From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Comparing the performance of a standard Bentley with a continental Phantom at the Brooklands race track.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\1\ scan0131 | |
Date | 12th April 1933 | |
-2- Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}4/KT.12.4.33. look forward to the standard Bentley car being able to lap Brooklands over 88 mph. We know that this speed is better than that of the latest continental Phantom - 20-MY - in spite of the fact that we have had reports of this car doing anything up to 100 mph. z Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||