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1972 Reliant Regal - Make The Furry Cars Stop
There's no explanation for our recent fascination with fur-bearing automobiles, it's almost like gawking at a traffic accident. This latest in the litany of fuzzy rides gets a double scoop of weirdness in that it's not only sporting a fur-covered dash, but it's also a Reliant Regal, a three wheeled delivery truck wonder from Britain. Make that a triple scoop because this one has been made up to look like a Supervan which starred in the BBC series "Only Fools and Horses".More »
down on the street
OK, so maybe it wasn't fair that Uncle Sam bailed out Chrysler but told AMC to drop dead, back in the Malaise Era. It seemed like the Chrysler bailout worked out as hoped, though, once the K Car emerged from factories that had long created gas-swilling behemoths. With so many early Ks made, you'd think there would be more of them still on the street nowadays, but that's not the case; I went out looking for a non-beater example and it was tougher than I'd expected. Finally, I found this '84 Reliant parked just around the corner from the '84 Porsche 928 (and, yes, I see that 70s Firebird in the background, next to the 70s Mercedes; unfortunately, driveway-parked cars are on private property and thus off-limits to DOTS... which is a shame, because there's a very clean 4-speed AMX parked in a driveway nearby).
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1984 Plymouth Reliant
OK, so maybe it wasn't fair that Uncle Sam bailed out Chrysler but told AMC to drop dead, back in the Malaise Era. It seemed like the Chrysler bailout worked out as hoped, though, once the K Car emerged from factories that had long created gas-swilling behemoths. With so many early Ks made, you'd think there would be more of them still on the street nowadays, but that's not the case; I went out looking for a non-beater example and it was tougher than I'd expected. Finally, I found this '84 Reliant parked just around the corner from the '84 Porsche 928 (and, yes, I see that 70s Firebird in the background, next to the 70s Mercedes; unfortunately, driveway-parked cars are on private property and thus off-limits to DOTS... which is a shame, because there's a very clean 4-speed AMX parked in a driveway nearby).More »
choose your eternity
After we went relentlessly downscale with our last PCH choice (in which the POS Mustang and basket-case Camaro came out neck-and-neck in the poll, some of you have demanded that we include a "No" vote option in the poll. That ain't happening, folks; Hell doesn't work that way. Anyway, it's time to leave North America and cross the Atlantic, where we can get a taste of the kind of knuckle-bustin' eternity faced by our counterparts in the United Kingdom. Just to make it harder, we're choosing British cars, to lull you into the (no doubt incorrect) belief that parts will be easy to find over there.
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Project Car Hell, UK Edition: Reliant Scimitar or Humber Sceptre?
After we went relentlessly downscale with our last PCH choice (in which the POS Mustang and basket-case Camaro came out neck-and-neck in the poll, some of you have demanded that we include a "No" vote option in the poll. That ain't happening, folks; Hell doesn't work that way. Anyway, it's time to leave North America and cross the Atlantic, where we can get a taste of the kind of knuckle-bustin' eternity faced by our counterparts in the United Kingdom. Just to make it harder, we're choosing British cars, to lull you into the (no doubt incorrect) belief that parts will be easy to find over there.
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jalopnik goes car hunting
Reliant Scimitar And Friends
The other day we get an email from a guy named Jason Torchinsky who has not only read the feature we did on microcars A Quatrtet of Microcars, but also contacted Jonee the owner and driven them. Not only that, he owns a car that Jonee thinks is weird enough for us to be interested in. Specifically, a 1973 Reliant Scimitar GTE. Having never seen a Scimitar outside of Old Blighty, I informed him of course we'd be interested. Jason continued, "I think my Scimitar is only one of maybe two in California, and there's not more than a dozen in all of North America." Oh brother, were we interested. This past Sunday we arranged to meet up, drive the Reliant and go look at some cars, Jalopnik style. So much more after the jump you won't be able to handle it. More »
11:00 AM on Mon Jun 25 2007
By Jonny Lieberman
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Latest by mr.chophoppers: 505 STI's are most certainly not diesels. But on the other hand, the owner seems to have taken delivery in France (see the French temporary plates lurking behind the California issue?) which should be worth a coupla points. I once saw more »
robins have webbed feet?
Boating Reliant-Style
We love the Reliant Robin the way we love a three-legged kitten. You consistently feel sorry for it, but it's impossible not to feel affection for the damned thing. Top Gear, of course, tried to turn one into a Space Shuttle, and the season before that they'd turned a Toyota Hilux, a Vanagon and Triumph Herald into amphibious vehicle. We have no idea whether this particular aquatic Robin still works as a car, but it seems to be doing a damn sight better as a boat than the ones fielded by Clarkson, Hammond and May. It doesn't explode, either, but we still kind of have a crush on it. More »
the rs stands for radical spanking
Oh Yes, It's the RS200
Okay, it never won Le Mans. It didn't even do all that well in Group B, as the FIA killed what may stand as the manliest class ever to exist in the history of motorsport before FoMoCo engineers really got the machine exactly right. But just look at it! It's a fabulous kitbash with a body built by freaking Reliant of all people. Plus, even though it was heavier than other cars of the era, you can tell by watching the footage that it still weighs like eight pounds. And somehow, while the ferocious Bruceosity of the 959 cannot be fronted upon, the RS200 is still cooler. More »
retro
Israeli Wagon Goodness Can Be Yours: 1963 Autocar Sussita
Been looking for a project car that nobody else has? How about this '63 Autocar Sabra? Yes, the Sabra nameplate was used on a Reliant-based sports car sold in Israel, but it was also used on the Autocar Sussita wagon when it was sold (very briefly) in the US. According to an Israeli friend, the Sussita was "the worst car ever made, period" and he claims to have seen a camel gnawing holes in the fiberglass bodywork on one, a fate he felt it deserved. But don't let that scare you off- pop for the Buy It Now of $1750, drop a 4A-GZE in it, and hang on! More »
bringing sexysap
Sleeper of the Day: Plymouth Reliant
Nitpickers might quibble about the rollbar and non-stock wheels undermining the sleeperness of this '85 Reliant, and the engine sound isn't exactly what Lee Iacocca had in mind for the K-Car. But we're dealing with a ten second front-wheel-drive car here, and it has nary sticker nor wing nor scoop (unlike a lot of 14-second Civics we've seen at Test & Tune), so we say it's a sleeper, dammit! The madman behind this vehicle definitely knows his stuff, as the workmanship and attention to detail are overwhelming (we especially like the weight-reducing holesaw work in the interior and the muffler cavity inset into the trunk area). This thing's got a lotta sap, all right. Make the jump to watch a crowd-pleasing 10.53 run... More »
retro
Nicest Sabra In The World Goes For $36K
Well, we can't be sure this is really the nicest Sabra money can buy, but it's pretty sweet. 106 miles on the clock (that's an average of a little over 12,000 feet per year) and it looks freakin' perfect. OK, sure, it's actually Reliant's first four-wheeler, but so what? I'd say the buyer got a pretty good deal. More »
toys
Reliant Robin Supervans For 8.99
Yeah, yeah, they're 1/43 scale. But damn, it's a genuine 3-Wheelers.com limited-edition diecast Reliant Robin Supervan! I own only one 1/43 scale toy car at this point (a '75 Pacer X) but I think it may soon have a companion. More »
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