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March 13 2020

Forgotten Fiberglass: 1988 Reliant Scimitar SS1 Turbo

DailyTurismo Uncategorized British, Fiberglass, Reliant, Scimitar, SS1, turbo 5

The Reliant Scimitar name was used for British built sports cars starting way back in 1964…and it continued in some fashion through 1990..but the true story is twisted like a Victorian novel. It started with a coupe that used the Reliant Sabre platform with Daimler SP250ish styling and then morphed into a shooting brake that […]

December 5 2019

Strange Estate: 1969 Reliant Scimitar GTE

DailyTurismo Uncategorized British, GTE, Narwhal, Rare, Reliant, Scimitar 5

Everyone associates the Reliant marque with the suicide machine that has three wheels and a penchant for presenting belly, but Reliant (which somehow missed being lumped into the titanic train wreck known as British Leyland (Austin, Land Rover, Leyland, MG, Jaguar, Mini, Morris, Rover, & Triumph)) built cars that could be driven around a corner […]