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{{short description|Three-wheeled car produced by the Reliant Motor Company (1973β2002)}} {{Use British English|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox automobile | name = Reliant Robin | image = 1977 Reliant Robin 850 (14136529926) (cropped).jpg | caption = 1977 Reliant Robin (Mk 1) | manufacturer = [[Reliant Motors|Reliant]] | aka = | production = 1973β1981 (UK)<br />1989β2001 (UK revamped)<br />2001β2002 (B&N Plastics) | model_years = | assembly = [[Tamworth, Staffordshire|Tamworth]], England<br />[[Athens]], Greece (1974β1978, under licence)<br />[[Burntwood]], England | predecessor = [[Reliant Regal]] | successor = [[Reliant Rialto]] (MK.1) | class = [[City car]] ([[A-segment|A]]) | body_style = 2-door [[Sedan (car)|saloon]]<ref name=Motor197311/><br />3-door [[Station wagon#Two-door wagons|estate]]<br />3-door [[hatchback]] <br /> 3-door [[panel van]] | layout = [[Mid-engine design#FMR layout .E2.80.93 Front Mid-engine .2F Rear-wheel drive|FMR]] Front-mid engine with rear-wheel drive | platform = | engine = {{ubl | 748 cc [[Overhead valve|OHV]] [[Straight-four engine|I4]]<ref name=Motor197311>{{cite magazine| title = The Regal is dead...long live the Robin|magazine=[[The Motor (magazine)|Motor]]| volume = 3708| pages =18β19 |date = 3 November 1973}}</ref> | 848 cc OHV I4 }} | transmission = 4-speed manual [[Synchromesh#Synchromesh|all-synchromesh]]<ref name=Motor197311/> | wheelbase = {{convert|85|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}<ref name=Motor197311/> | length = {{convert|131|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} ''(saloon)''<ref name=Motor197311/> | width = {{convert|56|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}<ref name=Motor197311/> | height = {{convert|54|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}<ref name=Motor197311/> | weight = | fuel_capacity = | related = [[Reliant Regal]] [[Van]]<br />[[Reliant Kitten]]<ref name=Motor197311/><br />[[Reliant Rialto]] | designer = [[Ogle Design]] | sp = uk }} The '''Reliant Robin''' is a small [[three-wheeled car]] produced by the [[Reliant Motor Company]] in [[Tamworth, Staffordshire|Tamworth]], England. It was offered in several versions (Mk1, Mk2 and Mk3) over a period of 30 years. It is the second-most popular [[Fiberglass|fibreglass]] car in history after the [[Chevrolet Corvette]], with Reliant being the second-biggest British car manufacturer for a time.<ref>{{cite news |author=Ian Shepherd|title=Motor Exports and Imports Face boom Year - Reliant|work=Birmingham Daily Post|page=12|date=24 February 1972|access-date=2 March 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19720224/230/0012| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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