RILEY PRODUCTION FIGURES
as Old as the Industry, as modern as the Hour

Below is a Year-by-Year Breakdown of the production figures for Rileys from 1927-40. The figures are based on Chassis Numbers, and so are not at all accurate. However, They do give some indication of Production.


Year	9	12/6	14/6	12/4	15/6	16/4	Totals
1926	1000*						1000
1927	3292*						3292
1928	3360*		500				3500
1929	3360*						3500
1930	3000						3220
1931	3587		890				4000
1932	3300	200	890				4000
1933	3600	300	1560				5460
1934	3600	200	250				4000
1935	900	50	250	2100	200		3300
1936	2100			2800	500		5400
1937	1200			2200	300		3700
1938	100			750	50	214	1114
1939-41				650		113	763
Total	29,500	750	3200	8500	1050	327	43,327

* Approx figures, based on Mk I-IV totals. See Nine page for details.
Totals Column is a very rough suggestion indeed !

Post war production in Coventry and Abingdon.

Production transferred c1948, with the closure of the Foleshill Plant in Coventry. From 1956 Riley cars were built at a variety of BMC plants, and production figures have not yet been discovered!


Year	RM 1.5	RM 2.5	P/F	1.5	2.6	Totals
1945/6	1398					1398
1946/7	2720	613				3333
1947/8	1925	1305				3230
1948/9	1498	1517				3015
1949/50	1681	1907				3588
1950/1	1164	1457				2621
1951/2	1061	1069				2130
1952/3	1118	689				1807
1953/4	1757	889				2646
1954/5	726		2022			2748
1955/6			2399			2399
1956/7			226		17	243
1957/8				150	447	597
Total	15,048	9446	4647	150	464	29,655