Reliant

The Reliant Fox was a tiny glassfibre-bodied utility with a canvas back, developed for the Greek market and then built at Tamworth for Britain's smallholders and seaside councils. A guide to where the Fox came from, what it shares with the Kitten, why so few were built, what to check, and what this rare curiosity costs today.

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.

The Reliant Regal put post-war Britain's motorcyclists and tradesmen on three weather-proof wheels, and its Supervan became the most famous van in the country in Only Fools and Horses. A guide to the Regal's twenty years, the alloy-engined 3/25 and 3/30, the Supervan and the television fame, what to check, and what a Regal costs.

The Reliant Robin is the most joked-about car Britain ever made and one of its most misunderstood. A guide to the real Robin, the Ogle design, the alloy engine, the Rialto years and the final editions, whether they really tip over, why the Trotters' van is not a Robin, what to check when buying, and what one costs today.

The Reliant Scimitar SS1 was the affordable British roadster of the 1980s, styled by Michelotti, built in glassfibre at Tamworth, and transformed by its Nissan-turbocharged 1800Ti version. A guide to the SS1, the restyled SST and Scimitar Sabre, why it never sold, what to check when buying, and why it remains a roadster bargain.

The Reliant Scimitar grew from a handsome Ford-powered glassfibre coupe into the GTE, the car that invented the sporting estate and counted Princess Anne among its most loyal owners. A guide to the Sabre before it, the GT, GTE and GTC, the Middlebridge revival, what to check when buying, and what a Scimitar is worth.

Reliant of Tamworth built three-wheelers for tradesmen, glassfibre sports cars for princesses and the most laughed-at, best-loved cars in Britain, all from a factory that was for years the biggest wholly British-owned carmaker after British Leyland. A guide to every classic Reliant we cover, from Regal and Robin to Scimitar and SS1, what each is like to own and what it is worth.

The Bond Bug is the tangerine, wedge-shaped three-wheeler Reliant built from 1970 to 1974, styled by Tom Karen of Ogle Design. Its origins, why a car this distinctive failed when new, its pop-culture afterlife, and what the survivors are worth today.