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).
Comparison of a six-cylinder engine's running and petrol consumption against a Cadillac eight-cylinder Vee.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 125\1\ scan0003 | |
| Date | 29th August 1919 | |
| Contd. -2- R3/G29.8.19. ---------- running and for the usual conditions of road, our higher gear will be found much more pleasant and our six-cylinder engine much better balanced than the Cadallac eight-cylinder Vee. We ought also to have a decided advantage in petrol consumpt- ion per ton mile. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||