Riley Motor
British motorcar and bicycle manufacturer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the British car manufacturer. For the American racing-car manufacturer, see Riley Technologies.
Riley[note 1] was a British motorcar and bicycle manufacturer from 1890. Riley became part of the Nuffield Organization in 1938 and was merged into the British Leyland Motor Corporation in 1968. In July 1969 British Leyland announced the immediate end of Riley production, although 1969 was a difficult year for the UK automotive industry and many cars from Riley's inventory may have been first registered in 1970.[2]
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Industry | Automotive |
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Founded | 1896 as The Riley Cycle Company[1] |
Fate | Acquired by William Morris in 1938[1] thereafter with Morris Motors Limited |
Successor | Nuffield Organization[1] |
Headquarters | Coventry, England, UK |
Key people | William Riley (1851–1944) William Victor Riley (1876–1958) Allan Riley (c.1880– ) Percy Riley (1882–1941) Stanley Riley (c.1889–1952) Cecil Riley (c. 1895– ) |
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Today, the Riley trademark is owned by BMW.