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If you have a few minutes, a hilarious road test of the Alliant Robin by Top Gear.

Rolling a Reliant Robin | Top Gear | BBC - YouTube
As they used to say of Timex watches, "Takes a licking and goes on ticking."

Reminded me of a school trip to the UK many decades ago. The bus we were in could nearly - but not quite - fit into a parking space, thanks to a Mini which had parked rather "generously". So a few of us got out, picked it up and moved it a few feet forward. Problem solved!
 
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The big thing about the Reliant Robin was that you could drive one on a full motorcycle license in the UK. Of course, the design is compromised having just one wheel up front and the relatively long wheelbase compared with the German bubblecars. Ford did a nice job of translating the stability issues of the Robin into 4-wheel vehicles with the second series of the Explorer.
 
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