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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.
The car consists of a fibreglass body mounted on an un-modified Citroën 2CV or Dyane floorpan and engine. Later a steel tube chassis was introduced. A Lomax is usually an open two-seat roadster. The original 1982 prototype had a bespoke four-wheel chassis which was specially constructed, and of shorter wheelbase than the donor car, a Citroën Ami.
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 ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... a much more rare form of motor vehicle than the four-wheel models. ... HM Vehicles Free-way; Hope Motor ...
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.
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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.