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Riley 1898-1969 - Aspiring and enduring

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Created in 2011

Reading time 3min

Written by:

Roger Gloor

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Daniel Reinhard

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Bonhams

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Bruno von Rotz

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Balz Schreier

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Rudolf Menzi

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Daniel Reinhard

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Bonhams

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Bruno von Rotz

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Balz Schreier

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Rudolf Menzi

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Archiv

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Riley MPH (1935)

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Riley MPH (1935) - Blick auf den Motor

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Riley MPH (1935) - grosses Lenkrad und funktionales Amaturenbrett

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Riley 3 1/2hp Forecar (1903) - als Lot 203 an der London-Brighton-Versteigerung von Bonhams verkauft

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Riley Nine Brooklands Speed (1928) - am Klausenrennen 2013

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Riley Nine Special (1934) - am Start am Solitude Revival 2013 in der Gruppe C - Grand Sport - Vorkriegsfahrzeuge

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Riley Brooklands (1929) - ADAC Eifelrennen 2013

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Riley Brooklands Monoposto (1929) - angeboten von Bonhams an der Goodwood-Auktion vom 29. Juni 2012

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Riley Brooklands (1929) - Le Mans Classic 2014 - Plateau 1

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Riley Nine Ulster Imp (1934) - am Gempen Memorial 2014

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Riley MPH Sports (1935) - versteigert durch Brooks im Jahr 1995

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Summary

There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. The Riley brand is also one of these vanished brands. The Riley Engine Co. produced the first production car in 1905. Riley's sports cars celebrated various racing successes until the Riley brothers went bankrupt in 1938 and Riley went to Lord Nuffield, who later co-founded BMC.

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William Riley took over a bicycle factory in Coventry in 1890 , for which his son Percy developed automobiles from 1896. The single-cylinder engine of 1898 was the first to have a mechanically controlled intake valve instead of a vacuum-operated one. However, three- and four-wheeled cars were only produced sporadically. In 1903, Percy and his brothers founded the Riley Engine Co. and built engines for Riley motorcycles and their competitor Singer. The first production car emerged from a four-wheeled V2 prototype from 1905. In 1913, the brothers formed the Riley Motor Manufacturing Co. and soon the body company Midland Motor Bodies.

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