A one-car auction took place at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart over the weekend, and the car in question—a W196 R Stromlinienwagen from 1954—sold for €51,155,000 ($53,017,370).

The Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart has launched a new initiative, inspecting and selling factory-certified classic cars directly to the public. The program is called "All Time Stars," and is ...

at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart. The vehicle had been donated to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum in 1965 by the then Daimler-Benz AG. Attracting interest from serious collectors ...