Reliant Rebel: the four-wheeled Reliant nobody expected (1964–1974) The Reliant Rebel was Tamworth's quiet experiment with a fourth wheel, a tough glassfibre small saloon and estate built in tiny numbers around the company's all-aluminium engine. A guide to why the Rebel existed, how it drove, the Kitten that continued the idea, what to check when buying, and what one costs today.