Inspired by past, eye on future, Mercedes unveils Silver Arrow concept car

It is an electric-vehicle fantasy inspired by the brand's Silver Arrows heyday in the 1930s

In Monterey, California, late on Friday, Mercedes-Benz unveiled its latest concept car, the EQ Silver Arrow. It’s a homage to the brand’s original W 125 race car, which in 1937 set the record for fastest land-speed vehicle on a public road by travelling nearly 270 miles per hour. That record was only broken late last year by the Koenigsegg Agera. 

The electric one-seater joins a long list of memorable concepts that Mercedes shows off every year in advance of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on Sunday. None of them will reach anything near production, but design chief Gorden Wagener says