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).
Critical assessment of a Cottin car's performance, body, and second-hand value after 10,000 miles.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\S\September1928-October1928\ Scan065 | |
| Date | 11th September 1928 guessed | |
| contd :- -3- likely to promote wobbles. Incidentally the brakes, clutch, steering etc. of the Cottin are so inferior that there is little pleasure to be had from driving this car and its second hand value would be almost zero. The Weymann body was interesting as a demonstration of the amount of noise such a body can produce after running 10,000 miles. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||