Mercedes-Benz sells for R2.2 billion – it is the world’s most expensive car
A 67-year-old Mercedes-Benz just fetched R2.2 billion (€135 million) at an auction, thereby becoming the world’s most expensive car, by far.
It was the “most remarkable car auction ever”, according to classic car auctioneers RM Sotheby’s.

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Rolls Royce set the previous record in 2021 for a car it custom-made for singer Beyoncé and the rapper Jay-Z which went for R390 million.
In 2018, a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO was auctioned off for R76 million.
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In the most remarkable car auction ever conducted, RM Sotheby’s in association with @MercedesBenz, has sold one of the two famed 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupés to a private collector for €135,000,000. Making it the most valuable car in the world ever sold at auction in any category. pic.twitter.com/jutWeCgjq7
— RM Sotheby's (@rmsothebys) May 19, 2022

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