The record price for a car sold at auction has been smashed, with a rare Mercedes-Benz setting the new benchmark at an invitation-only auction event in Germany.
Conducted by RM Sothebys at the Mercedes-Benz Museum on 5 May, the auction consisted of single lot, which was a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR coupe.
One of only two built for sports car racing but never actually used in competition, the car offered had been in the possession of Mercedes-Benz since it was built.
It was thought the manufacturer would never release either car for sale, but after what has been described as patient, persistent lobbying over the course of 18 months, Mercedes
