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).
Selling price breakdown for the Goshawk model and a detailed comparison with competitor vehicles' specifications and prices.
| Identifier | Morton\M21\ img028 | |
| Date | 19th September 1922 guessed | |
| SELLING PRICE OF GOSHAWK When Works Cost with Tyres was | Price Fixed. 40/50 h.p. Rolls-Royce Chassis. | £1250. | £1850. (Present cost £970) Goshawk. | £700. | £1036. ----------------------- SCHEDULE PRICES OF COMPETITIVE CARS. Car | Chassis Price. | Complete with Open Body. | Bore and Stroke. | No. of cylinders. | Cubic Capacity. | Treasury Rating. | Price per cubic inch capacity | Price per h.p. treasury rating 40/50 hp R-R.{Sir Henry Royce} | £1850. | £2500. | 4½ x 4½ | 6 | 453.3 | 48.6 | 82/- | £38. 20 hp Goshawk. | ?£1100.? | £1600. | 3 x 4½. | 6 | 190.8 | 21.6 | 155/- | £51. 21 hp Daimler. | £750. | £860 & £1050. | 2 61/64 x 4½. | 6 | 183.8 | 20.9 | 82/- | £36. 30 hp Daimler. | £1000. | £1300. | 3 35/64 x 5 7/32 | 6 | 303.1 | 30.1 | 66/- | £33. 20/30 Fiat. | £700. | £980. | 2 61/64 x 5⅛ | 6 | 210.0 | 20.9 | 67/- | £35/ 30 hp Minerva. | £1090. | - | 3¼ x 5¼. | 6 | 330.8 | 30.1 | 66/- | £36. 20 hp Minerva. | £840. | - | 3¼ x 5¼. | 4 | 217.0 | 20. | 77/- | £42. 20 hp Wolseley. | £775. | £1095. | 3⅛ x 5⅛. | 6 | 235.9 | 23.5 | 66/- | £33. 24/30 Wolseley. | £900. | - | 3 9/16 x 5⅛. | 6 | 328.9 | 30.4 | 55/- | £30. 24/60 Sunbeam. | £1050. | £1295. | 3⅛ x 5½. | 6 | 276.0 | 23.8 | 76/- | £44. 23/60 Vauxhall. | £875. | - | 3¼ x 5¼. | 4 | 243.0 | 22.4 | 72/- | £39. 1 hp Bentley. | £1050. | £1395. | 3¼ x 5⅞. | 4 | 180.2 | 23.8 | 117/- | £44. 25 hp Delage. | £1125. | £1500. | 3 5/32 x 5 29/32 | 6 | 276.0 | 23.8 | 82/- | £47. Other comparisons:- The Wolseley people make a 20 h.p. and a 24/30 h.p. R.A.C. rating 23 and 30, at prices of £775 and £900. The price of the 23 h.p. is 86% of the price of the 30 h.p. Daimlers supply a 20 h.p. and a 30 h.p., and the price of the 20 h.p. is about 88% of the price of the 30 h.p. Minervas do the same. The price of the 20 h.p. is about 77% of the price of the 30 h.p. | ||