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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).
Comparative table of engine specifications for various British, Continental, and American cars.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 128\1\  scan0004
Date  19th April 1922 guessed
  
British Cars.

Make and model. No.of cyls. Bore and stroke. Piston displacement Cu.ins. % larger than Goshawk 11

Goshawk. 6 3 X 4½ 190.8
30 HP. Armstrong- 6 3½ X 5¼ 303.1 + 58.2%
Siddeley.
20 HP. Austin. 4 3¾ X 5 220.9 + 15.0%
16 HP. Bentley. 4 3⅛ X 5⅛ 180.2 - 5.5%
20 HP. Crossley. 4 3⅜ X 5⅛ 226.1 + 18.4%
30 HP. Crossley. 4 4 X 5½ 276.5 + 45.3%
20 HP. Daimler. 4 3⅛ X 5⅛ 197.2 + 3.6%
20 HP. Ruston Hornsby. 4 3¾ X 5⅛ 226.4 + 19.4%
25 HP. Stroker Squire. 6 3⅛ X 5⅛ 235.9 + 23.6%
16 HP. Sunbeam. 4 3⅛ X 5⅛ 180.2 - 5.5%
24 HP. Sunbeam. 6 3⅛ X 5⅛ 270.4 + 42.1%
36 HP. Talbot. 6 3⅛ X 5⅛ 235.9 + 23.6%
25 HP. Vauxhall. 4 3⅜ X 5⅛ 243.0 + 27.8%
30 HP. Vauxhall. 4 3½ X 5½ 277.1 + 45.7%
20 HP. Wolseley. 6 3⅛ X 5⅛ 235.9 + 23.6%

Continental Cars.

16 HP½ Delage. 4 3.15 X 5.91 184 - 3.1%
25 HP. Delage. 6 3.15 X 5.91 276 + 45.3%
20 HP. Delaunay- 6 3.07 X 5.51 245 + 28.8%
Belleville.
16 HP. Lorraine- 6 2.95 X 5.12 209 + 10.0%
Dietrich.
18 HP. Voisin. 4 3.74 X 5.51 242 + 27.3%
20 HP. Minerva. 4 3.5 X 5.5 217 + 14.2%
20 HP. Fiat. 6 2.95 X 5.12 210 + 10.5%

American Cars.

Buick (six) 6 3⅜ X 4½ 241.6 + 26.8%
Essex. 4 3⅜ X 5 178.9 - 6.7%
Ford. 4 3¾ X 4 176.7 - 6.7%
Hudson (super-six) 6 3½ X 5 288.6 + 51.1%
Packard (single-six) 6 3⅜ X 4½ 241.6 + 26.8%
Studebaker(light-six) 6 3⅛ X 4½ 207.1 + 8.1%
  
  


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