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Reliant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This article is missing citations or needs footnotes . Please help add inline citations to guard against copyright violations and factual inaccuracies. (January 2008) Reliant Industry Automotive Fate production ceased Founded 1935 Defunct 2002 Headquarters Tamworth , England Key people T L Williams, founder Products Automobiles This article is about the car manufacturer. For other uses, see Reliant (disambiguation) . Reliant was a British car manufacturer . The company was traditionally based at Tamworth in Staffordshire , England , but in 2001 it moved to nearby Cannock . It ceased manufacturing cars shortly afterwards. Contents 1 History 2 Models 3 References 4 External links [ edit ] History 1974 Reliant Robin 1988 Reliant Scimitar SS1 1300 Reliant was founded in the early 1930s by T L Williams in a disused bus depot on Watling Street in Fazeley . [ 1 ] The initial purpose of the company was to take over the manufacture of the Raleigh three-wheeler delivery van. Williams had designed this in 1933 and Raleigh no longer wished to produce it. It was powered by a 750 cc V-twin engine driving the rear wheels through a 3-speed gearbox and shaft drive. The first Reliant built version was registered on 1 January 1935. [ 1 ] However, in 1936 British finance minister Neville Chamberlain abolished (as it turned out, only temporarily) the " road fund licence ", an annual car tax which had not been applied to three wheelers and which had therefore conferred a major competitive advantage on Reliant's "three wheeled motor goods vehicle". [ 1 ] However, Reliant did not follow several other producers of three-wheeler vehicles into insolvency at this time, and in 1939 the engine was replaced by Reliant's version of the straight-four cylinder 747 cc Austin 7 side-valve engine. In 1952 a four-seat car version was launched, initially with an aluminium body, but panel by panel the company substituted glassfibre, as the company's understanding of the material improved and the price of aluminium increased. [ 1 ] By 1956 the bodywork of the (by now) Mark 3 version of the Reliant Regal had changed completely to glass fibre . [ 1 ] The company is notable for building composite-bodied specialist vehicles, such as the sports cars Reliant Scimitar (including the upmarket sports estate Scimitar GTE, owned by Princess Anne) and Reliant Sabre ; and the infamous three-wheeled Reliant Regal , Reliant Robin and Reliant Rialto economy cars. To power the Reliant Scimitar and Sabre, Reliant first turned towards Ford of Britain and were supplied with the Zephyr 6 and Consul 4 engines. Later models followed with the Ford Essex V6 engines. After absorbing Bond Cars , which had also been a maker of three-wheeler cars – though in their case with more stable rear engines – Reliant used the Bond name for the iconic 1970s Bond Bug , a sporty three-wheeler designed by the Ogle designer Tom Karen. Reliant also built four-wheeled version of the Regal and Robin, called the Reliant Rebel and Reliant Kitten respectively. Between 1983 and 1990 a utility/pickup vehicle called the Reliant Fox was produced. This was based on an original development by the Greek company MEBEA on Reliant mechanicals and was jointly developed for production by MEBEA and Reliant; it had originally been built in Greece by MEBEA between 1979 and 1983. Reliant also made a small three-wheeled commercial vehicle called the Reliant TW9 , later sold by other companies as the Ant, which was basically a chassis and cab, onto which a custom rear body was fitted and used by public utility companies. Most of these quirky and distinctly British small cars used Europe's first mass-produced lightweight overhead valve aluminium alloy engine, initially 598 cc, but enlarged through the years to a final 848 cc in 1975. Early Reliant three-wheelers used an engine derived from the 747cc 1930s Austin Austin 7 . Reliant's own aluminium alloy engine is also used as the replacement for the Austin Seven engine by the 750 Motor Club in their Formula 750 motor sport. Reliant's expertise in the area of composite car body production has also seen the company produce lightweight body shells for Ford RS200 rally cars and a glass fibre-bodied taxi , the MetroCab — the first to have full wheelchair provision, manufactured by a division of Kamkorp. Reliant has provided designs to several other manufacturers, including Autocars in Israel , Otosan in Turkey and the proposed Anziel Nova in New Zealand in the 1960s; and MEBEA in Greece and Sipani Automobiles in India in the 1970s. In 2001, production rights for the Reliant Robin were sold to a Sudbury -based firm called B&N Plastics , but production ceased in 2002. Reliant concentrated on importing "speciality" vehicles from European manufacturers, including Piaggio , Bultaco and Ligier . The firm also had plans to import the Indian San Storm sports car, but this plan never came to fruition. [ edit ] Models Regal 1951-1972 and Supervan III Sabre 1961-1964 Scimitar GT 1964-1970 Rebel 1964-1973 FW5 1966-1975 TW9 1967-1987 Scimitar GTE/GTC 1968-1982 Robin 1973-1981, 1989-2002 Kitten 1975-1982 FW11 1977 Rialto 1981-1998 Fox 1983-1990 Scimitar SS1 1984-1990 Scimitar SST 1990-1992 Scimitar Sabre 1992-1995 [ edit ] References ^ a b c d e "Robin's rest". CAR : pages 106–108. date December 2000.   [ edit ] External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Reliant vehicles Reliant Owners Club Reliant 3-Wheelers Forum Reliant Motor Company - 3wheelers.com Sporting Reliants || Reliant Robin From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards . Please improve this article if you can. The talk page may contain suggestions. (July 2010) Reliant Robin 1999-2001 Robin Production 1973-1981 (UK) 1974 - 1978 (Greece, under license) 1989 - 2001 (UK - revamped) 2001 - 2002 (B&N Plastics) Predecessor Reliant Regal Successor Reliant Rialto Body style(s) 2½-door 3 wheel saloon with large opening rear window [ 1 ] Engine(s) 748 cc and 848 cc OHV light alloy Straight-4 [ 1 ] Transmission(s) 4-speed manual all-synchromesh [ 1 ] Wheelbase 85 in (2159 mm) [ 1 ] Length 131 in (3327 mm) (saloon) [ 1 ] Width 56 in (1422 mm) [ 1 ] Height 54 in (1372 mm) [ 1 ] Related Reliant Kitten [ 1 ] 1994 Reliant Robin Mk2 SLX Reliant Robins are also raced by enthusiasts 1975 Greek advertisement for Mebea Robin (Reliant Robin produced under license) The Reliant Robin is a small three wheeled car formerly manufactured by the Reliant Motor Company in Tamworth , England. Despite its size, by being a three-wheeler with an official weight below 450 kg (992 lb), the Robin can be driven by holders of a B1 category licence [ 2 ] or car license in the United Kingdom , and registered and taxed at motorcycle rates, which gives a saving of 55 GBP per year over a conventional car. The single wheel in the front steers, while the engine (also in the front) drives the rear axle. The Robin was first manufactured in November 1973, a direct replacement for the Reliant Regal . The final original version of the Robin rolled off the production line in 1981, when the model was replaced by the restyled Reliant Rialto . The vehicle was also produced under license in Greece by MEBEA between 1974 and 1978. It was also manufactured in India by Sunrise Automotive Industries Limited as Badal. In 1989, Reliant revived the Robin name, producing a new and totally revamped Robin featuring a new fibreglass body, and increased engine power. The Rialto continued in production alongside the new Robin until 1998. This Robin was face lifted again in 1999 when the final version was launched that had its biggest change since originally launched with completely new panels, and Opel Corsa front lamps. Designed by Andy Plumb (now of LA:UK Design Ltd) this hatchback-only model lasted until February 2001 when Reliant announced the end of production. The final sixty-five Robins designed in 1999 manufactured by Reliant formed a Special Edition known as the Robin 65, featuring leather trim, walnut interior, and a numbered plaque, and sold for approximately £10,000. Manufacturing of the Robin resumed under license by a company called B&N Plastics in July 2001, but stopped in October 2002. [ edit ] In popular culture This " In popular culture " section may contain minor or trivial references . Please reorganize this content to explain the subject's impact on popular culture rather than simply listing appearances, and remove trivial references. (October 2010) Reliant three-wheelers enjoy a special place in British culture, often as the butt of jokes, such as when Patsy Stone dismissively refers to Edina Monsoon's isolation chamber as resembling one in the TV series Absolutely Fabulous . The Reliant Robin is staple material for comedian Jasper Carrott . However, perhaps two of the best known Reliants in British comedy are actually Reliant Regal Supervans — the dirty yellow van owned by the Trotter brothers in Only Fools and Horses , and the light blue which always ends up getting tipped over, crashed into, bumped out of its parking space etc. by a British Leyland Mini in Mr Bean . In the 18 February 2007 episode of Top Gear , a Reliant Robin was used by Richard Hammond and James May in an attempt to modify a normal K-reg Robin into a reusable space shuttle . [ 3 ] Steve Holland, a professional radio-controlled aircraft pilot, helped Hammond to work out how to land a Robin safely. The craft achieved a successful launch, flew for several seconds into the air and managed to successfully jettison the solid fuel rocket boosters on time. This was the largest rocket launched by a non-government organization in Europe. It used 6 x 40960 NS O hybrid rocket motors giving a maximum thrust of 8 metric tons. However the car failed to separate from the large external fuel tank due to a faulty alignment between the Robin and the external tank (10 thousandths of an inch out) [ citation needed ] , the Robin subsequently crashed and was shown to explode. In the 18 June 2007 episode of Fifth Gear , Tom Ford and Johnny Smith both modified a Reliant Robin, to compete against each other in a speed challenge and a destruction derby. In the United Kingdom the Reliant Robin is sometimes affectionately nicknamed the "Plastic Pig" because of its distinctive shape and fibreglass body shell. The name is very often misquoted as "Robin Reliant". A Reliant Robin is featured in the Golden Earring 's video of "Radar Love." Reliant Robins make semi-regular appearances on Scrapheap Challenge , often stripped down to a light three-wheeled chassis. One team converted the car into a wheelie-racer. [ 4 ] Robins are raced, as shown in the photograph above on the right. During races several cars usually overturn. The driver can return the car onto its wheels unaided from inside the car by rocking it and pushing down on the track through the window. In the popular book series Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison , Georgia Nicholson's family purchases a Reliant Robin. Georgia refers to it as a "clown car" and is embarrassed at the thought of even being seen riding in it. In one of the books, Georgia's family goes to Memphis, Tennessee to go to a Reliant Robin convention. The Reliant Robin is also mentioned in cult 1980s British sitcom The Young Ones by Jerzy Balowski, the Young Ones' landlord. On an episode of Junkyard Wars . a blue Robin was converted into a steam-powered racing car. It won the race against a steam-powered Jeep Cherokee . Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Reliant Robin In the Red Dwarf episode " Better Than Life " Arnold Rimmer 's first thought-up car is a Reliant Robin stuck in the sand. This car has been featured in several episodes of Last of the Summer Wine . The car is a key feature in Tracey Ullman's video of "They Don't Know". On the BBC programme aired in the UK on BBC 2 on the 27 June 2010, Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson drove a Reliant Robin, frequently rolling it. He then added 'stabilisers' (one extra wheel on each side) but they soon broke off and it rolled over once more, and for the final time, straight down a hill into a canal upside down. [ edit ] See also Sister car: Bond Bug . Reliant-based trials car: Liège . [ edit ] References ^ a b c d e f g h "The Regal is dead...long live the Robin". Motor 3708 : pages 18–19. date 3 November 1973.   ^ The B1 category covers motor tricycles/quadricycles up to 550 kg (1,200 lb) unladen (see Driving licence in the UK ). ^ "BBC - Top Gear - Episode Archive - Series 9 - Episode 4" . http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/show/episodes/series9episode4.shtml . Retrieved 2007-02-21 .   ^ "qwizx.com" . qwizx.com . http://www.qwizx.com/jyw/series6/wheelie/cars.html/ . Retrieved 2010-11-29 .   || Reliant PartsWorld Limited home taxi emissions parts used cars engines specials about us Welcome - reliant partsworld ltd Welcome to the Reliant PartsWorld web-site. 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