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).
High-speed driving on autobahns versus normal roads, comparing the Phantom I with a new streamline Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 160\5\ scan0320 | |
| Date | 8th July 1941 | |
| M.P.H. on Autobahnen specifically built for the purpose. The danger lies in such speeds being used without discretion on normal roads. One other point is worth emphasising. Speeds of 100 M.P.H. are frequently claimed for conventional standard touring cars. Such speeds are very rarely attained. In reviewing the march of progress, it is interesting to remember that the Phantom I had a top speed in still air of something less than 70 M.P.H., and its engine dimensions were 50% bigger than those of the existing Bentley. There is no doubt that this streamline Bentley is the fore-runner of a new breed of motor-car which is built to take advantage of the changing road conditions. | ||