The Reliant Scimitar SS1 entered the fold in 1984 as a 1985 model to try and revitalize both the public's interest in English two-seater sports cars, along with Reliant's brand image as a whole ...

SOTW: Reliant Scimitar SS1 In the eighties it wasn't just the Japanese who wanted to rekindle a golden age of British sports car manufacturing... By Oli S / Friday, 20 February 2009 / Loading comments ...

The lineage included the Scimitar SS1 (1984-1990), Scimitar SST (1990-1992), and Scimitar Sabre (1992-1995). Reliant produced 14,243 Scimitar GTE cars from 1968 to 1986.

The original Scimitar of the sixties and seventies was a V6-powered machine that was famously popular with Princess Anne. Yet Reliant revived the name in the eighties with the Scimitar SS1.

The original Scimitar of the sixties and seventies was a V6-powered machine that was famously popular with Princess Anne. Yet Reliant revived the name in the eighties with the Scimitar SS1.