Hitler's Supercars on C4

[timbo999]

Charting the rise of the '30s Silver Arrows. Worth looking out for I reckon.

[Elderly]

Has this been shown before?

[eccles]

Elderly said:

Has this been shown before?

My TV guide shows it's not a repeat, but I'm sure BBC4 did a very similar documentary a few years ago.

[thegreenhell]

Somewhat spoiled by them having that scoundrel Chris Routledge as an 'expert'.

[Morris12s3]

I'm sure I remember a Horizon program from the late 80's covering more generally the pre war racing years. From memory it was excellent.

[Eric Mc]

Horizon made a documentary called “Supercharged” in 1984, covering the Mercedes and Auto Unions of the 1930s It was very good and is available on You Tube.
Tonight’s programme was good. But why did they use extracts from the 1968 film “Battle of Britain” to depict Messerschmitt 109s? The film 109s are Hispano Buchons, powered by Rolls Royce Merlins,

[2fast748]

thegreenhell said:

Somewhat spoiled by them having that scoundrel Chris Routledge as an 'expert'.

I enjoyed the program but did think he might have a had some dutch courage before being filmed. Who is he?

[Ed Moses]

2fast748 said:

I enjoyed the program but did think he might have a had some dutch courage before being filmed. Who is he?

Do a search on Coys and Administration and all may become clear..........

[Eric Mc]

I was wondering who he was. He did seem rather strangely animated.

[Arun_D]

I found it a very interesting subject, but that chap's mannerisms and delivery was very off-putting. I wonder if he talks to his family like that.

[Eric Mc]

The most interesting bit was the part where they looked at the Mercedes land speed record car. I had seen pictures of it before but I didn't know much about it. The computational fluid dynamics work carried out on the design by the chaps at Silverstone was very revealing.

[BryanC]

Eric Mc said:

The computational fluid dynamics work carried out on the design by the chaps at Silverstone was very revealing.

Verrrry intelesting....must remember fluid dynamics and front lifting in 45 years time when we go to Le Mans.

In all seriousness, were they not beautiful cars.

[Lynchie999]

the T80 at goodwood FOS in 2018... no bodywork as it wouldn't have fit in the shelter...

https://www.goodwood.com/grr/event-coverage/festiv...

[Morris12s3]

Eric Mc said:

Horizon made a documentary called “Supercharged” in 1984, covering the Mercedes and Auto Unions of the 1930s It was very good and is available on You Tube.
Tonight’s programme was good. But why did they use extracts from the 1968 film “Battle of Britain” to depict Messerschmitt 109s? The film 109s are Hispano Buchons, powered by Rolls Royce Merlins,

Thanks for that ..... tonight's viewing sorted

[Eric Mc]

BryanC said:

Verrrry intelesting....must remember fluid dynamics and front lifting in 45 years time when we go to Le Mans.

It's quite strange when you think about it. Flying Mercedes sports cars seems to be a bit of "a thing".

[sgtBerbatov]

Arun_D said:

I found it a very interesting subject, but that chap's mannerisms and delivery was very off-putting. I wonder if he talks to his family like that.

He's well suited to an american reality TV show on Discovery or History.

I found it incredible that they were using rear engined vehicles before the war, and it took F1 until the 60's to go back to them.

[Ahonen]

Arun_D said:

I found it a very interesting subject, but that chap's mannerisms and delivery was very off-putting. I wonder if he talks to his family like that.

He was very irritating. He couldn't pronounce Rudolf Caracciola's name either, which made my teeth itch - he constantly pronouced it 'Carrikachola'.

I very much enjoyed the programme apart from that. The brief slow motion footage of Rosemeyer on opposite lock was amazing.

[Eric Mc]

sgtBerbatov said:

He's well suited to an american reality TV show on Discovery or History.

I found it incredible that they were using rear engined vehicles before the war, and it took F1 until the 60's to go back to them.

They weren't even new in the 1930s -



The principle and advantages of having a mid engined set up were pretty well understood. The problem was that the tyres, brakes, suspension etc weren't good enough to exploit the concept properly.

[waynecyclist]

Watched this on catch up earlier, really enjoyed it.

[marcosgt]

Eric Mc said:

It's quite strange when you think about it. Flying Mercedes sports cars seems to be a bit of "a thing".

That was exactly my thought - One would seem unfortunate, two careless, so what does that make 3?!?!?

Interesting programme on the whole, but would have been better without Routledge's bizarre delivery...

M

Edited by marcosgt on Friday 31st July 14:32