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Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé (sold 2022)
Mercedes-Benz · Rudolf Uhlenhaut
One of the two 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupés, sold by Mercedes-Benz in 2022 for €135 million, the highest price ever paid for a car.
- Date
- 1955
- Catalogue
- Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR (W 196 S)
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Record
Two of the nine 300 SLR racing chassis were built as closed coupés; Rudolf Uhlenhaut, who designed the 300 SLR, used one as his personal car, and it was among the fastest road cars of its day. The 300 SLR won the 1955 Mille Miglia with Stirling Moss and navigator Denis Jenkinson. On 5 May 2022, in a sale held with RM Sotheby's at the Mercedes-Benz Museum, the company sold one of the two coupés from its classic collection to a private collector for €135 million, to fund a 'Mercedes-Benz Fund' for scholarships in environmental science and decarbonisation. The other coupé remains with the company and on display at the museum.
- Culture
- German
- Origin
- Stuttgart, Germany
In the Tapestry
- Designed by · 1955
- Rudolf UhlenhautA
- Made by · 1955
- Mercedes-BenzB
- Exhibited at · to 2022
- Mercedes-Benz MuseumB
- Associated with · 2022
- RM Sotheby'sB
Sources
- A
Wikipedia, 'Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR'
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Mercedes-Benz Group, 'The most valuable car in the world'
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