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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).
Performance comparisons against Alfa, Livia, Lagonda and Invicta cars.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 3\4\  04-page332
Date  16th May 1935
  
-2- Es.7/WJ.16.5.35. Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary}

faster than the Alfa except for extreme top speeds.

We have also tried several of the Livia cars.
The last one we had on the track was a demonstration car which, with a small open body, lapped Brooklands at 80 M.P.H.

The Lagonda and the Invicta we have also tried.

HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  


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