Two built. One sold.
The closed 300 SLR was a W 196 S racing prototype, not a derivative of the production 300 SL. Two were completed and neither raced; Mercedes-Benz retained both until chassis 00008/55 sold for €135 million in 2022.
Market value · road
EUR 120,000,000–EUR 150,000,000
Market value · road
EUR 120,000,000–EUR 150,000,000
Market & Price
The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR "Uhlenhaut Coupé" reference estimate is EUR 120,000,000–EUR 150,000,000. The file contains 1 documented road sale, with individual specifications recorded separately. Actual prices depend on specification, condition and provenance; this range is not an offer or a confirmed sale price.
12 months from the model baseline
Model data: Jul 2026 · 1 documented sale anchors. Insufficient sales: illustrative scenario based on an estimated value and synthetic history.
P50 is the model median. The outer shading spans P10–P90; the darker band spans P25–P75. These are model quantiles, not verified probabilities or observed sale prices. The calculation extends the modeled trend and volatility; it does not include new listings, vehicle condition or transaction costs.
Compound annual growth
| Window | This car* | S&P 500 | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Y | +1.9% | +18.8% | +21.9% |
*Modeled price CAGR · S&P is a price index, no dividends
Deepest drawdown · model window
Forecast ladder · model quantiles
| Horizon | P10 | P50 | P90 |
|---|---|---|---|
| +6M | EUR 125,093,812.47 | EUR 136,356,772.56 | EUR 148,633,805.75 |
| +12M | EUR 123,723,400.07 | EUR 137,727,180.9 | EUR 153,315,996.4 |
| +24M | EUR 121,203,803.63 | EUR 140,509,454.52 | EUR 162,890,158.7 |
Median path with the 10th and 90th percentile · not investment advice
1 of 1 recorded sales · shown in EUR · recorded currency in each record
One first-time sale after 67 years of factory ownership.
Floor
EUR 120,000,000
Typical
EUR 135,000,000
Ceiling
EUR 150,000,000
Estimate band for good road cars. 1 documented sales since 2019 plotted below.
Band, axis and sale positions shown in recorded EUR. Indicative only. With one privately held car and one museum car, condition, availability and provenance cannot be separated from the 2022 result.
Road record
€135,000,000
Chassis 196.110-00008/55
Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart · 2022-05-05
Instrument calibration for this file is in progress — the terminal above reads the documented record directly.
The published €135 million result is the complete public market ledger for the type.
Overview
Sindelfingen's body engineers drew a closed 300 SLR in November 1953. Formula 1 absorbed the racing department's capacity, and drivers preferred the open car when the W 196 S finally entered the 1955 sports-car season.
The coupé project returned for the cancelled Carrera Panamericana and for 1956. Two cars were completed in 1955, but Mercedes-Benz's withdrawal from racing left them as development cars rather than competition entries.
Rudolf Uhlenhaut drove the first car extensively across Europe. In 1956 Automobil Revue covered 3'500 kilometres in a coupé and recorded 284 km/h, with one run at 290 km/h. Mercedes-Benz kept both cars until the private 2022 auction of chassis 196.110-00008/55.
Reference
The records
€0million
2022 auction result
chassis 196.110-00008/55
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Coupés built
W 196 S prototypes
0km/h
Period test maximum
Automobil Revue, 1956
HICON BID
A HICON Bid is a confidential expression of buying interest on the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR "Uhlenhaut Coupé" file — never public, never shown to other members. It is not a binding purchase, and HICONIUM holds no funds.
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The vault
You keep one? The record starts in your garage — identity, papers, photography, and the market evidence this file already carries, bound to your chassis.
The hands
The people whose work shaped the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR "Uhlenhaut Coupé".
Creator and chief engineer
Led development of the W 196 and 300 SLR programmes, then used a coupé for development and long-distance company travel.
