The battle in Grand Prix racing between the German Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union teams during the six years from 1934 through 1939 was probably the greatest, most spectacular and most important era in motor racing history. The two German teams almost completely dominated Grand Prix racing, mainly because of their technical superiority. This superiority was made possible by the vast sums that the two teams could expend on racing. The money paid to them by the German government was not a direct subsidy, but represented the generous margin above cost incorporated in government contracts. In effect, while Mercedes-Benz developed and manufactured aero engines for the Luftwaffe, the Auto Union Group manufactured tanks and other armored vehicles for the Wehrmacht.
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The battle in Grand Prix racing between the German Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union teams from 1934 through 1939 was probably the most spectacular in motor racing history. This was made possible by the vast sums the two teams could expend on racing. The money was not a direct subsidy, but rather the generous margin above cost incorporated into government contracts. In effect, Mercedes-Benz developed and manufactured aero engines for the Luftwaffe, the Auto Union Group manufactured tanks and other armored vehicles for the Wehrmacht.
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Anthony Pritchard is a loyal Haynes author who has written half a dozen books for us in recent years, including the newly published Aston Martin: A racing history and the successful Scarlet Passion.
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Silver Arrows photographic history,
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This review is from: Silver Arrows In Camera: A photographic history of the Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union Racing Teams 1934-39 (Hardcover)
I am not a particular fan of open-wheel and single-seat racing, finding it womewhat less relevant to the automobile than the sports-racing cars although this is certainly arbitrary as even the latter are not really representative of the family sedan.
Notwithstanding, I cannot get enough of this book. It is lavishly illustrated with a huge number of photos, even some rare period color photos. Not only does the book reflect a hugely significant era in motor-racing history, but also many views of a Europe which no longer exists, destroyed by the very sponsors of the racing marques featured in this book. Ferrari may be the rapier of racing, and certaily Bugatti is the ballerina, but no one with even the slightest bit of benzene in his or her soul can avoid appreciating these magnificent pieces of engineering excess from Mercedes Benz and Auto Union. This is a book that will keep your focus for months with its wealth of detail, amazing photos, and outstanding text. Highly recommended, a must have for every racing enthusiast and sure to become a classic.
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Phenomenal Photographs,
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This review is from: Silver Arrows In Camera: A photographic history of the Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union Racing Teams 1934-39 (Hardcover)
I recently got a copy via a British Amazon source,and I am well pleased.
I am impressed with the wealth of "new" photos,which complement the other available works on the Siberpfeile,both in and out of print. Especially welcome is the converage of the seldom seen 1936 version of the Mercedes W25,and the composite Typ C-D Auto Union from the 1938 season.All the better known versions are covered in depth as well. Only flaw,and I find it irritating in such a beautiful book,are a number of caption errors,misidentifing cars,times,and places. There are a couple of fantastic shots of a Mercedes chassis,but they are of the W 154,not the W125 as noted.I also found the authors repeated comments on Neubauers waistline size to be a distraction.Hey,he WAS the forefather of the modern racing team concept,let's see something more positive about him! The book is still quite hard to put down,and draws the enthusiast back to it again and again,just to absorb this wonderful record. My wish is that the author/editors will offer errata sheets with corrected captioning;this will turn a good book into a great one to stand beside Chris Nixon's works on the greatest era of motorsport ever known.
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Superb companion to Chris Nixon's Silver Arrows,
By stagecoach66 (Washington DC, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Silver Arrows In Camera: A photographic history of the Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union Racing Teams 1934-39 (Hardcover)
Hard to believe the author could dig up unpublished photos after 70 years - but he did, including some excellent VINTAGE COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS by Louis Klementaski. Well-chosen selection of both well-known photos as well as unpublished pieces. Utilized both the Mercedes and Audi archives, as well as LAT and all are beautifully reproduced. Light on text but has lengthy, detailed captions - the perfect companion to Chris Nixon's Racing the Silver Arrows - Anthony Pritchard has done a stand-up job and this is reinforced by Octane magazine choosing this as Book of the Month.
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