Winning Bizness Desk

Mumbai. If we talk about luxury cars, then the name of Mercedes Benz comes first. A car of this German car company has recently been auctioned and thus it After this, Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR has become the most expensive car to be auctioned in the world. The 1955 model sports car Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR (Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR) has been auctioned in a private auction for about Rs 1108 crore. This car has been bought by an American businessman David McNeil.

Sold at record high price

The Rs 1,108 crore price tag is a new world record for any car – more than twice the previous record – which was held by a Ferrari 250 GTO when it was sold in 2018 for £52 million (approximately Rs 503 crore). Only two 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupes were made by Mercedes-Benz, and were named after their chief engineer, Rudolf Uhlenhaut. The car was designed as a road-going version of the W 196 R grand prix car, with a larger 3.0-litre straight-eight engine enabling it to hit speeds of up to 180mph.

A combination of exotic engineering

All the proceeds from the sale will be directed to establish a worldwide “Mercedes-Benz fund'', which RM Sotheby’s says will aim to “provide educational and research scholarships in the areas of environmental science and decarbonisation for young people.” Simon said, "If you had asked classic car experts and top collectors over the past half a century to name the most desirable car in the world, there's a good chance that they would have come up with the same model: the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR.” He further added, “It's a combination of exotic engineering, all-conquering racing history, the power of the three-pointed star on its nose and the fact that one had never, ever been sold. Many collectors had tried, all had failed.” Moreover, he referred to the 300 SLR as the “Mona Lisa of cars”.