El Mercedes led Fangio Bate Millionaire Records at an auction

A Mercedes aerodynamic already posted by the great formula 1 Stirling moss and Juan Manuel Fangio In 1955 he defeated the sales record of a car from a car from Grand Prize At an auction, of which 51,155 million euros (53.01 million dollars) are paid.

The elegant W196 R stromlinienwagen Silver, only one of four complete copies that exists, has been sold by RM Sotheby’s In the museum Mercedes de StuttgartIn Germanyappointed by Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS).

The car has an approximate price of over 50 million euros and, although the bid is fast up to 40 million to increase 5 million euros, it is moderated before reaching 46.5 million, a price at which you need to add the cousin of the Buyer, whose name is not announced.

The most expensive car sold at an auction is an Mercedes 300slr uhlenhaut coupe of 1955 changed hands for 135 million euros in May 2022.

However, the most expensive grand prize model sold up to an auction is another Mercedes W196also carried out by FangioFrom 1954 to 29.6 million dollars in Goodwood, EnglandIn 2013.

Fangio, five times champion in the world, the leader in W196 R stromlinienwagen to success in Grand Prize of Buenos Aires of 1955, but there was a more conventional tobacco body on the same chassis and with completely open tires.

Your teammates Moss run along the widest and aerodynamic bodies reaching the wheels to Grand Prize of Italy of Monzathat closed time, and retired after a fast lap marking at an average speed of 215.7 kilometers per hour.

That Grand Prix marked the end of a period for Mercedes’ Silver Arrows, since the company retreated from motor racing that was sponsored in 1955 after 24 -Hour catastrophe Le Manswhere 84 people died.

Mercedes returned to F1 as a motor provider in 1994 and his own work team in 2010.