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).
Surprising weight of a car and comparing it to Bentley and Packard models regarding weight reduction and power-to-weight ratios.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 127\1\ scan0241 | |
| Date | 4th November 1935 | |
| To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}7/E4.11.35 - 2 - We had the car weighed with the tank nearly full of petrol and the complete weight was only 33 cwt. This really is very surprising when one bears in mind the fact that this is the average weight of our little Bentley Saloon car when ready for the road, and if [xxxx] one puts the cars side by side and studies the seating accommodation, it is quite obvious that we have a lot to learn in regard to weight reduction or power weight ratios. The Packard is not really comparable with the Bentley from the point of view of type of car and, if compared [xxxx] with the 20/25 the difference between the weights becomes very much more marked. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||