How much can a new Mercedes Benz cost? At the top of the sky, it will be millions, but recently, according to overseas media reports, a rare Mercedes Benz 300 SLR is being auctioned, and the transaction price is expected to reach US $142 million (about 966 million yuan) .
Speaking of Mercedes Benz 300 SLR, in fact, it also has another famous name, that is "the ancestor of gull wing door". The so-called gull wing door, also known as Eagle wing door, is the same model of Tesla Model X.
The Mercedes Benz 300 SLR was originally built by Daimler Benz in 1955 to participate in the 1956 auto race. However, due to the "Le Mans tragedy" in 1955, one driver and 83 spectators died and more than 120 people were injured due to the loss of control of the vehicle in the race, & gt& gt; Links of interest & lt& lt;。
So Mercedes Benz withdrew from racing at the end of the season, and this car has not participated in any race.
Mercedes Benz 300 SLR "uhlenhaut coup é" has manufactured two in total. The name of uhlenhaut in its car comes from the surname of Rudolf uhlenhaut, the head of the company's testing department.
The car is equipped with a 3.0L 8-cylinder engine, with a maximum output of 302 horsepower , and the designed maximum speed can reach 290km / h.
It is understood that a week ago, about 10 collectors who met the bidding criteria were invited to participate in a private event held at the Mercedes Benz Museum in Stuttgart. Once the transaction price of US $142 million is settled, it will also surpass Ferrari 250 GTO (US $48.405 million in 2018) to become the world's most expensive car .