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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kieran Jackson

Historic Mercedes car driven by Moss and Fangio sells for record fee

The Mercedes W196 R sold for £42.75m at auction on Saturday - (Getty Images)

A Mercedes car raced by Sir Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio set a record for a grand prix car, selling at auction for £42.75million (€51.155million) on Saturday.

The sleek, silver W196 R Stromlinienwagen, one of only four complete examples in existence, was sold by RM Sotheby's at the Mercedes museum in Stuttgart on behalf of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS).

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