Talk:Silver Arrows

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Hello, on de:Diskussion:Silver Star (Achterbahn) the question was raised if "Silver Star" is a valid term for the old Silver Arrows. It seems, that the Europa Park has founded it's name-choosing with this relationship.

Has anyone ever heard, that a "Silver Arrow" was called "Silver Star", which is usally the name of the Mercedes-Sign. --Boris23 18:16, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Big Fat Hoax
The myth about the origin of the name is a hoax and was invented by racing manager Alfred Neubauer in 1958. No newspaper nor bulletin not even the drivers had mentioned the story before, which is easy to explain. As the 750 kg weight limit was not effective in the "Eiffelrennen", there was no need to scrap off paint from the body. And it would have been more harmful than useful, for the regulations of the "Eiffelrennen" stated, that the appearance of the cars on race day had to be identical to training day – a change in colour might have resulted in disqualification. However it is notable, that the Mercedes W 25 was first used in the "Eiffelrennen" and had been developed in regard to the 750 kg weight limit, so was the rivaling Auto Union V16 race car, which had had its debut one week earlier on the "Avus", also in silver. Why Neubauer made up his fairy tale almost 24 years after and why former driver von Brauchitsch supported it from 1964 on is not clear.

Alfred Neubauer is a proven liar!
I thoroughly agree with the post above. Neubauer's account of the 1933 Tripoli 'fixed' Grand prix is a notorious piece of fiction that has been many times repeated as the truth by people who should have known better! So why should we believe that blatantly apocryphal story about paint stripping, seeing as it is not mentioned by any contemporary source? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.25.54.66 (talk) 22:54, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

The Mclaren Mercedes image
Mclaren Mercedes is a modern F1 team that uses Mercedes Benz engines. In no way is this a Mercedes team. It is a British racing team which in no way is related to the "Silver Arrows" Mercedes factory run cars. It does not belong on this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Schumacherfan (talk • contribs) 18:43, 7 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Actually Daimler AG hold a major stake in McLaren Group that translates into at least a 40% share of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula One team. If I recall correctly West's colors are red and white, as seen in the Zakspeed of 1985-1989 and this picture, so it would seem reasonable to assume it was  influenced by Mercedes. Hippo (talk) 17:37, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * With McLaren-Mercedes since 1997, West had promoted their "West light" cigarette, nowadays named "West silver" after the colour of the pack.-- Matthead Discuß   22:37, 6 July 2009 (UTC)