A 1955 Mercedes-Benz is now world’s most expensive car ever sold at Rs 1,100 crore

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A 1955 vintage Mercedes-Benz sold for a record Rs. 1,100 crore ($143 million) at a secret auction held earlier this month, making it the world's most expensive car ever sold, auction company RM Sotheby's disclosed on Thursday.</p>
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"A 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé from 1955 has been sold at auction for a record price of EUR135,000,000 to a private collector," Sotheby's said in a statement.</p>
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The sale surpassed the previous record for the most expensive car sold by more than $95 million and more than doubled the corresponding record for a car sold privately ($70 million).</p>
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British car collector Simon Kidson is reported to have made the winning bid on behalf of an unnamed client.</p>
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Mercedes-Benz chairman Ola Kaellenius confirmed that the record sale was made at  a secret auction on May 5 at the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart, Germany,</p>
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"We wanted, with one single act, to demonstrate the power of the Mercedes brand, Kaellenius remarked.</p>
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Mercedes refuses to disclose the name of the buyer.</p>
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The rare arrow-shaped coupe is one of only two of its kind ever made and was never owned privately until now.</p>
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