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$53M Mercedes-Benz W196 R Is the Second-Most Expensive Car Ever Sold at Auction
A one-car auction took place at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart over the weekend, and the car in question—a W196 R Stromlinienwagen from 1954—sold for €51,155,000 ($53,017,370).
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Mercedes streamliner driven by F1 great Juan Manuel Fangio sells for record $52m
The sale surpassed the previous record for a grand prix car of $29.6m, paid in 2013 for a 1954 Mercedes W196 R that Fangio also drove. Advertisement The streamliner also becomes the second most ...
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Legendary F1 car sells for £42.6m as world record shattered in eye-watering auction
The world record for the most expensive F1 car ever auctioned has been shattered by the 00009/54 chassis of Juan Manuel Fangio’s title-winning Mercedes W196 machine, which took to the track ...
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Mercedes W196 R auctioned as world’s most expensive F1 car
Your browser does not support the audio element. An extremely rare 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 R Stromlinienwagen has been sold at auction for 51 million euros, or ...
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Historic Mercedes car driven by Moss and Fangio sells for record fee
The sleek, silver W196 R Stromlinienwagen, one of only four complete examples in existence, was sold by RM Sotheby's at the Mercedes museum in Stuttgart on behalf of the Indianapolis Motor ...