At a special RM Sotheby’s auction held at the Mercedes Benz museum on Saturday, an incredibly rare W 196 R Stromlinienwagen sold for €51.2 million, which at the time equated to $53.9 million.

This example, chassis number 00009/54, is one of only four W 196 R models to receive the enclosed-fender Stromlinienwagen ...

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It is one of only two ever built and has been described by experts as "one of the finest examples of automotive engineering ...

Cleaning out the cellar rarely pays off like this. A classic Mercedes-Benz race car has been sold for the second-highest price ever paid for an automobile at an auction. The 1954 W 196 R ...

A press release from RM Sotheby's, a collector car auction house, states that the IMS Museum put its 1954 Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Stromlinienwagen up for auction, where it sold for a whopping $ ...

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A Mercedes W196 R Stromlinienwagen sold for a staggering €51.155 million earlier this month, setting a new record for the most expensive grand prix vehicle ever sold. The sale was orchestrated ...

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