Three Wheelers

BSA's three-wheelers took on Morgan with a weapon nobody expected from a motorcycle firm, front-wheel drive, and sold in thousands on the strength of car comfort at motorcycle tax. A guide to the v-twin and four-cylinder cars, how they differ from a Morgan, the Scout that followed, 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.

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.

Britain built some of the smallest and strangest cars ever sold, from the Isle of Man's Peel P50 to Reliant's wedge-shaped Bond Bug. A guide to the bubble cars and three-wheelers, why Britain made so many, and why the survivors are now sought-after classics.

The Peel P50 is the smallest production car ever made, a single-seat three-wheeler built on the Isle of Man in the early 1960s with a 49cc engine and no reverse gear. Its history, what it is like to use, the modern revival, and why genuine originals are now five-figure collectors' cars.