1954 Mercedes W196 R race automobile sells for $54 million at public sale
A 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 R Stromlinienwagen has set a brand new document at public sale by turning into the second costliest automobile ever bought. The Streamliner-bodied race automobile fetched a cool $53.9 million!
The W196 R is considered one of simply 4 automobiles ever produced, and that is the one instance that has ever been provided on the market. This precise automobile, chassis quantity 00009/54, was raced by not one however two motorsport legends – Juan Manuel Fangio and Sir Stirling Moss.
The W196 R marked Mercedes’ return to aggressive racing after World Struggle II, profitable on its debut on the 1955 Buenos Aires GP. Fangio went on to win his second driver’s championship in the identical 12 months, whereas Moss completed in second place. Out of the 14 races it entered, the W196 R gained 11 of these.
The W 196 R has a basic streamline physique with a single seat and aspect exhausts. Below the lengthy hood is a 2.5-litre straight-eight M196 engine, which makes 290 hp and options dry sump lubrication and gas injection.
Supply: RM Sotheby’s
