1955 Benz 300 Slr

1955 Benz 300 Slr. 1955 MercedesBenz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe sold for record 143M The world record for a car sold at auction has been smashed thanks to Mercedes-Benz selling its 1955 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe - just one of two in existence. 9 things to know about 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR 'Uhlenhaut Coupe' - which sold for a record price of $142 million

The most expensive car in the world is now officially a Mercedes-Benz, with news one of its cherished 300 SLR Uhlenhauts has been sold to an unnamed collector for an astonishing £114million (€. The world record for a car sold at auction has been smashed thanks to Mercedes-Benz selling its 1955 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe - just one of two in existence.

1955 MercedesBenz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe sold for record 143M

Sir Stirling Moss described the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR as "The most fantastic car in the world" The 1955 Mercedes 300 SLR 'Uhlenhaut Coupe' remained the most valuable car in the world, two years after a private collector paid a record price of €141 million (£138 million or US$142 million) to own the ultra-luxury sports car. A man considered by many as the greatest driver to ever live, Moss is well versed to make such a claim, having immortalised the 300 SLR in the 1955 Mille Miglia, setting the record which will never be broken.

1955 Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe Is Now World’s Most Valuable Car, at 143 Million. The most expensive car in the world is now officially a Mercedes-Benz, with news one of its cherished 300 SLR Uhlenhauts has been sold to an unnamed collector for an astonishing £114million (€. Mercedes-Benz enjoyed incredible success in 1955, but the brand's winning run was overshadowed mid-way through the season by a tragic accident during the Le Mans 24-hour race

1955 MercedesBenz 300 SLR HD Pictures. And this most beautiful car in the world was just sold for €135,000,000 ($143,000,000) While it would bear a strong visual resemblance to two of Uhlenhaut's other noteworthy designs—namely the W194 that won in Le Mans in 1952, and the 300 SL Gullwing that at that time was being prepared in road-going specification for series production—the underpinnings of the 300 SLR were most closely connected to the W196 that propelled Mercedes-Benz to F1 success in 1954 and 1955.