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A vintage 1955 <keyword id="25952" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="mercedes-benz" source="Orion">Mercedes-Benz</keyword> has been sold for $143 million (about Rs 1,100 crore), making it the most expensive car ever sold at an auction. Canada-based RM Sotheby's announced that it has auctioned off a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 <keyword id="13983882" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="slr-uhlenhaut-coupe" source="Orion">SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe</keyword>, earlier this month, for 135 million euros, or about $143 million, reports <keyword id="51916" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="cnbc" source="Orion">CNBC</keyword>. The sale smashed the previous record for the most expensive car sold at auction by more than $95 million and topped the $70 million record for a car sold privately. The winning bid was made by British car collector, advisor and dealer <keyword id="4145368" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="simon-kidston" source="Orion">Simon Kidston</keyword> on behalf of an unnamed client. Kidston lobbied the Mercedes-Benz board for 18 months to consider selling the car, the report said. The sale, first reported by <keyword id="13983881" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="hagerty-insider" source="Orion">Hagerty Insider</keyword>, took place May 5 in a secretive and highly unusual auction at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, <keyword id="87" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="germany" source="Orion">Germany</keyword>. Only selected collectors and Mercedes-Benz customers were invited to attend. The 300 <keyword id="46197" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="slr" source="Orion">SLR</keyword> Uhlenhaut Coupe is one of only two created in 1955 and is regarded as one of the most prized cars in auto history. It was built by <keyword id="6357420" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="mercedes" source="Orion">Mercedes</keyword>' race department and named after its chief engineer and designer, <keyword id="13981791" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="rudolf-uhlenhaut" source="Orion">Rudolf Uhlenhaut</keyword>. The car was based on the company's successful W 196 R Grand Prix car, which won two World Championships with driver <keyword id="100911" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="juan-manuel-fangio" source="Orion">Juan Manuel Fangio</keyword>. The 300 SLR had a larger, 3.0-liter engine and was able to reach 180 mph, making it one of the fastest road-legal cars at the time. The Mercedes-Benz company owned both of the 300 SLR cars, and the May 5 sale took many collectors by surprise. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/international/news/economic-tension-on-all-time-high-as-pakistani-rupee-breaches-200-mark-in-interbank-trading/articleshow/91661814.cms">Economic tension on all-time high as Pakistani rupee breaches 200-mark in interbank trading</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/international/news/oscar-winner-a-r-rahman-says-india-should-tell-west-stories-from-its-own-narrative/articleshow/91660659.cms">Oscar winner A R Rahman says India should tell 'West stories' from its own narrative</a>

Vintage Mercedes fetches ₹1,100 crore in auction, becomes the most expensive car in the world

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Vintage Mercedes fetches ₹1,100 crore in auction, becomes the most expensive car in the world

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