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).
Report comparing the ride quality of Cadillac, Buick, and Pontiac cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\1\ img355 | |
| Date | 19th February 1934 guessed | |
| IV class while Cadillac's latest effort is definitely right in the Buick class RIDING I have so far tried two Cars with Knee Action a Cadillac V8 & Buick 8 and a Pontiac with Dubonnet lever scheme. The Pontiac was definitely disappointing for ride, I think they have clearly not yet got their spring rating & damping right. The Buick ride seemed little if any improvement on the 1933 conventional car. Oy says they have their shock dampers wrong. The Cadillac was the best ride but was too free at the back, the axle pattered badly. The car certainly was not entirely free from pitching. One felt jars go through the frame when hitting the edge of a pot hole, presumably due to the rigidity of the wish bone mounting. The steering, a 20-1 overall ratio nearly irreversible, I could not get enthusiastic over. It was not dangerous on the wide flat concrete American highways | ||