Malcolm Bricklin’s fantastical 1970s-era Safety Vehicle-1 (SV1) was audaciously launched during a tumultuous breakpoint in postwar history. Built in New Brunswick, the Bricklin remains one of Canada’s most iconic cars 50 years after its launch. The tale of the sexy-yet-safe SV1 reveals the influence of automobiles on ideas about the future, technology, entrepreneurship, risk, safety, showmanship, politics, sex, gender, business, and the state.

This online talk will take place over Zoom and is part of the Canadian Automotive Museum's Third Thursday lecture series. These online talks are free and open to the public, but registration is required. The Canadian Automotive Museum is a registered Canadian charity and a suggested donation of $10 goes toward covering the cost of hosting these virtual events. Donors who make an annual contribution of over $25 will receive a charitable tax receipt. 

About our speaker:

Dr. Dimitry Anastakis. is the L.R. Wilson/R.J. Currie Chair in Canadian Business History at the University of Toronto in the Department of History and the Rotman School of Management, where he teaches about business, the state and politics, and globalization, particularly in the post-1945 period in Canada. His new book is Dream Car: Malcolm Bricklin’s Fantastic Safety Vehicle-1, and the End of Industrial Modernity.