The 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196R Formula 1 car driven by Fangio and Moss sold for €51,155,000 ($54 million) at a special RM Sotheby’s auction at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, as the most expensive F1 Grand Prix racing car ever and the second most expensive car ever sold at auction. The 1954/1955 Mercedes-Benz W196R Stromlinienwagen … Read more
The 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196R Formula 1 car driven by Fangio and Moss and owned by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum is on sale at the RM Sotheby’s Stuttgart 2025 auction at the Mercedes-Benz Museum. → The W196R Streamliner sold for $54 million. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum announced plans to auction off several important historic … Read more
A 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Alloy Gullwing in bumperless-racing configuration was announced for the RM Sotheby’s Monterey 2022 classic car auction. A 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Alloy Gullwing, estimate $7,000,000 to $9,000,000, is the first top car announced for the RM Sotheby’s Monterey 2022 classic car auction. This Alloy Gullwing in bumperless-racing configuration was the … Read more
The 1958 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster of famed racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio is for sale in a sealed bid auction arranged by RM Sotheby’s. RM Sotheby’s announced that the 1958 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster that Juan Manuel Fangio received as a retirement gift from Mercedes-Benz is for sale in a sealed-bid letter auction from … Read more
A 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Cabriolet A will be offered at the RM Sotheby’s Essen 2020 sale in Germany during the Techno Classica oldtimer show. RM Sotheby’s announced its first high-profile car for the Essen Techno Classic Sale – a magnificent midnight blue 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Cabriolet A with coachwork by Sindelfingen, estimate €2.000.000 … Read more
A 1961 Mercedes Benz 300 SL Roadster sold for a very strong $1,670,088 as the top result at the Artcurial Paris Mercedes Benz 2017 Sale. Two Mercedes Benz 300 SLs sold for above a million dollar as the top results at the 2017 Artcurial Mercedes Benz single marque sale in Paris. The top result was … Read more
Gooding announced a pair of single-owner, unrestored Mercedes Benz 300 SLs – a Gullwing and a Roadster – for the Pebble Beach 2017 classic car auction. Gooding revealed two very special Mercedes Benz 300 SL sports cars as early highlights of the Pebble Beach 3017 sale. The 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing (estimate: $1,000,000-$1,300,000) and … Read more
A 1928 Mercedes-Benz 680 S Torpedo-Sport Avant-Garde is the star car on offer at the RM Sotheby’s Villa Erba 2017 classic car auction. The headline car at the RM Sotheby’s Villa Erba 2017 classic car auction is a 1928 Mercedes-Benz 680 S Torpedo-Sport Avant-Garde with coachwork by Saoutchik. It is the sole survivor of just … Read more
A 2009 Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren ‘Stirling Moss’ sold for €2,300,000 at the 2016 Bonhams Mercedes Benz Museum sale in Stuttgart, Germany. No further cars sold for more than a million dollar with none of the five 1930s Mercedes Benz 500 / 540 K cabriolets reaching the reserve margins. The second highest result in Stuttgart … Read more
Five 1930s Mercedes Benz 500 / 540 K Cabriolets are on sale at the Bonhams Mercedes Benz 2016 classic car auction at the MB museum in Stuttgart, Germany. Eleven cars are expected to sell for over a million dollar each at the single-marque sale at the Mercedes Benz Museum in 2016. In addition to the … Read more
The 2015 Bonhams Festival of Speed classic car auction will offer the very first Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR Roadster ever built, estimate over $2 million. The car was the most expensive production vehicle on offer in the world when offered for $1.5 million in 1998. Mercedes Benz built only 25 CLK GTRs of which only six … Read more