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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UK vehicles on the road
121 licensed and 42 SORN (163 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 155 |
| 2015 | 157 |
| 2016 | 157 |
| 2017 | 166 |
| 2018 | 164 |
| 2019 | 165 |
| 2020 | 169 |
| 2021 | 169 |
| 2022 | 167 |
| 2023 | 165 |
| 2024 | 162 |
| 2025 | 163 |
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/Q2153086CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riley_KestrelCC BY-SA 4.0 · Intro text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1261581287 · 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.