Rare 1929 Mercedes become world's second most expensive car

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LONDON (AFP) - An ultra-rare 1929 Mercedes has become the second most expensive car the world has ever seen after selling at a British auction on Friday for 4.18 million pounds (6.16 million euros, 7.43 million dollars).


The 7.1 litre SSK sports car -- bought by a collector in 1941 for just 400 --was sold to an unidentified European phone bidder during the sale in Sussex, southeast England, auctioneers Bonhams said.


The Mercedes, in near-original condition, was one of 38 cars discovered in barns belonging to reclusive collector George Milligen, who died in May at the age of 94. His cars fetched more than six million pounds in all at the sale.


Milligan bought the two seater Mercedes for just 400 pounds in 1941, when German-made cars were -- understandably, during World War II -- very unfashionable, Bonhams said.


It was sold by Bonham's chairman Robert Brooks, who while working at another auction house, Christie's, also auctioned off the most expensive car ever, a 1931 Bugatti Royale, bought in 1987 for 5.5 million pounds.

[sau_mathur]

How AWESOME does it look !!!! Just curious, what was the most expensive car in the world? was it the ferrari 250gto?

[X-ale]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :wink:

[neilo63]

How AWESOME does it look !!!! Just curious, what was the most expensive car in the world? was it the ferrari 250gto?

*cricket sounds "chirp"*.....

[sameerrao]

It was sold by Bonham's chairman Robert Brooks, who while working at another auction house, Christie's, also auctioned off the most expensive car ever, a 1931 Bugatti Royale, bought in 1987 for 5.5 million pounds.

A Ferrari 250 GTO sold for about $15 MM in the mad 80s. That was the most expensive car ever.

[dons5]

ya i heard that too man 15 mil is that american dollars ur talkin about??

[mclaren_Gt]

wow 7 millions, i prefeer
1-mclaren
1-mercedes benz clk-gtr
1-koenigsegg
1-enzo ferrari
1-ferrari f50
the rest gos to big and nice house
lol

[aks]

The 250GTO was bought by a japanesee for 10 million pounds... With that money, I would have bought a couple of McLarens, an Enzo, a F50, F40, Stradale, SLR, CGT... and a Mini Cooper S .


i woulda jus gone to mcdonalds and bought a happy meal :wink:

[Ford Capri 2.8i]

thanks a million for confirming the most expensive car ever although i supposed that it was a 250 GTO...in addition..the white merc looks brilliant although i wouldnt be able to pay the shown amount of money for the merc if i had

[sameerrao]

The 250GTO was bought by a japanesee for 10 million pounds... With that money, I would have bought a couple of McLarens, an Enzo, a F50, F40, Stradale, SLR, CGT... and a Mini Cooper S .


i woulda jus gone to mcdonalds and bought a happy meal :wink:

Cutting of your sentences short again arent you ...

"i woulda jus gone to mcdonalds and bought a happy meal for the entire population of Belgium :wink:

[Sir_GT]

The 250GTO was bought by a japanesee for 10 million pounds... With that money, I would have bought a couple of McLarens, an Enzo, a F50, F40, Stradale, SLR, CGT... and a Mini Cooper S .


i woulda jus gone to mcdonalds and bought a happy meal :wink:

Cutting of your sentences short again arent you ...

"i woulda jus gone to mcdonalds and bought a happy meal for the entire population of Belgium :wink:

lol.

mind you, as funny as it seems, you all have to understand that the reason these cars cost so much is because of their connection to some part of human history. its like buying an antique one-of-a-kind mechanical sculpture.

the 250GTO sounds a stupid buy though, unless it was a very special one.

[oldsnail]

people just buy it as an art..
not likely the will drive it around.

i dont mind having one of those in my living room though

[stradale]

the 250GTO sounds a stupid buy though, unless it was a very special one.

What 250 GTO isn't special?

Serious now, the 250 GTO that is being discussed here obviously had an impressive racing history. The numbers I see here vary somewhat, I recall a pricetag of $10 million.

[martin100]

Supercars.de sais it has a pricetag of 9.100.000 €...

[hemi_fan]

lol, id never spend that kind of money on a car. especially one that old. you cant even drive it!! come on... Id much rather get a Ford GT, or maybe a bit of a higher end sports car... but never something like this.

[sameerrao]

I was reading somewhere that the GTO prices tailed off after the stock market crash in '87 and are now slowly climbing its way back to 8 figures ....


lol, id never spend that kind of money on a car. especially one that old. you cant even drive it!! come on... Id much rather get a Ford GT, or maybe a bit of a higher end sports car... but never something like this.

You'd be surprised that quite a few of these cars get driven - Nick Mason, Anthony Bamford, Tony Wang and a couple other owners exercise their GTOs on race tracks ...

The price is so high due to rarity (~33 exist today), well known provenance, exceptional beauty. But the guy who bought it for USD 12 or 15 MM must be still smarting ....

[BADMIHAI]

... and a Mini Cooper S :wink: .



Not enough money would be left for a Cooper S Works? :wink:

You people must understand that these cars are bought as investments 99% of the time.

[Ian_yamaue]

It was sold by Bonham's chairman Robert Brooks, who while working at another auction house, Christie's, also auctioned off the most expensive car ever, a 1931 Bugatti Royale, bought in 1987 for 5.5 million pounds.

A Ferrari 250 GTO sold for about $15 MM in the mad 80s. That was the most expensive car ever.
Sameerrao, it's not the 250 LeMans, that you are talking??

[sameerrao]

It was sold by Bonham's chairman Robert Brooks, who while working at another auction house, Christie's, also auctioned off the most expensive car ever, a 1931 Bugatti Royale, bought in 1987 for 5.5 million pounds.

A Ferrari 250 GTO sold for about $15 MM in the mad 80s. That was the most expensive car ever.
Sameerrao, it's not the 250 LeMans, that you are talking??

No ... GTO ... the LM was never as expensive as the GTO ever ...
Here's the prices for all the Ferraris costing more than USD $500K with those crossing $5 MM highlighted in yellow. Data should be pretty current

Source: Ferrarichat.com

http://img23.exs.cx/img23/4110/Ferrariprices.jpg

[Ian_yamaue]

Cool, thanks

[sameerrao]

It blew my mind when I first saw this list to see how many F-cars cost >$500K more than the list price of a new CGT ...

[Ian_yamaue]

It's the Bugatti Type 41 Royale Sports Coupe.
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=43465

[sameerrao]

I stand corrected ... the article I read quoted $15MM ... possibly a journalistic guess and not a fact....

[Ian_yamaue]

Or simply the GTO owner didn't claimed the record for the Guinness Book. :wink:

[Evo]

When will my evo cost that much for me to sell.. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: ...

As some of you said I would never buy this car .. First of all I won't be able to drive it.. Second I won't have a place to keep it after I spend my money buying it :mrgreen: .. But I have to admit it's a nice looking car.