Shamrock

Typically, when people think of an Irish car company, they think of DeLorean. Yes, technically, it was headquartered in Detroit, and the factory was in ...

American styling on a car built with British parts may as well have been the worst of both worlds, and the demand simply wasn’t there. According to the former employee interviewed by Top Gear, the factory closed down after less than a year. When all those Irish immigrants heard they could buy a car from the homeland, they’d flock to the dealership, and he would get rich. Unfortunately for Shamrock Motors, that was a hard sell in both Ireland and the U.S. It’s a big cruiser inspired by the Ford Thunderbird with a removable hardtop. Yes, technically, it was headquartered in Detroit, and the factory was in Northern Ireland, not the country of Ireland, but that’s still close enough, right?