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} | ||