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Reliant FW11

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The Reliant FW11 was a five-door hatchback prototype styled by Marcello Gandini of Bertone in 1977. The British maker Reliant developed it for the Turkish manufacturer Otosan as a possible successor to the Anadol, on a wheelbase of 2629 millimetres with an overall length of 4350 millimetres and a body meant to suit engines from 1.3 to 2.0 litres. Four prototypes were built. Two stayed in England with Reliant badges and two went to Turkey wearing the Anadol badge, one white and one blue. Anadol judged the car too expensive to build at a profit and shelved it, and Reliant afterwards showed the design as the Scimitar SE 7 at the 1980 Birmingham Motor Show. Its themes later returned in the Citroën BX, and one of the Turkish prototypes has been on display at the Rahmi M. Koç Museum in Istanbul since 2004.

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Year
1977 2
Status
Cancelled 2
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Body Style
Hatchback 1
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Source Reliant FW11 (Wikipedia)Lead, developer
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designed by Marcello Gandini of Gruppo Bertone in 1977 for the British company Reliant who were developing the car
Sources
1. Carrozzieri-Italiani.com: Reliant FW11
Carrozzieri-Italiani.comVehicle Overview
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encapsulating a four-door hatchback design crafted in collaboration with Bertone
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2. Reliant FW11 (Wikipedia)
  • Lead
    The Reliant FW11 is a prototype car designed by Marcello Gandini of Gruppo Bertone in 1977
  • Lead, body
    The five-door hatchback sits on a wheel base of 2629 mm and an overall length of 4350 mm.
  • Lead, outcome
    was deemed too expensive to produce profitably by Anadol and the project was shelved
  • Lead, developer
    designed by Marcello Gandini of Gruppo Bertone in 1977 for the British company Reliant who were developing the car
  • Of Make: Anadol, Lead, Anadol badge
    two other examples, one of them white and the other one blue, were sent to Turkey with Otosan's Anadol badge
  • In Group: Hatchbacks And Microcars, Lead, body style group
    The five-door hatchback sits on a wheel base of 2629 mm and an overall length of 4350 mm.
  • Exemplifies: Automobile Transport, Lead, car
    The five-door hatchback sits on a wheel base of 2629 mm and an overall length of 4350 mm.
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