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Last week the inevitable happened - the final chapter of a once proud and glorious British motoring history was closed: ROVER R.I.P.
Roger M, autotrader.co.uk
Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:42 |
The Leyland badge (forever likely to be synonymous with the dark days of the British Car Industry) is to blame for the death of fine heritage brands such as ‘Riley’ and ‘Wolseley’.
Catherine Bakker, o2, London
Monday, February 28, 2005 11:24 |
There is a true British marque remaining - MG Rover, now entirely British owned and expanding into China with a joint venture with SAIC... MGR owns the rights to Austin, Morris, Wolseley, Vanden Plas and some more, but BMW kept Triumph (for cars at least) and Riley. I would say that Triumph has a better chance of being revived (if BMW is still in that game), but Riley's "As old as the industry, as modern as the hour" tagline and very attractive blue-mauve colouring were far more consistent than Triumph's myriad of logos (the final "laurel wreath" as applied to the TR7/8 and Acclaim was just that: a funeral wreath).
Dan Lockton, Cambridge-MIT Institute
Sunday, November 21, 2004 01:07 |
BMW - please resuscitate the Riley marque!!
A. N. Fowler, Leeds
Wednesday, December 31, 2003 14:34 |
Yes but it’s the same all across the board in every section of British industry. Look at the pub trade. Brewers such as Watneys, Coombe, Reid, Mann & Crossman, Trumans, Taylor Walker, Tolly Cobbold, Meux, Ind Coope, etc. all got taken over and killed off or turned into the brewery equivalent of an imprint, a bottle of beer!
Richard Hale, The Map Factory, London
Tuesday, December 02, 2003 21:56 |
My grandfather drove a Riley - a great car, ... I love all those old British car marques. Triumph, Humber, Wolseley, Riley, Singer, Sunbeam, Talbot, to name just a fraction. It’s a real shame that there is no remaining TRUE British marque.
Iwan Daniels, G2K Ontwerpers
Tuesday, December 02, 2003 21:55 |
I believe BMW tried to revive the Riley brand several years ago... they actually announced it in 1999, on the 100th anniversary of the Riley company.
Peter Pringle, Essex Motors
Tuesday, December 02, 2003 21:54 |
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