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Riley Nine Monaco Saloon - one of the most popular British four-door cars

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Created on May 20, 2020

Reading time 4min

Written by:

Daniel Koch

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Riley Nine Monaco Saloon (1933) - Damals schon mit Schiebedach

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Riley Nine Monaco Saloon (1933) - Klassische Linie

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Riley Nine Monaco Saloon (1933) - Beliebter Viertürer der Dreissigerjahre

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Riley Nine Monaco Saloon (1933) - Er galt als robust und zuverlässig

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Riley Nine Monaco Saloon (1933) - Mit Patina

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Riley Nine Saloon Monaco (1933) - Bietet Platz für vier Personen

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Riley Nine Monaco Saloon (1933) - Zwei Personen finden im Fond Platz

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Riley Nine Monaco Saloon (1933) - Auch dien Türen im Fond sind hinten angeschlagen

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Riley Nine Monaco Saloon (1933) - 4 Zylinder und rund 30 PS Leistung

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Riley Nine Monaco Saloon (1933) - Anfangs wurde nur ein 1087 ccm Motor angeboten

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Riley Nine Monaco Saloon (1933) - Chassisnummer

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Riley Nine Monaco Saloon - Bequemer Einstieg dank tiefem Rahmen

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Riley Nine Monaco Saloon - Tieferer Rahmen als der Vorgänger

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Riley Nine Monaco Saloon - Werbung der Dreissigerjahre

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Riley Elf (1961) - Viel Chrom und opulenter Kühlergrill

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Riley Elf (1962) - Mit etwa 25 Zentimeter mehr Länge auch praktisch für die Shopping-Tour

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Riley MPH (1935) - Preis von Bremgarten im Jahr 1936

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Summary

The Riley brand made a name for itself particularly before the Second World War. The cars from Coventry were successful on the racetracks with their sports cars. However, the company also produced saloons for the whole family, which also had sporting aspirations. This report portrays the elegant four-door Riley Nine Monaco with a four-cylinder engine, which was very popular with buyers at the time.

This article contains the following chapters

Exciting pre-war history
Contemporary motorization
Optimization of the successful model
Racing successes
Follow him!
Frittered away?
End before the war
Classic "saloon"
In the auction

Estimated reading time: 4min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Before the Second World War, Riley was a well-known and successful brand that produced both sporty two-seaters and practical saloons. At the end of the sixties, the Riley brand disappeared from the scene and one of the last models had nothing to do with the sports cars of the thirties - the Riley Elf ("elf") was a luxurious Mini with lots of chrome, leather, wood and an attached trunk, the more expensive brother of the Wolseley Hornet , so to speak. The history of Riley is eventful and fascinating, beginning in the century before last. From 1896, the manufacturer from Coventry produced automobiles and later motorcycles. The Riley Nine Saloon Monaco presented in Shelsey Wash in 1926 was a very successful saloon from 1927 and one of the most popular four-door cars in the United Kingdom in the pre-war period. Numerous body styles were offered on the lightweight frame chassis, although the Monaco was initially limited to an open-top tourer.

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