$143 Million Mercedes 300 SLR 'Uhlenhaut Coupe' Becomes Most Valuable Car Ever Shattering Ferrari Record | Carscoops carscoops
The 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe has become the world’s most expensive car selling for an astonishing €135 million or nearly US$142.9 million, smashing the old record set by a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO that is believed to have sold for $48.4 million in 2018 by a whopping by $94.5 million.
Seven SLR examples were built but only two featured enclosed cockpits for endurance racing use, however, the vehicle was never actually raced but was instead used for practice and as Uhlenhaut’s personal transportation to events. Only a select few individuals were invited to take part in the auction, which took place at the Mercedes Benz museum where the vehicle has lived for the last 67 years.
Simon Kidston placed the winning bid on behalf of an unnamed client, after lobbying Mercedes-Benz’s board of directors to sell the race car for some 18-months. He has previously described the Uhlenhaut Coupe as his “favorite car”, and was one of the. Kidston himself showed up at the auction on May 5th, 2022, in the 300SL Gullwing that his father had purchased new in 1955.
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