The lure of the Reliant 3-wheeler however seemed to much to resist as the duo undertake a journey in a pair of Reliant Rialtos. The enthusiasts suggested putting a sack of cement on the passenger seat so that the weight would be balanced. The players helped him up whilst the umpire (Dickie Bird, MBE) yelled at him. This meant that when the episode was shown a few days later on 27th June 2010, when it came to that particular segment, they were just in the right place to be spotted on TV. James goes to Volkswagen's test track to drive the Bugatti Veyron at 253 mph (406 km/h), faster than any Formula One car. The end shot of the film shows the Reliant rolling and crashing into the canal in a very well edited crash. The task was for Jeremy Clarkson to drive a Reliant Robin for 14 miles, bearing in mind that Elvis and his brother had driven a Reliant Robin 5,500 miles to the North Cape and back in 2008 without so much as lifting a wheel.One of the things that make Top Gear entertaining is the way it approaches things and the film about 3-wheelers was no different with Jeremy Clarkson seemingly tipping over a Reliant Robin with such ease when in reality it isn’t that easy a thing to do. This would shift the center of gravity and make for a very unstable car indeed - which is exactly what came off in the film, that said even during filming it took several attempts to get the car to roll over.
It was a shame that the actual film shot on 3-wheelers was devoid of anything non-Reliant with Elvis being informed that the scenes with the Morgan and the BMW Isetta were cut due to time constraints. From photos and looking at the footage it is apparent that there were two red Reliant Robins used (both Mk IIs) and that they were being portrayed as one vehicle, this is noticeable when the Robin doing a wheelie in the programme suddenly supports a Reliant badge at the front and then it vanishes again. Replacement Top Gear host continue to feature Reliants in the Top Gear series with a challenge featuring two Reliant Rialtos.
It is also often, and erroneously, referred to as the Robin Reliant. Elvis was in the audience and when the episode was filmed, they were hysterical at the Robin constantly rolling over and yet what wasn’t really noticed was just how resilient a Reliant is to just keep on going no matter how badly you treat it. Whilst it was well known to those in Reliant circles that the episode was very cleverly staged, as mentioned, many people believed that many Reliant 3-wheelers actually behaved like this. Luckily he was helped back up again by 80s popstar Phil Oakey. During the journey Jeremy rolled the Robin 7 times. Georgia Nicolson, the fictional heroine of Louise Rennison's Confession…
The original Top Gear trio with their Relant Robin company cars whilst filming the series The Grand Tour for Amazon Prime. In addition the Robins used were fitted with a full racing harness, a roll cage and even the petrol tank appeared to have been taken out and replaced with a sealed one. However, shortly after, Jeremy rolled it again. Jeremy, Richard and James drive the latest Audi TT, Alfa Romeo Brera and Mazda RX8 coupés to … The film therefore turned from a history of 3-wheelers into a comedy to see how many times a Reliant Robin can be rolled over. Clarkson wrote,“You may remember: I drove it (the Reliant Robin) around Sheffield and it kept falling over. These days it seems it seems that in most conversations about Reliant 3-wheelers, the BBC TV programme Top Gear is mentioned for one episode in particular when a Reliant Robin was being rolled with apparent ease. Club founders Elvis Payne and Mark Cropper are no strangers to the show having both been in the audience for particular episodes.The episode that most people refer to was shot in June 2010 and Elvis was contacted by the BBC. He One of the photos of the Reliant Robin taken by Elvis Payne whilst at the Top Gear studio.On Camera the Robin apparently had issues staying on all three wheels..... and even defied the law of physics by doing a wheely.Reliant Robin football that was a feature of many of the Top Gear live shows.The original Top Gear trio with their Relant Robin company cars whilst filming the series The Grand Tour for Amazon Prime.Replacement Top Gear host continue to feature Reliants in the Top Gear series with a challenge featuring two Reliant Rialtos.BBC Top Gear - and the infamous rolling Reliant Robin episodehas helped the researchers on “Top Gear” a number of times over the years though was delighted this time to be added to the guest list so that both he and his wife could attend the filming of the show, this one being the first episode of Series 15.
Elvis also got wise to this as well. Then, he mentioned an advice to protect Robins by painting it with an exotic paint job and drive it more carefully to protect the paint job, but he said that it won't always work because another Robin might crash into it. Through his 3-wheeler web site at Despite the story line, the Top Gear show was a superb experience and a lot of fun for seeing the comments in between the different sections of the program and seeing how everything is stitched together. You control the trust of each of the two rocket propellers strapped to your Robin.