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 | ||
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).