Record Sale Sees Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Go For 135 Million Euros

Has the world gone mad? That was the question many asked themselves back in 2018, when a Ferrari 250 GTO went for $70 million USD at an RM Sotheby's Group auction.

The assumption then was that that record would hold for at least 10 years, if not 20. Not even close, because less than five years later, a new sale pulverized that mark, with a buyer bidding the equivalent of $143 million USD, just over twice the 250 GTO’s price.

Madness? Yes and no, because with only two units ever produced, the 300 SLR Uhelenhaut concept is definitely one of the rarest and most coveted models on the planet.

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One of two prototypes created in 1955, the SLR Uhlenhaut coupe was originally a street-legal race car that survived Mercedes' withdrawal from the racing world after the 1955 Le Mans tragedy. Its name honours Rudolf Uhlenhaut, designer and chief engineer of the SLR, which he used as his personal car. This SLR Uhlenhaut was part of the private collection of cars kept by Mercedes-Benz. The second prototype is still in the hands of the firm and remains on display at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany.

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