History was made a year ago when the 1955 MercedesBenz 300 SLR ‘Uhlenhaut Coupé’ the car that would never be sold became the most valuable car ever to change hands. Arguably it transformed the way other collectors think about cars being “just cars”.

Mercedes made two of these coupés for a race that never happened, and after press testing and high speed VIP rides chauffeured by race team boss Rudolf Uhlenhaut they lived a sheltered life in the factory museum with rare appearances at historic events: ‘Red’ (nicknamed for its upholstery, as opposed to ‘Blue’) had covered just over 5,000km when it was sold. Now the next page gets written.

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