15 Awesome Three Wheeled Vehicles

A two-for-one three-wheeler would be the original Corbin Sparrow, later bought out and sold as the Myers Motors NMG. It was a reverse trike single seater that was pretty cool. I test drove one from the Tallmadge, Ohio Myers Motors headquarters, but the lead acid battery powered cars were only rated at about 30 miles of range. I understand they later produced a lithium battery version with around double that range.

I was really hoping the Elio would make it to production. I wanted to get one. love the slingshot and the vader.but damn they cost.

The Reliant Robin had an up-market cousin called the Rialto. Our Head of the Technical Dept. had one of these, and some mischievous students picked it up (only needed 3 I believe :-), ran it through the lobby into the Studio Theatre, and left it there for him to figure out how to get it back outside! Great thing was, if (when) it rolled over, you just got out of the door on the top, then rolled it back upright again, as they weighed so little LOL!

I had a MESSERSCHMITT KR200 for years as my daily driver on a commute of about five miles. Totally reliable, safe and nippy. Loved it. A bit different to the 1933 MG I was running alongside.

That Reliant Robin reminds me of a 3-wheeled Yugo.

#7 caught our attention, looks like what we are looking for awesome...

The Bond Bug was a production vehicle in the 1070s and now has a cult following. Also Morgan have a history of 3 wheelers the latest one was a retro throwback.

Tesla should take over the Elio. It's the best 3 wheeler out there. It needs to go into production.

three wheel vehicles are fine as long as the two wheels are up front. Three wheelers with one wheel up front can work too but you have to know their limits.

I had a bond bug and i took it on a holiday from the north of England through France and into Spain on the princely some of £36 on fuel i even got it up to 90mph on a huge incline on a French motorway , it gave me lots of smiles and lots of conversation on the continent that was in 1972

I had two Reliant Robins ( one a saloon and one an estate car ) and and a three wheeled Isetta Bubble car that wasn't mentioned in this list. I nearly got a Bond Bug but it was too small to sit in - they were designed for very small people.

Had a mate that had a three wheeled vehicle. He told me that when driving you hit every bump in the road with one wheel or another. He was glad to return to four wheels in his wagon (new car)

I rented a Polaris Slingshot and took is up and down the Outer Banks. It was an absolute blast and being black with a red pinstripe, we have since always referred to it as the Batmobile.

Your Aptera information is very out of date, the 2 series refers to the 2009 era company which shut down in 2011. Like Star Trek, the company was rebooted in 2019, the new Aptera is expected to be able to do a 3.5 second 0-60 with AWD and 5.5 with FWD and an electronically limited top speed of 110mph. There are four range variants available, 250/400/600/1,000 based on the battery pack size selected. Solar with a full package should be able to provide charging for up to 40 miles of free energy daily in sunny climes. Production is projected to begin at the end of this year. (2022)

In the Yamaha Niken video when they are testing it outside the motorcycle show room that is just 5 minutes from my house. It's at CMC Chesterfield, UK. I bought my first and last bike from there 🙂

You should included an "Krause Duo" 😉 I own one. By fare the funniest thing to drive arround 🤣

There's another variation of the Carver currently being designed by a company call Kerv Automotive. It essentially amplifies the Carver's titling function with higher performance capabilities. Your admonition to never enter a three-wheeled vehicle is premature. Let the engineers work the layout. Also, there was no mention of the Arcimoto FUV.

Thanks, great video, very entertaining. My eldest brother owned a Meserschmit in the mid 60's and lots of my biker friends used to own a Reliant Robin because of the bike classification. The Reliant Bond Bug was in production for 4 years, but less than 200 were sold, so I'm especially pleased to have seen them on the road locally back then

Bond Bug there were hundreds of these produced, & for a 3 wheeler hundreds is pretty good, they were popular in the UK due to the fact you could drive them on a motorcycle license so no need to spend more money on getting a car license, we used to fit ford 2.0litre engines in them & other 3 wheelers & race them backwards, it was super scary, but still nowhere near as bad as racing them forwards.

Bond bugs Did go into production and were fairly common in the UK in the 1970s. I remember them well and they often come up for sale today on ebay.