The funny little car that never stood a chance against Mr Bean’s Mini!

The Reliant Regal is the 3 wheeled car that appears in Mr. Bean episodes and Mr Bean seems to always do something bad to it either knowingly or unknowingly, hilarious!

I actually thought it was a made up car but it actually exists! I just saw this today in stow-on-the-wold 🤨

WHY WAS THE RELIANT REGAL INVENTED? AND WHY ONLY 3 WHEELS?

This was a REAL British vehicle! The Reliant Regal Supervan was manufactured by the Reliant Motor Company in Tamworth, England and introduced in 1952 as a cheaper alternative to a 4 wheeled car

So, the thought behind it was that if they built a light weight smaller vehicle with 3 wheels, it would be cheaper with lower road tax and you back then you could have driven this with a motorcycle license, it was cheaper to buy and run and still offered protection from the British weather

It was later replaced in 1973 by the Reliant Robin

Another interesting fact? The British Royal Mail even trialled 50 Reliant Regal Supervan IIIs in 1970 as possible replacements for its delivery vans. But no, they weren’t popular, and the idea never took off!

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