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).
Car journey from Berlin to Munich, including timings and car specifications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 160\3\ scan0289 | |
| Date | 7th November 1938 guessed | |
| -2- Car was standard tourer of a series which is built to attain a speed of 170 kilometres an hour. It is possible, however, that Herr Huehnlein's car was specially tuned up and equipped so as to be able to reach a maximum of 200 kilometres an hour. PASSENGER IN CAR: Herr Winkelmann, a Mercedes-Benz engineer, accompanied Herr Huehnlein. INTERVAL TIMES BETWEEN THE TOWNS: 7.00 a.m. Start from Hotel Kaiserhof, Berlin. 7.25 a.m. Autobahn reached. 7.53 a.m. Elbe River crossed. 8.08 a.m. Halle reached. 8.30 a.m. Naumburg reached. 9.30 a.m. Muenchberg reached. 10.10 a.m. Lauf reached. 10.16 a.m. Nuernberg reached. 10.56 a.m. Ingolstadt reached. 11.09 a.m. Pfaffenhausen reached. 11.22 a.m. End of Autobahn (Dirnismaning) reached. 11.32 a.m. End of trip Odeons Platz, Munich. ------------- VEM/JM{Mr Morley} | ||