This weeks marque article is about the British car company, Reliant, not to be confused with the very successful Plymouth Reliant model of the 1980s. The British company was founded in 1935 when a designer, Tom Williams, left the Raleigh bicycle company to build a three-wheeled delivery van that he designed for them but they didn’t want to manufacture anymore. He set up a … [Read more...]
The Anziel Nova
The Anziel Nova was planned to be New Zealand’s first home grown car. Like many stories in the industry, it has connections to a number of other manufacturers - and a fair bit of Government obfuscation and obstruction. A New Zealand born economist in Britain during the 1960s dreams about creating a car back home and sets his mind on making it happen. Alan Gibbs was born on … [Read more...]
Autocars
Autocars was an Israeli company that was founded by Itzak Shubinsky, with the help of Reliant Cars from the UK. The company started by building kits of Reliant's three wheelers and then the Reliant Regent 4 wheeled van. The first “true” Autocars model was the Sussita – designed by Reliant and shipped from the UK in kit form with a 1 litre Ford engine originally found in the … [Read more...]