Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR The Car that Captivated the World

This Scuderia Bucci 300 SLR replica is now offered in Sint-Truiden, Belgium, with a sales invoice from Scuderia Bucci, FIA documentation, and Belgian ... Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR ; Item description from the seller. This does not come with original box. It was on display only and not played with. Nice condition, but ... Only two examples of the Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé were ever created, and both have resided in the Mercedes-Benz factory since new, with ... The 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR - abbreviated as "M-B 300 SLR" or "MB 300 SLR" - is a rear-wheel drive vintage race car by Mercedes-Benz. A 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR 'Uhlenhaut Coupé' has become the world's most expensive car when it was sold for a whopping €135-million. The 300 SLR with its distinctive Mercedes gullwing doors was one of only two prototypes ever made and smashed the previous record of $90M ... Words and photographs: Karl Ludvigsen · The nickname for the coupé versions of the 300SLR is 'Uhlenhaut coupé' – he frequently drove them to and ... A 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR "Uhlenhaut Coupé" has smashed the record for most expensive car sold at auction. The winning bid of $143 ... A luxury sports car produced from 1954 to 1957 as a coupé (also known by the nickname "Gullwing") and from 1957 to 1963 as a Roadster from the German Mercedes ... The 300 SLR made its first public appearance at the beginning of September 1954 at the Autodrom in Monza, where it completed test drives under racing ...