$142 million dollar (£115 million pound) for the Most Expensiv Car in the World

Mercedes have set a new world record in the collectors car market in May 2022 with $142 million dollar (£115 million pound) sale of one of their two 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupes they have owned from new & having been in their collection for 67 years.

They  invited 10 collectors to RB Sotheby’s auction to bid for their Red interior 1955 Mercedes-Benz with just 6,045km recorded with Mercedes retaining the Blue interior 300SL in their collection.

Based on the W 196 R Grand Prix car, which won several world championships at the hands of Juan Manuel Fangio, the 300 SLR was designed by Rudolf Uhlenhaut & carries his name which was never actually raced but was instead used for practice and as Uhlenhaut’s personal transportation to events.

Powered by a 3.0 liter straight-eight engine producing 302 horsepower, with 0-60mph in just 6.9sec, with a top speed of 176.47mph, as tested by Autocar in 1956.

Simon Kidston placed the winning bid on behalf of an unnamed British client, after lobbying Mercedes-Benz’s board of directors to sell the race car for some 18-months arrived at the auction on May 5th, 2022, in the 300SL Gullwing that his father had purchased new in 1955.

With automotive unique automobiles with exceptional providences from the 20th century now setting these astonishing sums of money & being bought for their Historic importance as well as being seen as art in motion for those who are fortunate to ever be able to afford to own such iconic cars in their personal collections, domonstrate that unique classic cars with the correct providence & are Icons of automotive engineering & design remain a sound investment for future collectors.

Martin Lane

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