autoevolution

A Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Sells for $17,500, but There's a Catch

This Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR looks every inch a race car. But it is just a child's toy. One that has just sold for $17,500 in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. In an auction event held at the Yas ...
Autoblog

1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR sells for a record $143 million

A 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR “Uhlenhaut Coupé” has smashed the record for most expensive car sold at auction. The winning bid of $143 million eclipses the price of the previous record holder, a 1962 ...
CNET

Mercedes Confirms $143M 300 SLR Auction Sale, Will Start Scholarship Fund

The proceeds will be used to start a scholarship fund for environmental research. Last week we reported on rumors that Mercedes-Benz sold one of the two 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupes ever made in what ...
autoevolution

1955 Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe Is Now World’s Most Valuable Car, at $143 Million

Even in the automotive world, there’s hardly ever smoke without a fire. Last week’s report that one of the two existing Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe had sold at a secret auction has been confirmed ...
Road & Track

Mercedes 300 SLR Prototype Sells for $142 Million, Shattering Most Expensive Car Record

Mercedes confirmed Thursday it has sold one of its 1955 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupés from its own collection for €135 million (roughly $142 million), shattering the record for most expensive car ever sold ...
Motor Authority

1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe sold for record $143M

One of two 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupes has sold for 135 million euros ($143 million at current exchange rates), making it the most expensive car of all time, Mercedes said Thursday in ...