You’ve gotta love Pebble Beach. The concept cars companies debut in the beautiful Monterey, California during the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance are always jaw dropping. Regardless of your brand preference, there’s no denying how awesome many of these concepts are. For instance, the Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow.
Designed to pay homage to the original Silver Arrow, a highly-successful Mercedes-Benz W125 racer from 1937, the EQ Silver Arrow is an all-electric, single-seat beauty.
“Over 80 years ago, the historic Silver Arrows demonstrated that Mercedes-Benz was a pioneer when it came to speed, thanks, among other things, to their streamlined shape,” says Gorden Wagener, Chief Design Officer at Daimler AG. “The EQ Silver Arrow show car draws on that legacy. Intended for acceleration and driving pleasure, it embodies progressive luxury and provides an insight into the future of our design. As a result, the show car drives the design idiom of our new EQ product and technology brand to the top.”
Obviously, we’re BMW enthusiasts here but, above all, we’re car enthusiasts and this new EQ Silver Arrow is flat-out awesome. It has a body structure made entirely from carbon fiber, Alubeam Silver paint that makes it look like it’s painted with liquid metal, a single-seat driving position and quite possibly the coolest wheels I’ve seen on any car, concept or otherwise, in a very long time.
Those wheels are made from lightweight aluminum and feature 168 rose-colored spokes. They look incredible, even if they do feature fixed, non-rotating hubcaps that cover half the wheel. Admittedly, I wish Mercedes would take those hubcaps off to let us see those glorious looking wheels in their entirety, but they still look awesome.
Inside the EQ Silver Arrow, the cockpit is line with the only three materials that should ever grace the interior of a premium car — leather, metal and wood. While there is some carbon fiber in this interior (which is for the birds), it’s forgivable considering how stunning the rest of the interior is.
Powering the EQ Silver Arrow is an 80 kWh battery and a pair of electric motors making 738 hp. While that won’t sound as good as the 1937 Silver Arrow’s 12-cylinder engine, it will certainly be faster.
These are the sorts of concept cars that spark the imagination of enthusiasts and we’re glad it debuted at Pebble Beach. The badge on the grille makes no difference.
Sexy! Fantastic mix of old and new.
This is one gorgeous concept. Very gorgeous actually. And it really can be traced back to its roots.
Merc is not just tearing the design rule book right now. Its creating an altogether new one.
LOOOOOOL funniest thing ive read all day
Keep laughing Mate !!
Huge demand for single seat BEV. 738 hp. Mercedes scooter
BMW designers should watch and learn from the masters at Benz
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oh cute you’re a mister expert now? it’s not i have a side between merc and bimmer. if i want to criticize the design and etc then i can. bro what do you even take me for? the f? lmfao xD
lool i was only joking with u xD
i hardly laughed.
ok :(
don’t get me wrong. i love bmw. it’s just that idk wtf they’re designing these days. i can be critical with mercedes and audi designs as well. german designs are mimicing they’re large sedans, middle to small sedans and i can’t tell the difference. that’s what i hate.
About designing concepts that never make production? So masters of nothing.
Ugly.
Mr John you’re an ignorant man you should know first who’s the master:-
1- BMW for 14 years until now is the world premier
2- BMW is The most profitable company in the world
3- BMW is the the third Richest company in the world ( 77.9 billions) and the Mercedes is the fourth one ( 66.8 billions)
4- about the (EQ) Design it’s Ugly Design and silly any child can maybe Design it
5- you surely didn’t see the ( Vision next 100) concepts it’s amazing it’s (Beyond imagination) After this design, all companies tried to imitate bmw, including Mercedes.
Do you know now who’s the master after these facts ?!
ignore that john person he always talks rubbish lol
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looks like something audi would design not merc
First impressions from me are not good. It looks odd, like a bug that came into contact with oil spillage.