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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).
List of various car models with their engine sizes and recorded maximum speeds.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 160\5\  scan0064
Date  9th December 1940
  
Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}8/ML.9.12.40.

TECHNICAL JOURNAL MAXIMUM SPEEDS.

Car. Size. Maximum speed printed.

Alvis 4.3 litres. 103 m.p.h.
Atlanta 4 litres. 95 m.p.h.
Ford Mercury 4 litres. 90 m.p.h.
Lincoln Zephyr 4.375 " 90.91 m.p.h.
Railton 4 litres. 91.84 m.p.h.
B.M.W. 2 litres. 93 m.p.h.
Darracq 4 litres. 95-100 m.p.h.
Jaguar 3½ litres. 90.90 m.p.h.
Hotchkiss 3½ litres. 97.83 m.p.h.
Hotchkiss 3½ litres. 95.74 m.p.h.
Delahaye 3½ litres. 100.00 m.p.h.

Lagonda 6 4½ litres. 94.74 m.p.h.
Lagonda 6 4½ litres. 96.77 m.p.h.
Lagonda 6 4½ litres. 100.56 m.p.h.
Lagonda 12 4½ litres. 100.00 m.p.h.

Bentley 6 4¼ litres April 7th, 1939. 92.78 m.p.h.
Bentley 6 4¼ litres Decbr 4th, 1940. 85 - 90 m.p.h.

Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  


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