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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).
Letter from a Director comparing the new Mark V's soft ride to previous models and imported cars, questioning its appeal to traditional owners.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 160\5\  scan0102
Date  1st January 1941 guessed
  
smooth-running car with a softness only comparable hitherto with imported products, and I am still trying to make up my mind whether I prefer this soft ride to the usual R.{Sir Henry Royce}-R.{Sir Henry Royce}-Bentley characteristics of which I had become so fond. I am ready to admit at once that the latest Mark V will have a much wider appeal to the buying public than the previous model, but I am not sure that your true Bentley-type of owner is so likely to fall for the Mark V.{VIENNA}

Kind regards,

Yours sincerely,
Geoffrey Smith.
DIRECTOR
  
  


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