Top 5 Most Expensive Mercedes Cars Sold at an Auction

Right after the Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe turned the most high priced car or truck at any time sold at auction, below are the 5 most high-priced Mercedes styles ever sold at auction. The car in the second spot is a shut relative of 300 SLR.

A few times back, the Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe set the report for the most costly vehicle at any time marketed at auction. At the key auction structured by Sotheby’s auction house, the Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe marketed for 135 million euros (144.6 million USD).

It could look astonishing but the second most highly-priced Mercedes at any time marketed at auction is a model pretty comparable in specialized conditions to the 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe. This is the Mercedes W196 System 1 motor vehicle that was sold at a Bonhams auction in July 2013 at the Goodwood Competition of Speed for $29,607,760. This is nevertheless the most highly-priced F1 auto at any time bought at auction and until eventually a few times back it was also the most costly Mercedes at any time bought at auction. The Mercedes W196 F1 instance offered received F1 races in the 1954 and 1955 seasons with Juan Manuel Fangio at the wheel.

I stated that the two cars are technically related simply because the Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe is not derived from the 300 SL, but is based mostly on the Mercedes W196 F1 car or truck.
A next seat has been extra, two gullwing doorways and the inline 8 cylinder engine has been modified. The displacement has been improved from 2.5 to 3. liters and the energy has been improved from 280 to 300 HP

Listed here is the listing of the 5 most pricey Mercedes models 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 Specific 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 Distinctive Roadster                     9.68 mil USD
It was 1 of the main sights at the 2011 Monterey auction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. 1928 Mercedes-Benz 680S Torpedo Roadster                 8.25 mil USD
It has a reduced-slung torpedo roadster physique signed by Carrosserie J. Saoutchik of Paris and stands as a perfect example of coachbuilding in the late 1920s. It was presented at the New York show in 1929 and is the only a single of the a few surviving brief windshield examples.