1955 MercedesBenz 300 SLR 'Uhlenhaut Coupé' The MercedesBenz 300


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A Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé from 1955 has been auctioned off for a record price of 135 million EUR to a private collector. This icon of automotive history is an absolute rarity - one of just two prototypes built at the time. Named after its creator and chief engineer, Rudolf Uhlenhaut, it is considered to be one of the finest.


Mercedes Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé II Foto & Bild autos

The 300 SLRs have long been regarded by the collector community as being the world's most valuable cars. This was proved to be true in May 2022 when RM Sotheby's sold the 300 SLR "Uhlenhaut Coupe" for nearly $150 million. As a special production counterpart, the 300 SL Alloy Gullwing represents the "holy grail" of all Gullwings.


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Get a quote. Hagerty was first to report the news that one of the two Uhlenhaut coupés built had been sold by Mercedes for a sobering €135 million, which is £115 million. Until that sale happened, the other car most regularly touted as the world's most valuable car was its sister, the 300 SLR in which Stirling Moss won the Mille Miglia.


Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe Is World's Most Expensive Car At 143M

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.


World's most expensive car "Uhlenhaut" Mercedes Benz 300 SLR

Daimler-Benz developed this hardtop version of the 300 SLR racing car for the 1956 season. It was never used in racing, however, because the company ceased its motorsport activities at the end of the 1955 season. Instead, the 300 SLR coupe served the head of the Test Department, Rudolf Uhlenhaut, as a company car.


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Introducing the most expensive car in the world. A Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé from 1955 has been sold at auction for a record price of 135 million.


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A 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé has become the most expensive car to ever be sold after being auctioned off for €135 million. The car, previously owned by Mercedes-Benz, was sold by RM Sotheby's to an unknown collector at the Mercedes-Benz Museum on 5 May 2022.


MercedesBenz 300 SLR Could Be The World's Most Expensive Car At 142M

Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut coupe reaches 130 km/h in less than 7 seconds. Perhaps with a smoother, more controllable clutch it would get up to that speed even faster. And if you maneuver the 5-speed manual gearbox fast enough through the superb crawl, on the highway you can take the speedometer needle to almost 300 km/h..


MercedesBenz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé (W196)

The head of the Test Department, Rudolf Uhlenhaut, decided to use one of the two completed vehicles as a company car. The nickname "Uhlenhaut Coupe" is a reminder of this. Over the years, people testing it said it was even better than the 300 SLR racer, and today you can see it racing only at special events. Cylinders 8; Displacement 182 cu in


1955 MercedesBenz 300 SLR 'Uhlenhaut Coupé' The MercedesBenz 300

A Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe from 1955 has been sold at auction for a record price of 135 million EUR to a private collector. This icon of automotive history is an absolute rarity - one of just two prototypes built at the time. Named after its creator and chief engineer, Rudolf Uhlenhaut, it is considered to be one of the finest.


Driving the Mercedes 300 SLR "Uhlenhaut coupé" the world's most

The car is today known simply as the Uhlenhaut coupé. Yet as of last week it had earned another more sensational label—the title of most valuable car in the world. Hagerty was first to report the news that one of the two Uhlenhaut coupés built had been sold by Mercedes for a sobering €135 million or $142 million, Until that sale happened.


MercedesBenz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé, 1955 Foto & Bild autos

A 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé from 1955 has been sold at auction for a record price of €135,000,000 to a private collector. The car, which is one of two created in 1955, has always been regarded as one of the great jewels of motoring history, but few ever imagined that it would be offered for sale. One of just two prototypes.


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Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé specs & detailsAll time record: One of two ultra-rare original 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupés from the Mercedes-Benz Classic.


Driving the Mercedes 300 SLR "Uhlenhaut coupé" the world's most

In the Mercedes-Benz scene there was hardly any topic during the last 6 weeks, than the rumor about the possible sale of one of the two legendary Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupés. Yesterday RM Sothebys confirmed the sale of the second and last Uhlenhaut Coupé with chassis number 196.110-00008/55 for a record price of 135. Continue reading Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé.


1955 Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe

The world's most expensive car is officially the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe, of which only two exist. And the price is truly astounding: 135 million euros, which equals $143.1 million.


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The influence of one man in shaping the trajectory of Mercedes-Benz in the fallout of the 1955 Le Mans tragedy cannot be underestimated. Rudolf Uhlenhaut, employed as a designer and engineer at the Stuttgart marque since 1931, had led research on many of the most evocative Silver Arrows of that era from the Grand Prix-conquering W196 and other F1 cars before it, to the utterly dominant open.