Top 5 Most Expensive Mercedes Cars Sold at an Auction

Following the Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe became the most highly-priced auto at any time bought at auction, here are the five most highly-priced Mercedes versions at any time marketed at auction. The vehicle in the 2nd spot is a shut relative of 300 SLR.

A couple of days in the past, the Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe set the document for the most high priced vehicle ever bought at auction. At the top secret auction structured by Sotheby’s auction dwelling, the Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe offered for 135 million euros (144.6 million USD).

It may perhaps feel astonishing but the second most high priced Mercedes ever bought at auction is a design really very similar in technical phrases to the 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe. This is the Mercedes W196 Components 1 auto that was offered at a Bonhams auction in July 2013 at the Goodwood Pageant of Velocity for $29,607,760. This is nevertheless the most high priced F1 motor vehicle at any time sold at auction and right until a handful of days in the past it was also the most pricey Mercedes ever offered at auction. The Mercedes W196 F1 case in point sold received F1 races in the 1954 and 1955 seasons with Juan Manuel Fangio at the wheel.

I explained that the two automobiles are technically related mainly because the Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe is not derived from the 300 SL, but is based on the Mercedes W196 F1 vehicle.
A 2nd seat has been extra, two gullwing doorways and the inline 8 cylinder motor has been modified. The displacement has been greater from 2.5 to 3. liters and the electricity has been elevated from 280 to 300 HP

Listed here is the list of the 5 most expensive Mercedes styles in record:

1. Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe                              144.69 mil USD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Mercedes W196 F1                                                                      29.6 mil USD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K Distinctive Roadster                   11.77 mil USD
Rumoured to have belonged to Baroness Gisela von Krieger. It was bought at an auction at Pebble Beach in 2012.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster                     9.68 mil USD
It was one particular of the key sights at the 2011 Monterey auction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. 1928 Mercedes-Benz 680S Torpedo Roadster                 8.25 mil USD
It has a minimal-slung torpedo roadster human body signed by Carrosserie J. Saoutchik of Paris and stands as a best example of coachbuilding in the late 1920s. It was introduced at the New York demonstrate in 1929 and is the only just one of the three surviving shorter windshield illustrations.