Update, 2/3/2025: The IMS Museum's W196 Streamliner has officially sold, hammering at a final sale price $53.9 million. That number makes it the second most expensive car ever sold at auction, beaten ...

A road-legal race car of epic proportions, this work of automotive art sold for $143,000,000 nearly three years ago. If you take a look at the ten most expensive cars ever sold, you'll discover that ...

A 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 R Stromlinienwagen sold for $53.9 million at a Sotheby’s auction on Saturday, making it the most expensive Grand Prix car ever sold and the second most expensive car of all ...

The W 196 R Stromlinienwagen—or Streamliner—was sold during a special one-car auction held at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, on February 1. The car, which had been part of the ...

History is priceless only if no one can afford it or it's not for sale. The first publicly-available 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 R Stromlinienwagen sold for $53.9 million at auction on Saturday after ...

We got behind the wheel of the Mercedes-Benz that took part in the 1924 Targa Florio legendary Italian road race. It’s an elemental thing, the 2.0-liter Mercedes-Benz Targa Florio. You’re out in the ...

Remember Gorden Wagener? He just shared his vision of what a modern-day Mercedes-Benz ‘Red Pig’ would look like from his personal archives. AMG's 300 SEL 6.8 "Red Pig" shocked racing in 1971, boosting ...

Then there was its appearance at the 1955 Italian Grand Prix in Monza, with Stirling Moss at the wheel. The famed British driver briefly lead the race, ahead of Fangio, but was forced to retire with ...

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum sold a Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Grand Prix race car on Feb. 1 at the Mercedes-Benz Museum. (Photo by Maximilian Balazs, courtesy of the Mercedes Benz Museum) A ...

Race cars built for specific rule sets are limited to the performance windows of those classes, but automakers are not restricted from taking the homework they've done for those categories and making ...

When building race cars, it's ideal to use something lightweight and compact. You want something that's agile and light on its feet, and bulk easily blunts performance and potential. That said, the ...