Mercedes-Benz confirmed on Thursday that it lately bought the world's costliest automotive. A really uncommon 1955 Mercedes-Benz SLR coupe that had been stored within the German automaker's assortment was bought to a non-public proprietor for €135 million, the equal of US$142 million. That worth makes it the costliest automotive identified to ever have been bought, in response to Hagerty, an organization that tracks collector automotive values.
Cash from the sale will probably be used to ascertain the Mercedes-Benz Fund, a worldwide scholarship fund, Mercedes stated in an announcement.
The earlier document sale worth for a automotive was reportedly US$70 million paid in 2018 for a 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO.
The Mercedes that was bought was one among solely two 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe prototypes. The 67-year-old automobiles had been named for Mercedes' chief engineer on the time, Rudolf Uhlenhaut, and are claimed to have a prime velocity of 186 mph It was bought at a closed invitation-only public sale on the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart on Might 5. The public sale was held in cooperation with auto public sale firm RM Sotheby's.
The opposite Uhlenhaut Coupe will stay within the Museum's assortment, in response to a Mercedes-Benz assertion.
"Their racing automobiles from the Nineteen Thirties and Fifties are uncommon, and most are nonetheless owned by the manufacturing unit, so any that come to market are extremely wanted," stated Brian Rabold, vice chairman for automotive intelligence at Hagerty.
Mercedes' "Gullwing" SLRs -- so-called due to the doorways that stand up like curved wings -- are thought-about to be among the many world's most fascinating automobiles. And numerous uncommon and racing variations are particularly priceless.
The SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe was, primarily, a hard-top model of Mercedes' well-known open-topped SLR racing automotive, powered by a 300 horsepower eight-cylinder engine. The considering was that a closed automotive would higher defend drivers from wind and climate at excessive speeds, whereas the closed roof would additionally enhance aerodynamics.
Shortly after the event of those automobiles, Mercedes stopped its involvement in motorsports, so the automobiles had been by no means utilized in competitors.
Whereas the id of the automotive's new homeowners stays unknown, British basic automotive supplier Simon Kidston claimed in a press launch to have positioned the profitable bid on behalf of a buyer.
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