# Mercedes Made of White Gold

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-made-of-white-gold/47498>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [April 15, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-made-of-white-gold/47498 "2010-04-15T17:06:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-made-of-white-gold/47498/21 "2010-04-18T23:58:05Z")

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It isn’t “made” of white gold or “plated” with white gold. It is an urban myth intended to play on our anti-Arab prejudices. It is nothing more than a special finish.

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-made-of-white-gold/47498/22 "2010-04-19T00:09:58Z")

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It turns out there are more chrome SLRs out there (UK soccer players):  
[http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/12/2009/05/William\_Gallas\_Chrome\_SLR.jpg](http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/12/2009/05/William_Gallas_Chrome_SLR.jpg)  
More here:

> **[Two UK Soccer Stars Join Chrome Mercedes SLR McLaren Craze](https://jalopnik.com/5255969/two-uk-soccer-stars-join-chrome-mercedes-slr-mclaren-craze)**
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> Arsenal Defender William Gallas paid $535,000 for this chrome Mercedes SLR McLaren. He's not the only English footballer. Blackburn Rovers Striker Ello Hadji Diouf paid $642,000 for his. Dear god, make it stop.

Google ‘chrome SLR’ if you’re curious.

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**Author:** ![Bocephus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@Bocephus](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bocephus)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 6:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-made-of-white-gold/47498/23 "2011-03-09T06:18:50Z")

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[http://alsacorp.com/products/chromefx/](http://alsacorp.com/products/chromefx/)

I sell automotive paint and have seen things like this before. The website I posted above is an example of faux chrome. It’s still more expensive than a “regular” paint job, but it creates the same effect as the photo presented. Who said it was gold? A source without traditional journalistic accreditation or factual evidence? Interesting…

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