![]() ![]() Obsidian is the only black available on the facelifted C-Class, and as part of Mercedes’ metallic colour options it’ll cost £685. That said, you’ll have to pay extra for it. Blackīlack gives most cars a classy look, and the C-Class being a Mercedes, this rings more true than ever. You can spec Diamond White instead, which is one of Mercedes’ exclusive Designo metallics, but unless you really want to spec your car in white, we’re not sure it’s worth the extra £895. However, hues like Mercedes’ Polar White will obviously be more difficult to keep clean than darker colours and, because it isn’t metallic it won’t be quite as shimmering as other options. There is a school of thought that if a car looks good in white, it’s a good-looking car, and the C-Class fits this to a tee. It might not be the most interesting choice in the world, but white has made a serious comeback recently and is now the most popular car colour in the UK. To demonstrate how colour can change the look of a car, we’ve had a closer look at the C-Class’ colour chart to hopefully help you make up your mind which hue is for you… Whites Its marketing department clearly does its research though, because the colours that are available are more or less made up of the UK’s most popular car colours. Mercedes offers nine shades for its compact exec in total, although some are admittedly rather similar to each other. As much as optional packages and alloy wheel choice matter, the shade of your car remains the best way to add that personal touch.īut which to go for? Car makers offer hundreds of different hues, but to simplify your main options we’ve had a look at the colours of one of the country’s most popular lease cars – the C-Class. Once you’ve set your heart on the car you want, the next big decision is usually which colour to go for. The latest incarnation of the McLaren-Mercedes livery further continues this tradition by being dominated by highly reflective chrome-silver.Colour guide: How much difference does colour make to a Mercedes C-Class? As his predecessors did, the new silver arrow won on his first appearance, in Melbourne with David Coulthard. In 19, the McLaren-Mercedes F1 cars were still painted in the red&white colors of Marlboro but in 1997, West brought silver and black colors. Mercedes-Benz recalled its great past in the 1970s with rallye cars, and in the 1980s with the Sauber sportscars as well as the DTM touring cars. The names Rudolf Caracciola, Bernd Rosemeyer, Hermann Lang, and later Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio, will for ever be associated with the eras of these racing cars. The superiority of these vehicles in international motor racing established the term "Silver Arrow" as a legend, for example by usually winning the first race in which they were entered. The Silver Arrows of Mercedes and Auto Union cars reached speeds of well over 300 km/h in 1937, and well over 400 km/h during land speed record runs. Until 1937, the supercharged engine of a Mercedes-Benz W125 attained an output of 646 hp (475 kW), a figure not exceeded in Grand Prix Racing until the early 1980s, with the appearance of turbo-charged engines in Formula One. After a successful race of the 320 hp cars, the nickname Silver Arrow was born. The next day, the shining silver aluminium beneath was exposed and the scrutineering was passed. Racing manager Alfred Neubauer and his driver Manfred von Brauchitsch were at first baffled, before hitting on the idea of scraping all the white paint from the bodywork. When the Mercedes-Benz team placed its new Mercedes-Benz W25 on the scrutineering scales prior to the first race (the Eifelrennen at the Nürburgring) in spring 1934, it recorded 751 kg. The international governing body of motor sport prescribed for 1934 onwards a maximum weight limit of 750 kilograms for Grand Prix racing cars, excluding tyres and fuel. The origin of the Silver Arrows was accidental. For example, the big supercharged 200 hp Mercedes-Benz SSK with which Rudolf Caracciola won the 1931 Mille Miglia was called White Elephant. German cars like the Blitzen Benz were white. Italian race cars are still famous for their Rosso Corsa red color, English ones are British Racing Green, French blue, etc. Silver Arrows was the name given by the press to Germany's dominant Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union Grand Prix motor racing cars between 19, and also later applied to the Mercedes-Benz Formula One and sports cars in 1954/55.įor decades until the introduction of sponsorship liveries, each country had its traditional color in automobile racing. ![]()
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