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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).
Comparative table of British, Continental, and American car engine specifications against the Goshawk model.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 42\2\  Scan061
Date  16th March 1922 guessed
  
British Cars.

Make and model. No. of cyls. Bore and stroke. Piston displacement Cu.ins. % larger than Goshawk 11

Goshawk. 6 3 X 4 1/2 190.8
30 HP. Armstrong-Siddeley. 6 3 1/2 X 5 1/4 303.1 + 58.2%
20 HP. Austin. 4 3 3/4 X 5 220.9 + 15.0%
16 HP. Bentley. 4 3 1/8 X 5 1/8 180.2 - 5.5%
20 HP. Crossley. 4 3 1/2 X 5 1/8 226.1 + 18.4%
30 HP. Crossley. 4 4 X 5 1/2 276.5 + 45.3%
20 HP. Daimler. 4 3 1/2 X 5 1/8 197.2 + 3.6%
20 HP. Ruston Hornsby. 4 3 1/2 X 5 1/8 226.4 + 19.4%
25 HP. Straker Squire. 6 3 1/2 X 5 1/8 235.9 + 23.6%
16 HP. Sunbeam. 4 3 1/8 X 5 1/8 180.2 - 5.5%
24 HP. Sunbeam. 6 3 1/8 X 5 1/8 270.4 + 42.1%
36 HP. Talbot. 6 3 1/2 X 5 1/2 235.9 + 23.6%
25 HP. Vauxhall. 4 3 1/2 X 5 1/8 243.0 + 27.8%
30 HP. Vauxhall. 4 3 3/4 X 5 1/2 277.1 + 45.7%
20 HP. Wolseley. 6 3 1/8 X 5 1/8 235.9 + 23.6%

Continental Cars.

16 HP. Delage. 4 3.15 X 5.91 184 - 3.1%
25 HP. Delage. 6 3.15 X 5.91 276 + 45.3%
20 HP. Delaunay-Belleville. 6 3.07 X 5.51 245 + 28.6%
16 HP. Lorraine-Dietrich. 6 2.95 X 5.12 209 + 10.0%
18 HP. Voisin. 4 3.74 X 5.51 242 + 27.3%
20 HP. Minerva. 4 3.5 X 5.5 217 + 14.2%
20 HP. Fiat. 6 2.95 X 5.12 210 + 10.5%

American Cars.

Buick (six) 6 3 3/8 X 4 1/2 241.6 + 26.8%
Essex. 4 3 3/8 X 5 178.9 - 6.7%
Ford. 4 3 3/4 X 4 176.7 - 6.7%
Hudson (super-six) 6 3 1/2 X 5 288.6 + 51.1%
Packard (single-six) 6 3 3/8 X 4 1/2 241.6 + 26.8%
Studebaker(light-six) 6 3 3/8 X 4 1/2 207.1 + 8.1%
  
  


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