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).
Progress report for Automobiles Rolls-Royce (France) Ltd, detailing chassis sales figures from 1910 to 1913.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 180\M3\M3.3\ img015 | |
Date | 21th October 1913 | |
D6/OS:01013. 21st October 1913. Claude Johnson, Esq., P a r i s. REPORT ON THE PROGRESS MADE BY AUTOMOBILES ROLLS-ROYCE (FRANCE) LTD FROM THE COMMENCE- MENT OF THE BUSINESS TO THE PRESENT DATE. The progress of sales of Rolls-Royce chassis from the establishment of the business in the year 1910 until the present date, is as follows:- From 1st November 1910 to 31st October 1911, 8 chassis were sold. " 1st November 1911 " 31st October 1912, 38 " " 1st November 1912 " date, sales have numbered 160. about Total 206 of which 107 ......................were sold in France, (and other countries, excepting the following, where we have either branch offices, representatives, or agents) of which 18 ......................were sold in Spain, " " 13 ......................" " Russia, " " 10 ......................" " England, " " 2 ......................" " Austria, " " 2 ......................" " Sweden, " " ......................" " Italy. These figures will prove how enormously the demand for our chassis has increased during the last year, and it is absolutely certain that if we had had say from 50 to 100 more chassis at | ||