A 1954 Mercedes-Benz race car has sold for a record amount of $30 million at the Bonhams Auction during the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the U.K. The Mercedes was raced in five World Championship-qualifying Grand Prix races before it was retired and housed in the Daimler-Benz Museum in 1955.
This race car broken several record, and now hold these titles.
- Most valuable motor car ever sold at auction
- Most valuable Formula 1 racing car ever sold
- Most valuable Mercedes-Benz
