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 to Park Ward & Co. regarding the effect of production quantity on motor-car cost.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 117\2\ scan0065 | |
| Date | 31th August 1939 | |
| 1021 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}7/R.{Sir Henry Royce} 31st August, 1939. C.W. Ward, Esq., Messrs. Park Ward & Co.,Ltd., 473, High Road, Willesden, LONDON. N.W.10. Dear Mr. Ward, With reference to our conversation the other day re the effect of quantity on cost, we attach a curve compiled from the figures given in Mr. Chas. Engelbach's paper showing his opinion as to how the price of the motor-car varies with the quantity to be fabricated. The most interesting feature of this curve, in our opinion is the fact that the difference between producing 500 and 5,000 is the difference between £260 and £190 each. Yours sincerely, | ||