Mercedes-Benz has auctioned off the most expensive car in the world. A 1955Mercedes-Benz SLR Coupe sold for 135 million euros, the equivalent of $142 million.
The car was one of only two 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe prototypes, named after Mercedes’ chief engineer atthe time, Rudolf Uhlenhaut. The other Uhlenhaut Coupe will remain in the museum’s collection, according to a statement from Mercedes-Benz.
The SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe was essentially a hardtop version of Mercedes’ famous open-top SLR race car, powered by a 300-horsepower eight-cylinder engine, reaching a top speed of 300 mph.
Proceeds from the sale of the car, which was sold May 5 in Stuttgart, Germany, will be donated to the Mercedes-Benz Fund, a worldwide scholarship fund.
The record price for the sale of the Mercedes-Benz Coupe SLR far surpasses the previous record for a car sale, belonging to a 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO that reached $70 millionpaid in 2018.
The name of the lucky owner of this very rare Mercedes-Benz SLR coupe, a new car sales record, is not known.