17/06/2022
The most expensive car ever sold for $143m!
A 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut, one of only two of its kind, was auctioned off earlier this month to private collection.
Some interesting facts about:
- modelled on the W196 R Grand Prix race car
- 3.0-litre, 8 cylinder front engine
- max speed 284 kmph
- weight only 1,117 kg yet produced 310 horsepower
- named after its creator and chief engineer Rudolf Uhlenhaut