Mercedes celebrated 75 years of racing last week, and displayed a range of original and replica competition vehicles over the last 3/4 of a century. Since 1934, the Silver Arrows have been a formidable force on race tracks around the world.

One of the lesser known Mercedes race vehicles is 1955′s “The Blue Wonder” – pictured above. It was a fast blue carrier with sports-car looks, the Lo 2750 (named after its 2.75 ton payload capability) from the 1930s with its flashing chrome grille and the 16-metre long present-day Actross. The latter is among those which have moved racing metal for the likes of Lewis Hamilton and C-Class cars of German Touring Car Championship (DTM) drivers.