The car Sotheby's expects to top the record for F1 cars sold to the public is a 1955 Mercedes-Benz W196 Streamliner. The W196 has always been blessed/cursed with high expectations.

Open-wheel variants won nine times in 12 starts over two years, capturing the championship in both seasons. Sports car variants were dominant too, but the SLR is infamous for its key part in the ...

Mercedes debuted the W196 R at the 1954 French Grand Prix. The car was fitted with a 257-horsepower inline-eight engine and could reach speeds of 186 miles per hour. However, the lightweight ...

This is a 1968 280SL, the last, most powerful iteration of the SL, and being owned by the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center it was an excellent example, as you'd expect.

LEWIS HAMILTON’S old Mercedes has made history as the most expensive modern-day Formula One car ever. The 2013 speedster sold for £15million at an RM Sotheby’s auction in Las Vegas over the w… ...

The winning bid, which was placed over the telephone, broke the world record for the most expensive car at the time, and while the W196 may have been bumped from the top of our Mercedes-based list ...

In a year defined by cooling values and economic uncertainty, collectors remained resolute in their willingness to pay top dollar for the rarest cars in the world. On Nov. 13, a 1962 Ferrari 330 ...

Top 10 Most Expensive Classic Cars Sold at Mecum's Monterey 2024 Auction. ... 8. 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster ... this 1967 330 GTS is one of two Maranello-built sports cars on my list.