ICYMI: Record for the most expensive car sold has doubled! No, not a classic Ferrari—the rumour is a MercedesBenz Silver Arrow race car has just traded hands for a nine-figure sum. — via drivingdotca fastcars autonews autoindustry classiccar
The rumours going around suggest that Mercedes-Benz worked hard to ensure the rare race car wouldn’t just be resold for profit, and would instead remain with a collector with the means to care for it just like the company did, while still showing it at a handful of public events each year.Article content
“Potential buyers are believed to have been hosted over lunch at the Mercedes-Benz Museum” in early May, reports Hagerty. “The seller, on behalf of Mercedes-Benz, presented [the offer to] around 10 carefully selected car collectors who were not only wealthy enough to bid but would satisfy the strict criteria laid down by the German car manufacturer.
The coupes were an evolution of the open-top 300 SLRs that won the Mille Miglia in 1955. Their 3.0-litre straight-eights reportedly made a little over 300 horsepower and could propel the coupes to 180 mph , making them the fastest road cars of their time.
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