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Expressing relief that the new Bentley 4 Litre is not considered a severe competitor to the 20/25 model.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 21\2\  Scan096
Date  29th May 1931
  
r3805.
HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
To R. {Sir Henry Royce} From Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} re Bentley 4 Litre.
Copy to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hy. {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}

Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 6/E29.5.31

I was interested to read your R1/M27.5.31 relative to the above.

We, as you know, heard glowing accounts of this prior to its appearance and as we knew that it was being brought out as a definite competitor of the 20/25, we naturally feared that it might prove rather a severe competitor.

Since we have seen the car, however, we all feel considerably relieved.

Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}

RECEIVED 30 MAY 1931
  
  
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).


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