The Most Valuable Car of the World - "Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coup'e"


A unicorn in the Automobile Industry has just been sold for astounding amount. It’s the most Valuable Vintage Car in the Collectors world.


Inventor Rudolph Uhlenhaut with 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coup'e


The auction sale of a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé has bring up whopping amount of
$143 million (135 million euros or 1100 crore approx) in a private auction to a private collector. The previous record for a car sold at auction was $70 million, for a 1962 Ferrari (RACE) 250 GTO in 2018.

 This icon of automotive history is an absolute rarity – one of just two prototypes built at the time. It is consider as to be one of the world finest automobile engineering master piece created by chief engineer, Rudolf Uhlenhaut, & also named after him. Only 2 pieces of the marvelous design were made & were not meant to be sold.

 The “Merecedes-Benz Fund” – Global Scholarship Program (Educational & Reseach Scholarships for young people in environmental science & decarbonisation) was the prime reason for carrying out this sound auction decision.

 This was the best opportunity for Vintage Collector to get in hand to a Car which never gets its hand in public & with a powerful performance & the most innovative design; no doubt it is “The Most Valuable Car of the World.”

 The private owner has agreed to made vehicle accessible to public on special occasion & other 300 SLR will remain to be displayed in ‘Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart’ under company ownership.

  “We are proud that we can contribute with our historical collection to this initiative connecting the past with the future of engineering and decarbonisation technology. The private buyer has agreed that the 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé will remain accessible for public display on special occasions, while the second original 300 SLR Coupé remains in company ownership and will continue to be displayed at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart.“

Marcus Breitschwerdt

Head of Mercedes-Benz Heritage

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