By buying Juan Manuel Fangio's 300 SL, you'll become the first person outside his family to own this piece of automotive history.
Some consider Juan Manuel Fangio to be the greatest racing driver that ever lived. Some people...are correct.
El Maestro competed in 52 Formula One races and drove off the victor in 24 of them. That means he won nearly every other race he entered. This led to five world championships with four different teams, with the last four titles all coming year after year from 1954 through 1957. If you're a Fangio fan, you now have the chance to pretend to drive like him. Well, not like him on the racetrack but more the way he drove on holidays and around town. His beloved Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster, which was presented to him as both a birthday and racing retirement gift by Mercedes in 1958, is available via private sale at RM Sotheby's. The car's current location is Switzerland.
This 300 SL was no garage queen, as the condition of its leather attests. The car was originally delivered in London, after which Fangio drove it across a number of European countries as part of his ambassadorial work for Mercedes. He shipped it to Argentina in 1960 and would continue to drive it as part of his work expanding Mercedes' operations in South America in the following decades.
We imagine it won't come too cheaply, especially considering how revered Fangio is all over the globe. After all, his race cars fetch
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