A collection of rare Mercedes-Benz cars was offered for auction at RM Sotheby's in Dubai. The total price of the cars is about four million dollars, and the collection includes eight Mercedes-Benz cars manufactured from 1955 to 2018. All of them are in excellent condition.
The oldest and most expensive car in the collection is the legendary Mercedes 300SL Gullwing coupe, which costs over a million dollars. This is the world's first production car with gull-wing doors and direct fuel injection.
The more modern limited edition Mercedes SLR McLaren 722 supercar from 2007 is also valuable, for which the organizers plan to get between 600 and 700 thousand. dollars. Only 150 of these 650-horsepower cars were produced.
Even rarer is the Mercedes CLK DTM AMG Kompressor convertible. In 2006, only 80 of these sports cars were produced, which are distinguished by an aggressive body kit and a supercharged V8 engine with a capacity of 582 horsepower.
Highly valued by collectors is the 1990 Mercedes 190 Evo II, designed by specialists from AMG and Cosworth. This car has a 235-horsepower engine and a huge rear wing.
And one of the most iconic classics will also be available at the auction - the Mercedes 500E W124 with a V8 engine under the hood and developed with the help of engineers from Porsche. In addition, the collection includes retro convertibles Mercedes 280 SE and 280 SL Pagoda, as well as the latest production Gelendvagen with a V12 - 2018 Mercedes G65 AMG Final Edition.