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).
Performance comparison report on smoothness, steering, and transmission against competitor vehicles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 19\4\ Scan222 | |
| Date | 4th October 1930 guessed | |
| -3- Cadillac V-8; V-12 and V-16; La{L. A. Archer} Salle, Lincoln and the two Packards. This opinion is expressed after riding in some, but not all, of the above-mentioned cars over the same roads and under practically the same conditions. Referring to the ease in which the car accomplished its own measure of performance, it is far ahead of anything yet achieved in this respect. Effort is practically absent and the only critical point in its speed range found was at about 18 miles per hour. Smoothness seems to be inherent and is by no means a factor to be overlooked in any way whatsoever. In the opinion of the writer, the smoothness is equal to the Cadillac V-16, which represents in America to-day perhaps the acme of smooth operation. 4. STEERING. The steering is, on the whole, most excellent embodying practically all of the good qualities of modern control and few of the bad ones. The effort required at any speed is slight; the ratio perfect giving a fine degree of selectivity not observed in any car yet driven by the writer. - the only drawback being a small, but not objectionable, amount of transmission of road shock up through the steering mechanism. 5. TRANSMISSION. The transmission for its type, namely, standard sliding gear, possesses an ease of operation never before experienced. Compared, however, to the Syco-mesh internal gear, or constant mesh gear sets used by competitors it lacks an appeal, especially | ||