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clan chieftain · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 2041 Location: Motherwell

Reading Emmersons thread that he wanted a Riley RM. What do the initials stand for. I know that GLS and SLX among many others are different models and trim but what do all these letters mean.?
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Peter_L · Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 12:11 am Post subject:

It's simple. S is for "Super" or "Special" and G is for "Grande" so GS is "Super Grande" but if it has the "L" then it is "Limited" so GLS would be "Grande Limited Super" so if you have an "SLX" then the "X" is for extras that are not normally in the S or G and certainly never in the "L" unless it is an "SLX", which would have the bits specific to the "SLX" only and include those things that are in the "GLS" or the "GL" but not in the "G". Then there is the "RXT" which is different from the "SXT" and the "SLX" because the refinements in the "R" are different from those in the "SLR" which in turn differs slightly from the "SXT" but can contain some features that are optional in the "SLX" but are not available in either the "S" or the "L".

Penman · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4861 Location: Swindon, Wilts.

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I suppose L is luxe or luxury.

But if you are aware of the habit in Bristol of putting an L on the end of words ending in O or A, we used to joke that CortinaL, VivaL and MarinaL etc were specially named for the Bristolian purchasers.

The name Bristol itself is actually a dialectic development of the earlier name Brigstowe which was of course pronounced Brigsto
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Inglewood · Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 12:21 am Post subject:

In Europe the 'L' generally stands for 'Lux'.

The Riley RM, RM I think stood for Riley Motors, and the full terminology was RMA, RMB etc.

Mercedes SLK stands for Small SL (K = Klein = German for 'small')

traction39 · Joined: 19 May 2009 Posts: 399 Location: South Wales

RM = Riley Motors + model type A, B etc

GLS Grande Luxe Super
GTE Grand Touring Einspritz (Gets Towed Everywhere)

etc etc...

MVPeters · Joined: 28 Aug 2008 Posts: 822 Location: Northern MA, USA

Excellent, Peter Luxury, that makes it much clearer!
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Uncle Alec · Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 734 Location: Manchester

RM means that Emmerson has excellent taste.

clan chieftain · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 2041 Location: Motherwell

Peterwpg your answer was amazing. I was getting lost after the second line Laughing

brilliant.and FORD was fell off road daily Laughing

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clan chieftain · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 2041 Location: Motherwell

I cant imagine the owners saying I think we will call the new model a Riley Riley motors or a Singer Singer motors Confused

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Uncle Alec · Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 734 Location: Manchester

To be fair to Riley, they didn't.
The post-war models were sold as 1½ litre saloons, 2½ litre saloons, 2½ litre drophead coupé, and 2½ litre 3-seater sports.
The "RMA, RMB, RMC, RMD, RME, RMF, RMH" were ways of delineating each model when ordering spare parts or seeking service and rebuild information.
There was an RMG but the less said about that the better.

PAUL BEAUMONT · Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Posts: 1281 Location: Barnsley S. Yorks

From Observation TDI seems to stand for Totally Devoid of Indicators, whilst GTI seems to imply Got Two Indicators, though they are rarely used!!

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