BOND (England) 1949 - 1975

In England three-wheel cars have always been popular. Still to this day an owner of such a car pays less taxes than one that owns a four-wheel car.
Several manufacturers anticipated on this. One of them was Lauri Bond, who also was responsible for the failed Berkeley. Already in 1949 Bond came on the market with his minicar, with the drive on the front wheel.

In 1963 Bond added a “real” car to his production, a sportscar, the Bond Equipe GT. It had synthetic fibre 2+2 body. The frame, the doors and the front window were taken from a Triumph Herald, as well as the motor, but the dashboard came from a Triumph Vitesse. This made it possible to maintain the
car at a Triumph dealer. Then in 1965 there came a four-seats car, de GT4S, with its characteristic double head lights. On the London Motor Show of 1967 the Bond 2 Litre GT was introduced. The car had been equipped with the mechanical parts and the six cilinder motor of the Triumph Vitesse.

But the three-wheel cars were still important to Bond and there was even made a sports version with a 700 cc four cilinder motor and the drive on the two back wheels. Stepping in and out in this Bond Bug got many attention because the whole upper part of the body had to be opened up. In 1970 the
last Bond car was made. The Bug was sold till 1975.

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