There’s a new rumor circulating round city that Mercedes-Benz has offered one in every of their museum items for a report crashing value. This unconfirmed report comes from Hargety states that 1 of solely 2 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupes has been offered by the corporate for a report $142,000,000, greater than double the value of the costliest Ferrari 250 GTO ever offered.
Allegedly, Mercedes-Benz Museum employed an agent to deal with the excessive profile sale. This agent gathered 10 potential patrons for a luncheon on the museum on Might sixth, the patrons flew in from around the globe through personal jets. On that big day the museum was closed to the general public however is because of open once more on Might fifteenth.
A few of the necessities for a profitable bid included a custodian who would deal with the automobile with the identical dedication as Mercedes-Benz Museum in addition to be keen to showcase the automobile at key occasions when known as upon by the museum. The profitable purchaser is forbidden from ever promoting the automobile to a third get together.
The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupes had been two automobiles constructed from the 9 rolling chassis of the 300 SLR race automobiles. They had been named after their designer Rudolf Uhlenhaut who meant to make use of them on the notorious Carrera Panamericana however Mercedes give up Motorsport on the finish of 1955 leaving the 2 Coupes with no lively roles.
Uhlenhaut stored one automobile for himself, this automobile additionally served because the press automobile that was examined by a number of journalists on the time. It was topped the quickest automobile of that decade. One Uhlenhaut Coupe is saved one in every of Mercedes-Benz’s eleven automobile vaults whereas the opposite is publicly displayed on the Mercedes-Benz Museum. We suspect the latter is the automobile that was concerned on this specific sale.
It is a growing story, we are going to replace you with extra info as soon as these rumors are confirmed or denied.
