This Classic Mercedes Race Car Sold for $53 Million. Story by Fred Smith • 1w. ... A 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 Streamliner sold ...

A 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 Streamliner sold for $53 million at an auction by RM Sotheby's. The vintage racer is the second most-expensive car ever sold.

Wonder What It’s Like to Drive a 100-Year-Old Race Car? Mercedes Let Us Find Out. Gulp. We got behind the wheel of the Mercedes-Benz that took part in the 1924 Targa Florio legendary Italian ...

Of course, the Mercedes-Benz 190 has a well-known competitive history. Since the DTM Touring Car racing series was ...

Mercedes-Benz is getting serious about classic cars.That might sound like a strange thing to say about a company that has long held on to more than 1,000 examples of its old cars, some dating back ...

DTM or had posters of boxy German sedans with towering wings on their bedroom walls, this one’s going to hit you right in the ...

On Feb. 1 at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, a 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 R Streamliner worth an estimated $50 million will be offered at a private RM Sotheby’s auction.

What you’re looking at is one of just 14 Mercedes-Benz W 196 R race cars built, specifically chassis 00009/54. It wears the marque’s rather aerodynamic Elektron-alloy Stromlinienwagen bodywork ...

German engineering house HWA has announced plans to enter its modernized 190E “Evo” into the 2026 Nürburgring 24 Hours.

If you're looking for a four-door sedan that can serve more practically as a family car, but still exude the luxury of the Mercedes-Benz brand, you might opt for one of the best Mercedes of all ...

Sometimes second place isn’t. bad. A 1954 Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Stromlinienwagen grand prix race car was auctioned on Saturday by RM Sotheby’s at Mercedes-Benz headquarters in Stuttgart ...