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the side windows and allowed access to the vehicle. Every Bug that was made was painted bright orange with black seats and trim. The vehicle came in
three specifications; the 700, 700E and 700ES. The 700 was the standard model that featured none of the luxuries found on other models. This resulted in a prop being used to hold open the body and no side screens.
The 700E was the deluxe version that included
a telescopic canopy damper, side screens, heater, and a number of extra internal features though a spare wheel was still classed as an extra. The 700ES was the same as the 700E but was powered by a higher compression engine and featured a spare wheel, wing mirrors, mud flaps and a racing steering wheel amongst many other additional features.
In 1973 at the same time as the launch of the 750 Reliant Robin the Bond Bug 700 models were discontinued in favour of the new 750cc engine. Two new
models came out which were the Bond Bug 750E and 750ES which apart from the larger engine were almost identical to their 700cc predecessors.
The Bond Bug however was not as successful as Reliant had hoped and so after some 2,268 vehicles were built manufacture stopped in May 1974, which also brought
an end to the Bond name.
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