Triking
{{Short description|British sports car manufacturer}}
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Triking is the common name for the Triking Sports Cars, the United Kingdom based manufacturer of the 3-wheeled Triking Cyclecar, located in Hingham, Norfolk, formerly in Marlingford, Norfolk.The A-Z of Three-Wheelers A definitive reference guide by Elvis Payne, Crecy Publishing Ltd 2013 {{ISBN|978-1-908347-16-9}} Trikings are essentially a modern version of the 1930s Morgan three-wheelers, and a cross between a sports car and a microcar.
History
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Triking Sports Cars was founded as Triking Cyclecars Ltd by former Lotus employee Tony Divey (1930 - 2013). He built the first Triking in the late 1970s because he was unable to acquire a Morgan. It featured a steel space frame with alloy panels and a glass-fibre bonnet, and was powered by a Moto Guzzi V-twin motorcycle engine. Its popularity led to production. In 1990 Divey designed a new tubular front end and a one piece glass-fibre "body".{{Cite web|url=http://trikingsportscars.co.uk/|title=Triking Sports Cars – Driving at its most elemental}}
Telegraph writer, Andrew English, commented of the Triking driving experience: "The intimacy is both profound, delightful and, for the claustrophobic, disturbing. Everything is so contiguous with the driver; you could have sex at a greater distance than this."
Triking Cyclecars Ltd was dissolved in 2006 upon Divey's retirement and was reformed in 2009 by Alan Layzell, a Triking employee.
See also
Notes
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External links
{{Commons category|Triking vehicles}}
- [http://trikingsportscars.co.uk/ Triking Sports Cars official site]
- [http://www.3wheelers.com/triking.html Triking at 3wheelers.com]
- [http://www.trikingsportscars.co.uk/ Alan Layzell and Triking Sports Cars]
Category:Car manufacturers of the United Kingdom
Category:Cars powered by 2-cylinder engines