What a shame.

[V8Ian]

It was never released, from the same stable as Clarkson's favourite roll-em-over car.

The Rebel 1600 GT was a working road legal prototype and had it been given the go-ahead would have been launched in around 1968, but sadly was never put into production as Reliant Management found out the Rebel 1600 GT could not only out perform the bigger Scimitar models around the factory as Engineers had been racing them, but also reputedly featured a power-to-weight ratio of 204 bhp per ton which would have exceeded that of many modern sportscars. Had the Rebel 1600 GT had been produced it could have started the trend for "souped-up" small cars long before the likes of the original Volkswagen Golf GTi and others appeared on the scene.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_Rebel

[Ausfree]

Never heard of them. Interesting read.