1/18 Mercedes-Benz W25 1934 'The first Silver Arrow' CMC M-033 -pre-owned- AA444
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Description
The W 25 was the first Mercedes-Benz racing car for the new Grand Prix formula, which came into effect in 1934. It stipulated a maximum weight of 750 kilograms for the vehicle (without operating fluids and tires) – this was the organizers' way of limiting the performance of the racing cars and thus the speeds, which had continued to increase in previous years.
The designers at Mercedes-Benz opted for a classic vehicle architecture: The front-mounted engine delivers its power to the rear wheels via a transmission mounted on the rear axle. The eight-cylinder inline engine initially displaced 3.4 liters and was supercharged. This technology had proven itself extremely successful in the "White Elephants" of the 1920s.
It's become a legend how the cars, which should have been painted in the German racing color white, got their color: The white-painted W 25 was one kilogram too heavy when weighed the day before its first race at the International Eifel Race at the Nürburgring. So the mechanics sanded off the paint, revealing the silvery hue of its light-alloy body. This legend can neither be proven nor disproven. The fact is that in the Grand Prix races of this era, both Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union competed in silver-colored cars.
Manfred von Brauchitsch wins the Eifel Race in the brand-new W 25, laying the foundation for the Silver Arrows' unprecedented success story. The car was used from 1934 to 1936 and continually developed. In the eight Grand Prix races of the first racing season, the Mercedes drivers in the W 25 achieved four first and three second places. In 1935, Rudolf Caracciola drove it to the European Championship title, and in 1936, the Grand Prix car also achieved victories in Tunis and Monaco.
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The W 25 was the first Mercedes-Benz racing car for the new Grand Prix formula, which came into effect in 1934. It stipulated a maximum weight of 750 kilograms for the vehicle (without operating fluids and tires) – this was the organizers' way of limiting the performance of the racing cars and thus the speeds, which had continued to increase in previous years.
The designers at Mercedes-Benz opted for a classic vehicle architecture: The front-mounted engine delivers its power to the rear wheels via a transmission mounted on the rear axle. The eight-cylinder inline engine initially displaced 3.4 liters and was supercharged. This technology had proven itself extremely successful in the "White Elephants" of the 1920s.
It's become a legend how the cars, which should have been painted in the German racing color white, got their color: The white-painted W 25 was one kilogram too heavy when weighed the day before its first race at the International Eifel Race at the Nürburgring. So the mechanics sanded off the paint, revealing the silvery hue of its light-alloy body. This legend can neither be proven nor disproven. The fact is that in the Grand Prix races of this era, both Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union competed in silver-colored cars.
Manfred von Brauchitsch wins the Eifel Race in the brand-new W 25, laying the foundation for the Silver Arrows' unprecedented success story. The car was used from 1934 to 1936 and continually developed. In the eight Grand Prix races of the first racing season, the Mercedes drivers in the W 25 achieved four first and three second places. In 1935, Rudolf Caracciola drove it to the European Championship title, and in 1936, the Grand Prix car also achieved victories in Tunis and Monaco.
