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Mercedes Benz Quicksilver Century - Signed by Karl Ludvigsen

Mercedes Benz Quicksilver Century - Signed by Karl Ludvigsen
Mercedes Benz Quicksilver Century - Signed by Karl Ludvigsen
Mercedes Benz Quicksilver Century - Signed by Karl Ludvigsen
Mercedes Benz Quicksilver Century - Signed by Karl Ludvigsen
Mercedes Benz Quicksilver Century - Signed by Karl Ludvigsen
  • Stock: In Stock
  • Author: Karl Ludvigsen
  • ISBN: 851840515
  • Publisher: Transport Bookman Publications
  • Publication Year: 1995
  • Edition: 1st Edition
  • Revised: No
  • Reprint: No
  • Language: English
  • Pages: 617
  • Illustrations: Black and White
  • Format: Hardback - With Dustjacket
  • Signed Author: Karl Ludvigsen
  • Condition Book: Very Good
  • Condition Dust Jacket: Very Good
  • Dimensions: 285.00mm x 215.00mm
£115.00
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This book has been dedicated to previous owner by author

A watershed work in the history of cars and racing, Quicksilver Century tears the veil of secrecy from a century of motor sports competition by the world's oldest auto maker. It sweeps aside the myths of Mercedes Benz in racing and takes its reader inside the boardrooms, experimental shops and test tracks of this proud company. Every page brings new information, new insights and new and exciting stories of the racing exploits of the most feared and respected competitor in racing. For the first time the saga is told of a century of speed by a single car maker. Benz of Mannheim and Daimler's Mercedes of Stuttgart first battled each other as bitter rivals on the Grand Prix tracks of Europe. The great `Blitzen Benz' became the world's fastest vehicle. Mercedes was a Grand Prix winner in 1908 and again in 1914, winning the Indy 500 too in 1915. They were names to reckon with, and when they joined forces in 1926 as Daimler-Benz they became awesome competitors indeed. With its 'Silver Arrows', Mercedes-Benz humbled its Grand Prix rivals in the 1930s and early 1950s. It won the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1952 and 1989. Striding through the pages of this handsome, readable book are the fascinating characters that built and raced the cars: Emil Jellinek, who named the Mercedes car after his daughter, innovative and demanding engineer Wilhelm Maybach, portly Alfred Neubauer, who kept the company's sporting spirit alive, Rudolf Uhlenhaut, the engineer who could drive as fast as the finest racers drivers: Lautenschlager, Werner, de Palma, Oldfield, Burman, Caracciola, Stuck, Lang, von Brauchitsch, Seaman, Moss, Fangio, Kling, Herrmann, Fitch, Mikkola, Waldegaard, Ludwig, Thackwell, Wendlinger, Schumacher, Unser, and Fittipaldi - an incredible cast spanning generations of racing. The many great Benz, Mercedes and Mercedes-Benz cars are described in full by Karl Ludvigsen, of course. But they are not seen in isolation. Each is explained as a creature of its time, placed in its historic frame of reference. Among the most exotic are the streamlined rear-engined Benz TropfenWagen, the six-wheeled T80 Land Speed Record contender, the V-12 that set a record of 268 mph on an ordinary highway in 1938 and the unique 5001 pushrod V-8 that staggered its rivals by racing and winning at Indy in 1994, described in detail for the first time. Mercedes-Benz launched bold new racing initiatives in Formula 1 (with McLaren), in Indy Car racing (with Penske) and in top-class European touring-car competition with its own C-Class racer — all detailed in the richly-illustrated pages of Quicksilver Century.

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