Gli fu regalata dai suoi genitori nell'estate del 1970.
La Hillman Imp fu costruita dal 1963 al 1976 in Scozia, in oltre 440.000 unita'. Di cilindrata (di base) di 865cc tirava fuori una potenza in cavalli tra i 55 a gli 85 con un motore posteriore in alluminio.
(http://www.imps4ever.info)
Da un'intervista del 1993 a Phil Collins:
It was hard in the early days. When Peter Gabriel was in the band, we used to travel to gigs in his Hillman Imp. Five of us used to squeeze in, sometimes all the way to Edinburgh or Newcastle. When he left, there were only four of us and we used to do the same kind of thing in a Mini. That was the band's main form of transport, while all our gear would go in a transit. After a time, as money came along, we got our own transit to travel in, which was fitted with aircraft seats."
