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The Reliant Robin: Britain's Most Bizarre Car

The Reliant Robin: Britain's Most Bizarre Car

Chapman, Giles

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ISBN10: 0750967595
ISBN13: 9780750967594
Publisher: History Press
Published: Feb 1 2017
Pages: 112
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.40 Width: 9.70 Depth: 8.80
Language: English
For almost 30 years, the Reliant Robin was a familiar fixture on the country's roadscape, an object of amusement to those who didn't understand its ultra-thrifty ways, and pride to the thousands who did. Being a tricycle, it enjoyed motorbike levels of road tax, and to keep it within strict weight guidelines, the body was of lightweight glassfibre. Allied to a light and efficient four-cylinder engine made entirely of aluminum, this made the Robin extremely frugal, yet still nippy enough to mix it with modern traffic. The car was a massive hit, and Reliant couldn't make them fast enough, until a culture of more sophisticated car buyers, and a dwindling of the hard-working folk in the traditional heavy industries of mining and steel, saw it go into eventual decline.

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