THE MOST EXPENSIVE CAR IN THE WORLD

• Who Piece was Created: engineer Rudolf Uhlenhaut
• When Piece was Created: 1955
• Price at Auction: €135 million
• Where Sold: private auction run by Sotheby’s at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart
• When Sold: 2022
• To Whom Sold: private client

*Known as the “Mona Lisa” of cars, the Mercedes sports car was designed for the road by Daimler-Benz motorsport chief Rudolf Uhlenhaut and based on the W196 Grand Prix single seater race car. Only 2 of the SLR Coupés were ever built, and none were meant to be sold by Mercedes.