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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).
Performance comparison of maximum speeds and acceleration times for various cars.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 47\1\  Scan209
Date  14th December 1925 guessed
  
Rolls-Royce ... 86 m.p.h.
Vauxhall ... 93 "

From standing start to:-
3 litre Sunbeam. Old type 30/98 side valve Vauxhall.

30 m.p.h. 7.5 secs. 6.7 secs.
40 " 11.3 " 11.2 "
50 " 19.0 " 17.4 "
60 " 24.5 " 23.6 "

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