Molden!

Forget your Prius – this is what a proper small hybrid car looks like. Meet the Molden: part Mini, part Holden. The basic concept for this wild hybrid beast was ludicrous to the point of being almost unimaginable, and yet the Molden was real, and it did work – until it was stopped by the motor sport authorities. This is the story of the most outrageous Sports Sedan ever built.

Story: Steve Normoyle

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We had heard stories about this car. Much like the kinds of stories you hear of strange bush-dwelling creatures which people swear are out there even though no one’s ever come up with the slightest shred of evidence to prove their existence.

We had heard stories of a Sports Sedan Mini with six-cylinder Holden power and front-wheel drive. Was such a thing even possible?

Our extensive search could find no record or photograph of such a car. And yet we spoke to people who claimed to have seen it run at Oran Park.