Please explain us why Scimitars remain ultra cheap

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We could brag on about car prices getting mad forever. But let’s discard the Porsche- and Ferrari-madness, the Range Rover hype or even the prices of more obscure cars going through the roof in the last couple of years. British motoring scribe Dave Richards wrote last week: “Should have bought this Facel-Metallon bodied Ford Comete project when it was offered at £9k in 2005. But that was the year I also failed to buy a Ferrari 330GT at £49,995 and a Monteverdi 375/L at £12k. Doh!"

Let's take a look at the other side of the spectrum. One car that still comes really, really, cheap is the Reliant Scimitar. And we do not totally understand why. Is it the fiberglass that does it? The reputation for overheating even on a snowy winter's day perhaps? Or the fact that Reliant name is mostly attached to perhaps not the sexiest vehicles in the world? You tell us. All we know is that the Scimitar or Scimitar GTE is one of the prettier production creatures to have come from the UK in the last five decades. It’s practical, it’s sporty, it drives fantastic once you’ve simply sorted the cooling and it’s very good looking if you ask us. But you can still pick them up for anything between a few hundred and say 5,000 pounds. What’s there not to like? We don't get it.

(Words Jeroen Booij, picture Robert Knight)

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