[Eric in the Ozarks]

Was the “Cricket” a Rootes vehicle from UK ?

[Dixie Yooper]

The Cricket was Chrysler's first statement in the small car industry, like the Vega and Pinto. My uncle had one. He left it in Park with the engine running one cold winter day in the U.P. and while he was in the bakery, it put itself in gear(without shifting), rolled across US2 and hit a parking meter of the other side.