Editing Reliant Robin (section)

== In popular culture ==
Miss Shepherd owned one Reliant Robin<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bennett|first1=Alan|title=The Lady in the Van|date=1989|publisher=London Review of Books|isbn=184765357X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b9LGBwAAQBAJ&q=reliant|access-date=28 December 2015}}</ref> in ''The Lady in the Van'', a 1989 book, 1999 play and [[The Lady in the Van|2015 film]] by [[Alan Bennett]], a real-life portrayal of a case of [[Diogenes syndrome|Diógenes syndrome]].

The British sitcom series ''[[Mr. Bean]]'' (1990-1995) starring [[Rowan Atkinson]] has a running gag with a blue Reliant Regal Supervan III getting into a variety of mishaps- usually regarding Mr. Bean's mini car.

[[Joanna Lumley]] remarks, as the character [[Patsy Stone]], that her friend's isolation tank "looks like a Robin Reliant" in the 1992 ''Iso Tank'' episode of the British sitcom series ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewtopic.php?t=128945|title=Absolutely Fabulous Transcripts |publisher=transcripts.foreverdreaming.org |access-date=4 May 2025}}</ref>

The 2011 [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] film ''[[Cars 2]]'' features a French character named Tomber who is patterned on a [[Reliant Regal]] saloon car, though he also has been compared to a Robin. His name means "falling" in French, referencing the instability of three-wheel vehicles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disney.go.com/cars/tomber.html#/characters/tomber |title=Tomber |publisher=disney.go.com |access-date=2 June 2011}}</ref>

The 2018 music video for [[Rick Astley]]'s ''She Makes Me'', from the album [[Beautiful Life (Rick Astley album)|''Beautiful Life'']] prominently features a yellow Reliant Rialto.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIxQ8X963mQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/dIxQ8X963mQ |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=YouTube official video of 'She Makes Me' |website=[[YouTube]] |date=9 November 2018 |access-date=30 November 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In both the 1990 [[Good Omens|novel]] by [[Neil Gaiman]] and [[Terry Pratchett]] and the TV series released in 2019, the Reliant Robin makes an appearance in ''[[Good Omens (TV series)|Good Omens]].'' The character Pulsifer Newton (in series 1) drives the vehicle, which he names after [[Dick Turpin]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Gaiman |first1=Neil |title=Good Omens: the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter Witch |last2=Pratchett |first2=Terry |publisher=Gollancz |year=1990 |location=UK}}</ref><ref>Good Omens. Amazon MGM and BBC. 2019-</ref>  

=== ''Top Gear'' ===
[[File:Reliant Robin Space Shuttle - Top Gear (5963792406).jpg|thumb|225x225px|A replica of the Reliant Robin Space Shuttle used in [[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]]]
On 18 February 2007 episode of ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' (series 9, episode 4), a  Reliant Robin was used by [[Richard Hammond]] and [[James May]] in an attempt to modify a normal K-reg Robin into a reusable [[Space Shuttle]]. The booster rockets separated cleanly, but the fuel tank did not detach, and the Robin crashed into the ground, where it promptly exploded. This launch was the "largest non-commercial rocket launch in European history".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074gf0|title=BBC – Top Gear – Episode Archive – Series 9 – Episode 4 |access-date=21 February 2007 }}</ref>

In a subsequent episode of ''Top Gear'' (series 15, episode 1), a  modified 1994 Reliant Robin was used by [[Jeremy Clarkson]] to drive 14 miles from Sheffield to Rotherham. He described driving it as dangerous as "inviting your mum 'round for an evening on [[Chatroulette]]", and that the Robin "wasn't funny, it was a complete menace". During the segment, Clarkson rolled a specially side-weighted Robin at least six times. The following two episodes featured racing driver [[The Stig]] and [[Ken Block]] on their [[Top Gear Test Track|test track]] in Robins, and neither of them could finish a clean lap in the specially doctored Robin. Later on, Clarkson admitted that the Robin used in the show had the differential modified to allow "the poor little thing" to roll over easily.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theladbible.com/articles/jeremy-clarkson-has-revealed-some-secrets-regarding-faked-scenes-on-top-gear-130116 |title=Jeremy Clarkson Has Revealed Some Secrets Regarding Faked Scenes On 'Top Gear' |work=The Lad Bible |access-date=15 January 2016}}{{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Clarkson|first1=Jeremy|title=The Clarkson Review: Reliant Robin|url=https://www.driving.co.uk/car-reviews/the-clarkson-review-reliant-robin/|website=Driving|date=11 January 2016 |publisher=The Sunday Times|access-date=24 April 2017}}</ref> The car also had unequal sized wheels fitted creating an imbalance toward the driver's side.<ref name="RMC">{{cite web |title=BBC Top Gear - and the infamous rolling Reliant Robin episode |url=http://www.reliant.website/topgear.shtml |publisher=The Reliant Motor Club |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref>