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Coverage dated May 18, 2022 to May 19, 2022

World’s most expensive car: Mercedes sells for record $143 million

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Proceeds from the record Mercedes-Benz sale will be used to start a global scholarship fund

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  1. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    A 1955 Mercedes Just Nabbed $143 Million at Auction, the Most Expensive Car Ever Sold (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    The 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe smashed the previous record for the most expensive car sold at auction by more than $95 million.

  2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Mercedes just sold the world's most expensive car for $142 million (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    The previous record sale price for a car was reportedly $70 million paid in 2018 for a 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO.

  3. Foxla

    World’s most expensive car: Mercedes sells for record $143 million (opens Foxla)

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    Foxla's feed description

    Proceeds from the record Mercedes-Benz sale will be used to start a global scholarship fund

  4. CBS News

    Vintage Mercedes sells for whopping record of — $143 million (opens CBS News)

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    The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut is one of only two of its kind. Sotheby's says the price put it in the "top 10 most valuable items ever sold at auction in any collecting category."

  5. Fox News

    Here's why Mercedes-Benz sold a car for a record $143 million (opens Fox News)

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    Mercedes-Benz has sold one of two 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe racing cars it built but never used in competition due to the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans disaster.

  6. Deutsche Welle

    Vintage 1955 Mercedes-Benz becomes most expensive car to sell at auction | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    A vintage 300 SLSR Unlenhaut coupe became the most expensive car in the world. The buyer was a private collector and a second car like it will remain in the Mercedes corporate car museum.

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