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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).
Narrative describing an oil consumption test run between an old and a new type Bentley.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 160\5\  scan0076
Date  17th December 1940 guessed
  
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narration of an incident during the chassis evolution may be more illuminating:-

"Two testers were doing an oil consumption run, comparing the old with the new type Bentley. To get accurate results, one car had to drive immediately behind the other - The new model was leading. At the conclusion of the run, the driver of the second car walked up to his colleague and said, "What the dickens were in such a hurry for. I could hardly keep up with you?" The reply was, "I didn't drive any harder than usual!"

This is the best description of the new Bentley V.{VIENNA} You do not drive any harder but you put up a much higher average speed without realising it.

The Rolls-Royce engineers have decided that they must endeavour to produce this sort of result,without sacrificing economy or durability, every time they alter the specification of the Bentley chassis.
  
  


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