- Mercedes ever produced only two copies of the 300SLR, and they became known as the Uhlenhaut coupe because of its connection to the legendary engineer Rudolf Uhlenhaut.
- These two cars have been in the classic Mercedes-Benz collection for over half a century, and the sale was so secret and exclusive that the automaker only proclaiming that it happened now, two weeks after the auction took place in Stuttgart.
- The auction exceeded 143 million dollars, which is more than twice the previous record holder for the most expensive car.
A small spring cleaning at Mercedes-Benz has led to a new record for the most valuable car in the world. The automaker has confirmed that it sold one of two incredibly rare 300SLR Uhlenhaut coupes to a private collector for a whopping 143 million dollars (135 million euros) at RM Sotheby’s private auction at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart on May 5th. .
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The previous record holder for the most expensive car was the 1963 Ferrari 250GTO, which was purchased for $ 70 million in 2018 by WeatherTech founder and CEO David McNeil. Only a small number of wealthy people have been invited to bid for the tough version of Mercedes ’powerful Silver Arrow, and Mercedes has not disclosed the buyer’s name 300SLR, but Hagertsy reports that the buyer is “a well-known figure from the UK car industry and a long-time collector of special vehicles”. Mercedes said the buyer has agreed to make the car available to the public on special occasions.
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When rumors of this sale first began to spread earlier this month, one of the main questions was why Mercedes-Benz would sell an indispensable car from its classic collection with a deep history for just a small portion of the company’s annual budget. In today’s announcement of the sale of Mercedes said that the money will be used to create a “Mercedes-Benz Fund”, which will be used to “provide educational and research scholarships in the field of environmental science and decarbonisation for young people” around the world. . The Mercedes-Benz Foundation will support college students working on environmental projects, as well as junior high school students who are focused on local environmental projects in their localities. Mercedes will announce more details about the fund later this year.
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“The 300SLR Uhlenhaut coupes are milestones in the development of sports cars and key historical elements that have shaped our brand,” Mercedes-Benz Group CEO Ola Kalenyus said in a statement. “The decision to sell one of these two unique sports cars was made with very reasonable arguments – to benefit a good cause … Thanks to the Mercedes-Benz Foundation, we would like to encourage the new generation to follow in the footsteps of Rudolf Uhlengaut and develop. amazing new technologies, especially those that support the critical goal of decarbonisation and resource conservation. At the same time, achieving the highest price ever paid for a car is unusual and humiliating. ”
Two prototypes of the 300SLR Uhlenhaut coupe from the Mercedes collection were built and named after their creator and chief engineer Rudolf Uhlenhaut. The company has built only two versions of the 300SLR solid-top racer, and cars from 1955 have been used by Uhlengaut and other Mercedes engineers to advance racing technology. The Mercedes-Benz Classic collection still has more than 1,100 cars, including the second original 300SLR coupe, from the time the car was invented in 1886 to the present day.
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