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 page discussing the selection of Chateauroux as a test centre due to quiet roads, referencing the supervision of sports car 15-EX.
| Identifier | Morton\M10\ img061 | |
| Date | 13th April 1928 guessed | |
| contd : -2- we use the same roads, go through the same towns, and the cars become well-known in the district, and there have been no complaints from individuals or the police of the way the cars are driven. The reason Chateauroux was chosen as a centre was because the roads are comparatively quiet and the cars can be driven at high speeds safely. We attach herewith a copy of a note we sent to our Mr. Hancock who supervised the running of these tests and with reference to the sports car 15-EX. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||