it’s the most expensive car ever sold at auction. In most reports the 1955 Mercedes 300SLR has been referred to as the ‘Uhlenhaut Coupé’, accurately reporting the moniker attached to it back in its day. Uhlenhaut was, of course, the immensely talented project engineer responsible for the exotic mechanical specification of the famed 300SLR sports racers derived from the Mercedes Grand Prix cars. But the SLR Coupé is far more than just a sophisticated mechanical package: to many it
