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Merc’s hardcore demo drivers do some drifting

Published: 15 Jul 2011

Some say that these blokes have four wrists. And that they sleep inside out. All we know is that they're called the Silver Arrows Display Team.

Yep, Mercedes Benz World in Brooklands, Surrey, has spawned four race-suited Stig-a-likes to perform a series of skiddy, smoky driving demonstrations at the centre's handling circuit.

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Peddling the manufacturer's brute-in-a-suit AMG saloons, you can watch them power slide on the wet skid circle, perform precision overtaking and generally hoon the back tyres off at 1pm on Saturday, Sunday and every day during local school holidays.

Too busy to head down? Click on the video below.

Given the chance, which Benz would you like to take for a thrash?

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