The ‘Mona Lisa’ of cars, a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Coupé, sells for record €135 million (c.$142 million) to benefit charitable fund

The ‘Mona Lisa’ of cars, a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Coupé, sells for record €135 million (c.$142 million) to benefit charitable fund
One of two 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Coupés ever built, both retained from new by Mercedes is sold for first time ever. Sister car to Stirling Moss's Mille Miglia-record-breaking, open-cockpit 300 SLR, which covered 992 miles in 10 hours, 7 minutes and 48 seconds on public roads. Both 300 SLR Coupés had remained at Mercedes-Benz factory since new, the other one (nicknamed ‘Blue’ for its upholstery) on Museum display, and this car (‘Red’) kept mostly in sto...

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