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In fact, the newly crowned record holder is a Mercedes-Benz, a four-door model from the 1930s
A 1930 Mercedes-Benz 770K four-door convertible sold in Bring a Trailer in February 2022 Photo by Bring a Trailer
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For the third time in about a month, the record for the most expensive car sold has been broken on popular auction site Bring a Trailer (BaT). While the previous two titleholders were both 2005 Porsche Carrera GT (CGT) supercars, this time the crown goes to something else – a 1930 Mercedes-Benz 770K Cabriolet.
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The imposing black big one fetched a total of $2,555,555 on February 7, 2022, beating by a wide margin the $1.9 million bid that sent a red Porsche CGT to a new owner in early January ; as well as the $2 million demanded of a silver Porsche CGT two weeks later.
But we shouldn’t be surprised to see a pre-war four-door Net such a return – even if it’s (was?) outside the usual crowd you see on Bring a Trailer – since the most expensive car to be sold on the site preceded by these Porsches was a 1935 Duesenberg convertible sold at BaT in June 2021 for $1.34 million.
The car’s new owner, who goes by the username livestudio on the website, has detailed plans in the comments to open a museum on the island of Cyprus devoted mainly to boat tail cars.
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From his bidding history for Bring a Trailer, he’s not bluffing either, having recently won auctions for a 1925 torpedo-style Fiat; a 1929 Marmon; a replica Duesenberg Boattail Speedster; a 1926 Peerless Boattail Speedster; and, just for fun, a safari-style BMW Z4.
The 1930 Benz 770K was reordered by the then ruler of Iraq, King Faisal I. The W07 chassis car – one of only 117 built – was body fitted by the Berlin firm Voll & Ruhrbeck in late 1931 and thereafter lived the life of a state limousine used by Faisal and his two successors.
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Well, until 1967 when the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS), with the help of Mercedes-Benz, acquired the car to include in their museum and use as a show car before races on their track, u task I’m sure its 200 hp, supercharged 7.7-litre in-line 8-cylinder is handled with ease. However, the IMS Museum apparently decided it was someone else’s turn to enjoy the Grosser, so listed it on BaT.
The $2,555,555 the non-profit museum makes should go a long way towards covering the bills associated with servicing the other 200 cars in its collection. And it will also go a long way in keeping this most expensive BaT car record from being snuffed out by someone else anytime soon.
