Riley · 1959–present
Riley 4
The Riley 4 / Sixty Eight and Riley 4 / Seventy Two are cars produced by BMC from 1959 to 1969, under the Riley marque. They are closely related to the Pinin Farina-designed MG Magnette Mark III and Wolseley 15/60 and the simpler Austin A55 Cambridge Mark II, Morris Oxford V pair, sharing the MG's rear styling and engine (with a milder cam). This Riley was the most expensive car in that series. This model's introduction, using the same engine, did not affect production of the smaller-bodied 1½-litre Riley One-Point-Five sports saloon which continued until 1965.
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UK vehicles on the road
97 licensed and 44 SORN (141 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 127 |
| 2015 | 126 |
| 2016 | 128 |
| 2017 | 131 |
| 2018 | 136 |
| 2019 | 136 |
| 2020 | 137 |
| 2021 | 138 |
| 2022 | 141 |
| 2023 | 137 |
| 2024 | 140 |
| 2025 | 141 |
DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.
Sources
- Wikidata / Wikipedia profiles — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/cars/Q1726681CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riley_4CC BY-SA 4.0 · Intro text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1276443123 · retrieved 2026-10-03
- DfT/DVLA VEH0120 licensing statistics — https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tablesOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.