Reliant Rebel

Infobox Automobile


name =Reliant Rebel
manufacturer =Reliant
production =1964-1973
2600 made
class =
body_style =2-door saloon
2-door estate car
van
predecessor =none
successor =Reliant Kitten
transmission = 4 speed manual
length = Auto in|138|0
width = Auto in|58|0
height = Auto in|55.5|0
wheelbase = Auto in|89|0 cite book |last=Cardew|first=Basil |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Daily Express Review of the 1966 Motor Show|year=1966 |publisher=Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd |location=London |id=]
track =
related = Reliant Regal
similar =
designer =
fuel_capacity = Convert|6|impgal|L usgal|0|abbr=on
weight = convert|1200|lb|abbr=on
engine =598 cc/700 cc/748 cc Straight-4
designer =

The Reliant Rebel was a small glass-fibre car produced by Reliant between 1964 and 1973, conceived as an alternative to the Austin Mini and Hillman Imp. Due to the use of fibreglass, the body was proclaimed in advertising to be "its own garage".

Only 2,600 of them were made in saloon, estate and van variants. Engines varied from 598 cc/700 cc/748 cc (although sometimes later 848 cc Reliant engines are retro-fitted) and the maximum speed was around convert|70|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on.

The chassis was similar to that of the three wheeled Reliant Regal, but the Rebel featured a conventional four wheel configuration which involved a significantly larger section to its rails and, of course, conventional steering. In the Rebel's case this used the steering box from a Standard Ten with wishbones, trunnions and ball-joints from the Triumph GT6 / Vitesse.

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