Riley
Riley Kestrel
Riley 'Kestrel' was a brand name applied by the Riley Motor Car Company and its successors the Nuffield Organization and the British Leyland Motor Corporation to various of their saloon car models. In pre-war Rileys, the Kestrel name typically denoted a sporty model with 'fastback' styling. Some of the cars produced in each of the following models received the Kestrel name, which was then revived in 1965 for a badge engineered version of the BMC ADO16: 1926–1937 — Riley Nine 1934–1935 — Riley 12/4 1935–1938 — Riley 1½ Litre 1937–1940 — Riley 16 (16/4) 2½-litre 1965–1969 — A variant of the BMC ADO16/Austin/Morris 1100/1300)
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- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2153086CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riley_KestrelCC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1261581287 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1934_Riley_Kestrel_1100_Saloon_at_Capel_Manor,_Enfield,_London,_England_1.jpgCC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo: Acabashi · retrieved 2026-10-01
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