Reliant: Britain’s biggest fall from grace?

Reliant made some of the most distinctive British cars ever and built a massive name for themselves in the 1970s. So what happened to them and where are they now?
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7cwt van: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/249...
Regent: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Regal mk1: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Regal mk2: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Regal mk3: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Regal mk4: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Regal mk5: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rossend...
Regal mk6: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Regal mk7: https://www.flickr.com/photos/4222022...
Reliant badge: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Reliant Sabre: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Reliant Sabre 6: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Scimitar GT: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Scimitar GTE: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Scimitar GTE mk2: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Scimitar GTC: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Rebel: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Rebel 600: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Rebel 700: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
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TW9: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Bond car transporter: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rossend...
Bond Bug: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Reliant Sprint: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kitmast...
Robin mk1: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Kitten: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Rialto mk1: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Rialto mk2: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Rialto SE: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Fox: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Scimitar SS1: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Robin mk2: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Metrocab: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Scimitar Sabre: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Robin mk3: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rossend...

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