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).
Potential purchase of a Cottin Desgouttes car to explore its springing system for improved riding comfort.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 21\4\ Scan006 | |
| Date | 27th July 1928 | |
| To LHS{Lord Herbert Scott}, from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X4332 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG27.7.28. X8410 We were very pleased to receive from you a copy of the letter from Mr. Geo.Monro. It has just come at a time when we were on the point of recommending that the Co. should purchase a Cottin Desgouttes. We hold the view that as riding comfort is by far the most important feature on a car, we should explore all systems of springing which offer any possible hope for improvement. There is very little hope of achieving any marked improvement in the present system of springing. We can of course affect a compromise in which we improve one feature at the expense of another. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||