Part I - Porsche DNA
During the 1930s, German racers known as the Silver Arrows dominated
Grand Prix competition. There were two different makes, a version built
by Mercedes Benz and another built by Auto Union which was originally
called the Silver Fish. These cars decimated their competition - Alfa
Romeo, Maserati, and Bugatti – so completely that after three years,
only Alfa remained to fight with the German cars. As a result many Grand
Prix races became simply a Mercedes versus Auto Union battle. An
interesting element to this clash of titans was that both versions of
the Silver Arrows were bred from Porsche DNA.
