{{Short description|British sports car manufacturer}} {{For|figures made of three squares connected at a side or corner|Pseudo-polyomino}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} thumb|right|Triking Sports Cars thumb|250px|Triking Cyclecar
'''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.<ref name="A-Z of Three Wheelers">The A-Z of Three-Wheelers A definitive reference guide by Elvis Payne, Crecy Publishing Ltd 2013 {{ISBN|978-1-908347-16-9}}</ref> Trikings are essentially a modern version of the 1930s Morgan three-wheelers, and a cross between a sports car and a microcar.
==History== [[File:Triking Cyclecar - Flickr - exfordy.jpg|thumb|Triking with front mounted Moto-Guzzi V-twin motorcycle engine]] 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.<ref name="A-Z of Three Wheelers"/> 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".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://trikingsportscars.co.uk/|title=Triking Sports Cars – Driving at its most elemental}}</ref>
''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.<ref name="A-Z of Three Wheelers"/>
==See also== * List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom * Three-wheeler * Cyclecar * Motorcycle motor powered car * List of motorized trikes * Morgan 3-Wheeler
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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]
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