The legendary Mercedes-Benz W196 of Juan Manuel Fangio, which had been abandoned in a warehouse, eventually to auction house Bonhams, which took place on the sidelines of this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed , sold for $29,650,095 (£19,601,500 / €22,701,864), far exceeding expectations the house, who thought that will be sold somewhere close to € 5,8 million.
With this Mercedes-Benz W196 by Juan Manuel Fangio took the championship of Formula 1 in 1954. The car has chassis number 00006/54 and once a 2.5-liter eight-cylinder engine with Fangio defeating this German and Swiss GP 1954.
With 22.7 million sold the car, it became the most expensive car ever sold at auction, the most expensive car in Formula 1, and it is also the most expensive Mercedes-Benz has ever sold, according to Bonhams.
