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).
Letter from 'The Autocar' magazine regarding the discontinuation of publishing a table of road tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 142\1\ scan0231 | |
| Date | 5th October 1938 | |
| 1204 fil WPE The Autocar The Leading Motoring Journal PROPRIETORS: ILIFFE & SONS LTD. Telegrams: AUTOCARS, SEDIST, LONDON AUTOPRESS, BIRMINGHAM AUTOCAR, COVENTRY ILIFFE, MANCHESTER ILIFFE, GLASGOW Telephones: LONDON: WATERLOO 3333 (50 LINES) BIRMINGHAM: MIDLAND 2971 (4 LINES.) COVENTRY 5210 MANCHESTER: BLACKFRIARS 4412 (4 LINES.) GLASGOW: CENTRAL 4857. BIRMINGHAM: GUILDHALL BUILDINGS, NAVIGATION STREET. COVENTRY: 8-10, CORPORATION STREET. MANCHESTER: 260, DEANSGATE, 3. GLASGOW: 26B, RENFIELD STREET, C.2. Dorset House, Stamford Street, London, S.E.1. IN REPLY PLEASE QUOTE REF. A/GS/KS 5th October, 1938. N. R.{Sir Henry Royce} Chandler, Esq., Rolls-Royce Limited, Experimental Department, D E R B Y. Dear Sir, Thank you for your letter of the 4th instant. We have not published a table of road tests of cars for the past two years, mainly as a result of representations from certain manufacturers. It may interest you to know that we have received dozens of requests for such a table since we discontinued publishing it at the special request of the trade. Presumably, you will be able to prepare your own table from the road test figures which appear each week in the columns of "The Autocar". We much regret not being able to assist you in this instance. Yours faithfully, Geoffrey Smith MANAGING EDITOR. | ||