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Matt Kew

Mercedes sells unraced 300 SLR for £115m to fund youth scholarships

Eventually taking its name from famed Mercedes engineer and designer Rudolf Uhlenhaut, the coupe was a closed-cockpit variant of the 300 SLR sportscar - itself based on the W196 grand prix racer -that most famously won the Mille Miglia in 1955 in the hands of Stirling Moss.

The coupe was crafted for the 1956 season but in the turbulent wake of the 1955 Le Mans 24 Hours disaster in which 84 people were killed, Mercedes ceased its entire motorsport programme to leave the machine unraced.

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