This car has a 2 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front located engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
Powering the Reliant Robin 850 is an overhead valve, 0.8 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder powerplant, with 2 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 39 bhp (39.5 PS/29.1 kW) at 5500 rpm and 62 N·m (46 lb·ft/6.3 kgm) at 3500 rpm respectively.
The engine powers the wheels via a 4 speed manual gearbox.
Its quoted kerb weight is 436 kg.
Maximum speed quoted is 128 km/h (80 mph).
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2159 mm | 85 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | |||
| Track/tread (rear) | 1245 mm | 49 inches | |
| Length | 3327 mm | 131 inches | |
| Width | 1422 mm | 56 inches | |
| Height | 1372 mm | 54 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 127 mm | 5 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.54 | ||
| Kerb weight | 436 kg | 961 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 44% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 27 litres | 5.9 [7.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
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| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | |||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 0.8 litre 848 cc (51.748 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 62.5 × 69.1 mm
2.46 × 2.72 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.9 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
39.5 PS (39 bhp) (29.1 kW) at 5500 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
62 Nm (46 ft·lb) (6.3 kgm) at 3500 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
34.3 kW/litre 46.6 ps/litre 46 bhp/litre 0.75 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
73.11 Nm/litre
0.88 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 SU HS2 1¼ carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 918.8 kPa (133.3 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 3 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 212 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 128 km/h (80 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 90.69 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 66.7 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 89.45 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 14.99 kg/kW 25.04 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 2.250 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | LA.SE. | ||
| Wheel size front | 3½ x 10 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 3½ x 10 | ||
| Tyres front | 5.20 x 10 | ||
| Tyres rear | 5.20 x 10 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
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| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.23 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 226149 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 9.7 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1981 Reliant Robin 850 added 2010-12-21. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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