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).
Critique and comparison of car models B.V and B.II, addressing feedback on features and performance.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\2\ scan0034 | |
| Date | 16th July 1940 | |
| -2- Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}1/JH.16.7.40. The gear lever is in a better position on B.V. than on B.II and is shorter. We are surprised at his suggestion of a central lever as he has always been such an ardent opposer of this feature, his remarks here may be due to his association with Lagonda Motors. His remarks about the three speed box seem strange, for in fact he has a three speed box on B.V. and on M series B.II; a feature about which we have received quite a lot of complaints. With respect to the springing, again it would appear that the car he tried had the wrong spring rating ratio front to rear. His remarks on cornering may be due to his appreciation of a slightly greater tendency to under-steer on B.V. than on B.II & also than on his 3 speed American car. This gentleman like Mr. Barclay has realised that the seating comfort in the back of B.V. is not as good as that in B.II, a fact we are fully aware of, and therefore it was up to Park Wards to make the very best use of every inch of available space knowing the deficiency and the possibility of comparison between the old model with its extreme luxury and the new. Park Wards as you know have lost all their art of making cushions and squabs. We are of the opinion that his last paragraph is a comparison between B.V. and certain American cars as far as room and prices are concerned and then later on, in the matter of top speed, with the Lagonda. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||