I am no 'Robin Reliant' fan however they were far more stable in real life than what Jeremy Clarkson would lead you to believe. In the Top Gear show where they rolled the Robin Reliant a few times there was a lot of weight over one side of the vehicle but not the other to make it perform for the cameras.
They were stable and quite nice inside for the time. However, they came with a stigma not from being three wheeled but because they did not require the full driving license. If someone had a Robin Reliant then you knew they couldn't pass their driving test and had gone for the cheesy way out.
They weren't performance cars but they weren't the slowest cars on the roads either. I grew up in the countryside with narrow and very steep roads, there weren't a lot of these three-wheeler things but they actually were suitable for the terrain. Being lightweight helped, and, if you meet an on-coming car in a narrow lane then having the front wheel in the middle has advantages when it comes to 'tucking in'.
Anyway, I am not sure how up to date the article is as the Mercedes 6x6 version of the G-Wagen deserves to be mentioned:
They were stable and quite nice inside for the time. However, they came with a stigma not from being three wheeled but because they did not require the full driving license. If someone had a Robin Reliant then you knew they couldn't pass their driving test and had gone for the cheesy way out.
They weren't performance cars but they weren't the slowest cars on the roads either. I grew up in the countryside with narrow and very steep roads, there weren't a lot of these three-wheeler things but they actually were suitable for the terrain. Being lightweight helped, and, if you meet an on-coming car in a narrow lane then having the front wheel in the middle has advantages when it comes to 'tucking in'.
Anyway, I am not sure how up to date the article is as the Mercedes 6x6 version of the G-Wagen deserves to be mentioned:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_G63_AMG_6x6
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