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RELIANT SCIMITAR GTE

OK, so the Scimitar was first seen in coupe form in 1964 and even the GTE version debuted in 1968. But it really came of age in the 1970s and the GTE’s style, inside and out, could not really be more of the 1970s if it tried. In its own way it is as representative of the 1970s as the Lotus Esprit.

Like the Lotus the Scimitar has a glass-fibre

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