Reliant Robin 750 Saloon
One wheel at the front, two at the back and a light glass-fibre body made the original Robin unlike an ordinary small car.
1974 Reliant Robin · Adrian Pingstone (Arpingstone) · Public domain dedication by the creator
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More than a set of wheels.
Reliant introduced the Robin in November 1973 as the successor to the Regal. The launch car used a 748 cc engine; the better-known 850 did not arrive until 1975. Ogle Design shaped the new body, while Reliant kept a steel chassis, rear-wheel drive and three-wheel layout that qualified for Britain’s lower three-wheeler tax class.
Look a little closer.
The yellow van in Only Fools and Horses is a Reliant Regal Supervan—not a Robin—even though people often use the later Robin name for every Reliant three-wheeler.
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Why the launch car is a 750, not an 850
Reliant’s brochure archive lists Robin and Super Robin material in 1973. The club’s history records the 850 cc upgrade in 1975, so applying the later engine’s 40 bhp to a 1973 Robin would mix two specifications.
Source: Reliant Motor Club · Robin brochure archive ↗A new body-building method
A contemporary engineering report described how the inner floor, steel structure and outer glass-fibre shell were bonded together upside down in the mould. Reliant used that process to keep the body consistent while meeting new crash rules.
Source: Commercial Motor archive · Many new components in Reliant’s Robin ↗Where these facts come from
- Commercial Motor archive · Many new components in Reliant’s Robin
- Reliant Motor Club · Robin history
- Reliant Motor Club · Robin brochure archive
- Automobile Catalog · 1973 Robin Saloon specification
Selected facts checked for this edition. Some source pages link to broader model families. Last reviewed September 30, 2026.