An ultra-rare Mercedes-Benz just sold for $142 million at an invite-only auction. The 1955 race car is by far the most expensive car ever auctioned off. It's also one of the most valuable items ever ...

Even in the automotive world, there’s hardly ever smoke without a fire. Last week’s report that one of the two existing Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe had sold at a secret auction has been confirmed ...

Mercedes confirmed Thursday it has sold one of its 1955 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupés from its own collection for €135 million (roughly $142 million), shattering the record for most expensive car ever sold ...

The 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe was sold for $142 million. On May 5, a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe sold for $142 million during an auction at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in ...

Sometimes you want something so bad, you just have to have it, even if it is impossible to get your hands on it. And often the more impossible that something is to get your hands on, the more you want ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the automotive industry and where it is headed next. Built in 1955, the car is a 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe. Only two ...

Codenamed W196S, the 300 SLR is one of the most successful racecars of them all. Not derived from the W194 or the W198, this fellow is based on the W196 that brought Juan Manuel Fangio two world ...

Moss' 300 SLR is one of the all-time great race cars and packed a 3.0-liter inline-eight front mid-mounted engine making 310 hp and 235 lb-ft of torque. Moss and his co-driver Denis Jenkinson left the ...

An extremely rare, 67-year-old Mercedes-Benz just sold for a whopping $142 million, making it the most expensive car ever sold at auction. The 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe is a prototype ...