in Perivale and its head office in Aldwych, London. During the 1930s, 40s and 50s it specialised in producing 4x4 forestry...

 of Perivale
Perivale
Perivale is a small suburb in the London Borough of Ealing, west of Charing Cross, central London. Landmarks in the suburb include the A40, a large road that connects Central London with the M40 motorway, and the large Art Deco Hoover Building, as well as St Mary's Church , the River Brent and...

, Middlesex, England who also made the Unipower
Unipower
The Unipower GT was a British specialist sports car first shown at the January 1966 Racing Car Show, and produced by truck maker Universal Power Drives Ltd in Perivale, Middlesex and later by U.W.F...

 sports car. The car was designed by Quasar Khanh a French-Vietnamese designer and engineer.

The car had a unique appearance, being cubelike and making use of sliding glass doors. It is probably unique amongst car designs in being wider than it is long. The seats were plastic and inflatable. The engine used was a four-cylinder 1100 cc BMC model with automatic transmission. Modified Mini
Mini
The Mini is a small car that was made by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a British icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers...

subframes carried the suspension components and Mini 10 inch wheels were used.
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