Mercedes-Benz at ModaMiami, a top-class events for classic cars
London, March 04, 2025, (Oilandgaspress) –– Mercedes-Benz brought “Silver Stars from Stuttgart” to the second edition last weekend. These included the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR racing icon from 1955, the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren “Stirling Moss” (Z 199) High Performance Sports Car as well as more recent coveted classics from the brand with the three-pointed star, and current MANUFAKTUR top products. With this array, the world’s most valuable classic automobile brand strengthens its presence in the important US market.
The highlights of ModaMiami were the “Moda Classic” drive led by the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren “Stirling Moss”, and the Concours d’Elegance. This showcased rare pre-war models and motor racing veterans as well as super sports cars and current hypercars. ModaMiami takes place around the Biltmore Hotel near Miami, which opened in 1926. The event successfully sets a new focus on the east coast of the USA in the North American classic car calendar.
The presentation of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR also emphasised the outstanding importance of classic vehicles with the three-pointed star in collector circles. The auction of the W 196 R with its streamlined body in February 2025 highlighted this once again: the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum put the Silver Arrow up for auction – it received the racing car as a donation from the then Daimler-Benz AG in 1965. At the auction in the Mercedes-Benz Museum, the hammer fell at a record price of 51.155 million euros. This makes the Silver Arrow the most valuable Grand Prix racing car ever sold and also the second most valuable car ever. The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR “Uhlenhaut Coupé” remains at the top of the exclusive ranking of the world’s most valuable automobiles at 135 million euros.
Other classics and young classics with which Mercedes-Benz Classic fascinated visitors at ModaMiami: a Maybach S 650 Cabriolet from 2017, an SL 500 “Silver Arrow Edition” (R 129) from 2002, an E 60 AMG (210 series) from 1997 built by AMG and optimised by American Mercedes-Benz partner RENNtech and a 300 D Saloon (123 series) from 1979.
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