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).
Production economics of the proposed Bentsport model and the strategy for the Bentley business.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 179b\3\ img071 | |
| Date | 27th January 1933 | |
| -2- Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}A/MLI.27.1.33. Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} the later production. The proposed Bentsport whilst being an extraordinary good motor car, is the most economical car we can produce because the car will be built almost entirely from Peregrine or standard 20/25 pieces. This should mean a definite saving in manufacturing costs and also a definite saving in time. If we are to do anything with the Bentley business we must exhibit a car at next Olympia and the only chance of doing that is to accept the car as it stands. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||