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The JZR 'beetle-back' at Newark Kit Car Show, Lincolnshire c.1993. JZR was inspired by the early Morgan Aero three-wheelers and more recent cars like the Triking. The kit comprised a square tube steel chassis with a galvanized floorpan and body sides. The upper body consisted of GRP panels.
Early "three-wheeler" variants were actually four-wheelers, with two rear wheels closely paired as in some Heinkel bubble cars of the 1960s. Later versions were genuine trikes, three wheels with two wheels in front and one at the back, this allowed to benefit from the (lower) 3-wheel UK road-tax. A four-wheel variant followed later, using an ...
The DRK is a three-wheeled kit car produced by DRK Kits of Ellesmere Port, England, between 1987 and 1998. [1] The car was introduced at the Cheshire Kit Car show in May 1986, where its positive reception prompted the formation of the company to build it. [2] [a] The car has a two front wheels, one rear wheel configuration, with front-wheel drive.
Three-wheelers can have either one wheel at the back and two at the front (2F1R), (for example: Morgan Motor Company) or one wheel at the front and two at the back (1F2R) (such as the Reliant Robin). Due to better safety when braking, an increasingly popular form is the front-steering "tadpole" or "reverse trike" sometimes with front drive but ...
The XR-3 Hybrid is a plug-in hybrid kit vehicle from Robert Q. Riley Enterprises.. The top speed is 80 mph (130 km/h) and fuel economy is 125 mpg ‑US (1.88 L/100 km; 150 mpg ‑imp) on diesel power only and 225 mpg ‑US (1.05 L/100 km; 270 mpg ‑imp) on combined diesel and electric power.
Once a kit car has been correctly registered, a V5C, or log book, will be assigned and then a kit car is treated in exactly the same way as a production car, from any larger manufacturer. A kit car must pass its MOT test and have a valid car tax, or have a valid Statutory Off-Road Notification (SORN) declaration.
ElectraMeccanica Solo prototype without a centre headlight Rear view of the ElectraMeccanica Solo Interior of the ElectraMeccanica Solo. Initially, at the time ElectraMeccanica was founded in 2015, the concept of a three-wheeled small electric car was intended to take the form of implementing an existing project.
The Stimson Scorcher is a three-wheeled vehicle designed by Barry Stimson and first produced in the UK in 1976. [1] The Scorcher was available preassembled or as a kit, sold by Noovoh Developments of Brighton [1] for £385 (equivalent to £2100 in 2023 [a]). [2] During its four-year production run, ending in 1980, 30 Scorchers were produced. [3]