The article was gracious, the pictures spoke for themselves, and the Nova instantly became a big hit in the US as in Europe. Just months after the wildly successful introduction of the Nova in England, American car buffs got their first pulse-quickening glimpse of this exotic new creation through a cover article in Car and Driver (March 1973). Note: The following is just a repeat of the text in the above module in case images aren't functioning. History of the Sterling, Sovran, and Sterling GT kit cars