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).
Road test report on a 4 Litre 100 m.p.h. Delage and a comparison with a 3 1/2 Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 21\4\ Scan144 | |
| Date | 27th November 1934 | |
| -2- Ha/Cry.10/KW.27.11.34. The car was exceedingly tractable on the direct 3rd gear, but the gear ratios either side of this 1.6 + up and down seemed too wide. The synchromesh on 2nd and 3rd hardly worked at all, but the Maybach stops for the indirect top were very easy, a little skill however being required to prevent jerks in the transmission. 4 Litre 100 m.p.h. Delage. We also had a short run on one of these cars fitted with a Figoni openable Coupe which rattled everywhere. Ten years ago this might have been a good car. It was very noisy, very rough, had a loud exhaust boom and rode very harshly. The performance was slightly marred by the brakes seizing; the latter were spongy and the pedal went to the boards without locking any wheels or providing much deceleration. The gearbox was noisy and had no easy change devices. A run on this car brought home to one what a good car the 3 1/2 Bentley is. Ha/Cry. | ||