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).
Comparative review of a Packard car, detailing its performance against a Rolls-Royce.
| Identifier | Morton\M4.1\ img031 | |
| Date | 11th November 1920 | |
| Contd. -3- Dal/AH11.11.20. the hand brakes were noisy; neither were they as smooth as the average Roll-Royce, and in the point of power I should think, distinctly inferior. In this case also I could not make the man produce jaggering though he stopped fairly suddenly on one or two occasions. PACKARD. In some respects this appeared to be the nicest of the four cars. The engine was very smooth and quiet, thought it had a period at about 18 M.P.H. which could be felt all over the car. Running light was distinctly quiet, thought not as quiet as the average Roll-Royce. It appeared to have a fair amount of acceleration and power. The gears were noisy though I was asked to admire the particular note they gave out by the driver. The brakes were bad both as regards power, smoothness and noise. The steering was very heavy and tiring to handle - the driver himself admitting that it could not be compared with the Rolls-Royce. The driver tried hard to produce brake jaggering, but he was not able to do so. The engine pulled very well at low speeds, and I could not distinguish any transmission knocks. The transmission as a whole was very quiet. The engine was very difficult to start, and this I understood to be a common fault with it. In this case it took nearly five minutes. It is fitted with a device called a "Fueliser" which is supposed to facilitate starting. Dal | ||