At a special RM Sotheby’s auction held at the Mercedes Benz museum on Saturday, an incredibly rare W 196 R Stromlinienwagen sold for €51,2 million, which at the time equated t

That number makes it the second most expensive car ever sold at auction, beaten only by another 1950s Mercedes racer sold for an absurd $143 million in 2022. RM Sotheby's, the auction house that hosted this sale,

Today, 71 years later, Mercedes has another 1-2 win, but in a different battle—it can now claim that it has the two most expensive cars to ever sell at auction. A rare Stromlinienwagen, chassis no. 00009/54,