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Performance comparison table of various cars over standing and flying mile distances.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 4\8\  08-page20
Date  1st October 1926 guessed
  
CAR. | Type of body. Remarks etc. | Standing 1/4 mile. | Standing mile. | Flying 1/2 mile.
| | Secs. | AV.MPH. | Secs. | AV.MPH. | Secs. | AV.MPH.
VAUXHALL. 30 - 98 HP. | 2-seater. Wings and screen. Just tuned up by Works. | 31 3/5 | 56.98 | 55 3/5 | 64.75 | 22 | 81.82
VAUXHALL. 30 - 98 HP. | 4-seater - standard 30/98 - cut away wings. | 34 1/5 | 52.63 | 57 1/5 | 62.94 | 23 | 78.26
VAUXHALL. 30 - 98 HP. | 4-seater - standard 30/98. | 34 | 52.94 | 57 4/5 | 62.28 | 23 4/5 | 75.63
ROLLS-ROYCE. 117-MC. | 4-seater - touring. No attempt at streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E). | 39 4/5 | 45.23 | 63 4/5 | 56.43 | 24 | 75
A.C. 6-CYL. 2-LITRE. | Normal 2-seater touring body. | 39 | 46.15 | 64 1/5 | 56.17 | 25 1/5 | 71.4
HISPANO-SUIZA. 37 HP. | Fairly narrow 4-seater closed body. | 38 1/5 | 47.12 | 64 | 56.25 | 25 4/5 | 69.7
LANCIA LAMBDA. | Short wheelbase 4-seater. | 43 3/5 | 41.28 | 71 3/5 | 50.28 | 28 | 64.3
  
  
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).


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