Editing Reliant Motors (section)

{{Distinguish|Plymouth Reliant}}
{{short description|British car manufacturer in Tamworth, Staffordshire}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2008}}
{{Use British English | date = January 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox company
| logo          = Reliant Motors badge.jpg
| logo_caption  = Badge used by Reliant Motors
| name          = Reliant Motor Company
| foundation    = 1935
| defunct       = 2002
| active        = 
| image         = 1971ReliantRegal3-30.jpg
| image_size    = 
| image_alt     = 
| image_caption = 1971 Reliant Regal
| fate          = Ending of car production
| location      = [[Tamworth, Staffordshire|Tamworth]], England
| industry      = [[Automotive]]
| founders      = Tom Williams, Eddie Thompson,
| products      = Cars, vans, pickup trucks
| parent        = {{ubl|{{nowrap|Hodge International (1962-1977)}}|Nash Group (1978-1990)| Bean Industries (1989-1994)}}
| website       = {{url|https://www.reliantpartsworld.co.uk}}
}}
'''Reliant Motor Company''' was a British [[automobile|car]] [[manufacturing|manufacturer]] based in [[Tamworth, Staffordshire]], England. It was founded in 1935 and ended car production in 2002, the company had been known as "Reliant Motor Company" (or RMC for short) until the 1990s when it became "Reliant Motors" and then finally became "Reliant Cars LTD" after production had ended of the Robin as the company was restructured to be a car import business. It is now a dormant company and the only entity left is a separate parts company created called "Reliant Partsworld" which produces parts for Reliant vehicles.

Reliant was a large manufacturing company that mainly produced vehicles for niche markets, such as small three-wheeled vehicles and sports cars. It was best known for the three-wheeled [[Reliant Robin]], but produced a variety of vehicles over 60 years, including sports cars, convertibles and commercial vehicles. Approximately half a million Reliant vehicles were produced and sold in at least nine countries. For a period from the 1970s until the 1990s, Reliant was the UK's second biggest British-owned car manufacturer behind [[British Leyland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usedclassiccars.co.uk/reliant.html|title=Classic Reliant Cars|website=www.usedclassiccars.co.uk|access-date=2019-12-31}}</ref>

To make their vehicles light, the company decided to produce [[Automobile body|car bodies]] from [[fibreglass]] in the mid-1950s. From this, Reliant became a pioneer in fibreglass design, techniques, and developments. Reliant also produced kitchen [[countertop|worktop]]s, [[train]] bodies, and [[personal watercraft]] shells from fibreglass. In the 1970s, Reliant was the largest producer of fibreglass in Europe.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}

Reliant became the second-largest British-owned car company in the 1970s after the forming of British Leyland, Reliant had five factories and sold vehicles to seven countries. Despite sharing a name, Reliant was unrelated to the [[Chrysler K platform|K-car based]] [[Plymouth Reliant]] from American automaker [[Chrysler]], nor did it ever work with Chrysler.