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Old 23 Jun 2017, 23:29 (Ref:3746331)   #5331
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Two days ago I got rumors dropped in my inbox about a new Riley being sold to an unknown party. But it was very quickly debunked by some guys closer to the company. It truly seems that nobody else wants the Mk30 at this point.

Maybe they should follow in the footsteps of Ginetta and drop an LS3 back there to sell it as a track day car. "Why settle for an LMP3-based car when you can have our SUPER AWESOME LMP2 DERIVED TRACK CAR?!!! BUY NOW PLEASE WE'RE DESPERATE TO STAY RELEVANT!!!!!"
The Riley name will always be relevant to me as it first became when he (Bob) designed AJ's Coyotes (netting AJ his fourth 500 in '77), along with all the other successful (and fast but not so successful, such as the Mustang GTP) and plain unsuccesful. The Rileys have had their day and may again.
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