# Triking > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Triking > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Triking.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triking > Source revision: 1307474925 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/United_Kingdom) based manufacturer of the 3-wheeled Triking [Cyclecar](/source/Cyclecar), located in [Hingham](/source/Hingham%2C_Norfolk), [Norfolk](/source/Norfolk), formerly in [Marlingford](/source/Marlingford), [Norfolk](/source/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](/source/Morgan_Motor_Company) three-wheelers, and a cross between a [sports car](/source/sports_car) and a [microcar](/source/microcar). ==History== [[File:Triking Cyclecar - Flickr - exfordy.jpg|thumb|Triking with front mounted [Moto-Guzzi](/source/Moto-Guzzi) V-twin motorcycle engine]] Triking Sports Cars was founded as '''Triking Cyclecars Ltd''' by former [Lotus](/source/Lotus_Cars) 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](/source/space_frame) with alloy panels and a glass-fibre bonnet, and was powered by a [Moto Guzzi V-twin](/source/Moto_Guzzi) 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== * [List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom](/source/List_of_car_manufacturers_of_the_United_Kingdom) * [Three-wheeler](/source/Three-wheeler) * [Cyclecar](/source/Cyclecar) * [Motorcycle motor powered car](/source/Motorcycle_motor_powered_car) * [List of motorized trikes](/source/List_of_motorized_trikes) * [Morgan 3-Wheeler](/source/Morgan_3-Wheeler) ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==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:Microcars Category:Sports cars Category:Car manufacturers of the United Kingdom Category:Cars powered by 2-cylinder engines Category:Three-wheeled motor vehicles Category:Hingham, Norfolk --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Triking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triking) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triking?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.