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1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster Heads For Auction At Monterey Car Week

Giancarlo Perlas August 13, 2023

An impending spectacle is set to grace the automotive auction stage at Mecum’s 2023 Monterey Car Week event from August 17 to 19. Amidst the excitement, aficionados and collectors alike eagerly await the opportunity to acquire a distinguished relic of the past—a 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster with a bespoke, one-of-a-kind coachbuilt exterior. Convergence of Performance and Elegance The 540K, a testament to the automotive ingenuity of the late 1930s, epitomizes the harmonious fusion of power and luxury. According to Mecum Auctions, underneath the vehicle’s meticulously sculpted bodywork lies a robust 5.4-liter supercharged inline-8 “kompressor” engine, producing an astounding 180 horsepower. This engineering marvel propelled the roadster to a remarkable… Continue Reading »

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1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K Autobahn Kurier Wins Best of Show at Pebble Beach

Giancarlo Perlas August 16, 2021

Classic, antique, and vintage Mercedes-Benz cars are no stranger at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. One of the veterans in the event is the 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K Autobahn Kurier, and a quick Google search will tell you just that. Recently, the car has won the Best of Show in the 70th year of the affair. Prior to the event, the 540K Autobahn Kurier already won the Best in Show title at the 2019 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. That is in addition to the numerous distinctions it received since it was introduced at the event in 2006. It should be noted that its initial participation in the show immediately got it… Continue Reading »

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1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster Sells $9.6M

Giancarlo Perlas January 30, 2016

The 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster, which was put on sale by RM Auctions Sotheby’s a few days ago, was finally sold. The pre-war car with only 10,277 miles in its odometer fetched a whopping $9.9 million price tag last Friday. The cost of the classic car beat the previous record set in Arizona. The said record was held by the same seller for a 1964 Ferrari 250 LM worth $9.6 million, based on WZZM13. Despite the expensive tag, the 1937 Mercedes failed to reach its expected price of $10 million to $13 million. The source also noted that the most expensive car sold at a public auction to date was a… Continue Reading »

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1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster is For Sale

Giancarlo Perlas July 17, 2015

A 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster is set to hit the auction block tomorrow (July 18, 2015) at the Santa Monica Airport’s Barker Hangar in an event organized by Auctions America. The 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster is a very rare find. Only 25 units of the auto were made from 1936 to 1940. It was unveiled at the 1936 Paris Motor Show as one of the cars that commemorated the 50th anniversary of the invention of the first automobile by Carl Benz. There’s a major catch in the car which will be offered in the auction block tomorrow though because it was not originally made as a 540K Special Roadster. Based on the auctioneer’s website,… Continue Reading »

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