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This is second most expensive car sold at auction

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum auctions off 'most valuable Grand Prix car ever' for over $53 million

In addition to being the most valuable Grand Prix car ever, this 1954 Mercedes-Benz W 196 R is also the second-most valuable car ever sold at public auction.

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1950s Mercedes F1 Car Becomes Most Expensive Grand Prix Machine Sold At Auction, Second-Most Expensive Car Ever

History is priceless only if no one can afford it or it’s not for sale. The first publicly-available 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 R Stromlinienwagen sold for $53.9 million at auction on Saturday after spending decades in the hands of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum.

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$54m Mercedes W 196 R Stromlinienwagen Is The Most Expensive Grand Prix Car To Sell At Auction

A $2.72 million sticker price puts the Mercedes-AMG One hypercar out of reach of all but the wealthiest car enthusiasts, but one Mercedes collector could have had 20 of them for the money he paid for a classic Benz racer last weekend.

1954 Mercedes-Benz Racer Sells For $53 Million, Second Most Ever At Auction

RM Sotheby’s held a standalone, single-vehicle auction to sell the 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 R Stromlinienwagen at the Mercedes ...

This Lightning-Fast 1954 Mercedes-Benz Just Became the World’s Second-Priciest Car

RM Sotheby's sold a 1954 Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Stromlinienwagen for $52.6 million, second only to a $142 million car the ...

IMS Museum sells ‘historically significant’ Mercedes-Benz at auction for record price

The nonprofit museum partnered with Ontario-based RM Sothebys to sell some of its most valuable cars with the goal of raising ...

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Team Penske reorganization takes Tim Cindric out of longtime role as head of day-to-day operations

Tim Cindric, president of Team Penske and Roger Penske’s longtime right-hand man on competition, will step back as the ...

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WWE Superstars join Make-A-Wish families on tour of IMS

Five WWE Superstars hosted several Make-A-Wish children and their families at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. They joined the ...

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