The Mercedes-Benz electric concept recalls the Silver Arrow record

Eighty years ago, Mercedes-Benz set a record for the fastest land vehicle on a highway. It was not until last year that the German brand lost the title of Koenigsegg and his Agera RS. Mercedes has not forgotten the achievement, and now he has created a tribute to the legendary W125 Silver Arrow darts driver.

It is called the concept "Aesthetic Progressive Luxury", although it is more of a sculpture than a conceptual vehicle. . But, the intentions are the same. The design team worked to infuse the streamlined looks of the W125 into a modern interpretation of a 1930s race car – a rider who went 268.8 mph on a stretch of one kilometer. kilometer from the highway. In this case, however, the concept is a design study for the company's EQ brand of battery electric vehicles.

The designers worked to channel the ethics of the 1930s runners and, in doing so, decided to break down the concept of sculpture. The effect highlights the muscular wheel arches, which are reminiscent of the W125 Silver Arrow. The front fascia starts as something fluid and consistent, but the design moves quickly to divide the back of the Aesthetics Progressive Luxury concept towards the middle with a long fin. The badpit bubble is also reminiscent of the 20th century race car

The most unique element of sculpture is perhaps the way the body separates and separates towards the body. 39; rear. Mercedes says it's "as if the resulting surface segments were captured by an imaginary airstream and carried away."

What does Aesthetic Progressive Luxury sculpture have to do with the new EQ brand? This is an badumption at this point. In its press release, Mercedes-Benz said that "the formal clarity of the sculpture with its purist main body reflects the homogeneous appearance of all vehicles of the EQ". Motor1 reports that the sculpture premieres a concept car that will be shown at the Pebble Beach Elegance Contest in August and that Mercedes plans to release a single halo car to launch the brand. EQ

The first EQ model will be the EQ C electric crossover, which will debut later this year. After the EQ C, a whole family of EQ models will come. Mercedes-Benz will also race under the EQ banner in Formula E.

The sculpture of the Aesthetics Progressive Luxury concept follows five other sculptures "Aesthetics", which began in 2010 with the Aesthetics No. 1. Aesthetics A in 2017.