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Legends line up at Goodwood

The Goodwood Festival of Speed will kick off on Friday featuring the usual mind-boggling array of vintage racing machinery piloted by racing legends. If you aren’t winging your way there now, or...

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Juan Manuel Fangio-driven Mercedes-Benz W196 heads to auction

The 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196, as driven by Juan Manuel Fangio. Images courtesy Bonhams. Fans of vintage racing will soon have a rare opportunity to bid on a Formula One Grand Prix-winning Mercedes-Benz...

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Fangio’s 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196R sells for record $29.65 million

Mercedes-Benz W196R 00006/54. Photos courtesy Bonhams. Until Friday, July 12, the most expensive car ever sold at auction was a 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa Prototype, sold by Gooding & Company at its...

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Fangio versus Brabham – the world record Mercedes Silver Arrow at work

In our recent story on the $29.65 million sale of the Juan Manuel Fangio-driven Mercedes-Benz W196R at this past weekend’s Bonhams Goodwood auction, reader Tony pointed out this video of Fangio taking...

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Open Diff – What car will beat the Fangio Mercedes W196′s record auction price?

Record-setting Mercedes-Benz W196 00006/54. Photo courtesy Bonhams. While many observers correctly predicted that Juan Manuel Fangio’s 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 would sell for a significant sum of money...

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Andy Warhol’s Mercedes-Benz W196 silkscreen could fetch up to $16 million at...

Detail from Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Grand Prix Car (Streamlined version, 1954) by Andy Warhol. Images courtesy Christie’s. As a Fangio-driven Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix racer has done for the cars at...

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The Revs Institute debuts The Rivals: A Golden Moment in Grand Prix History

The Rivals exhibit at The Revs Institute. All photos courtesy The Revs Institute. As fans of 1950s Formula One racing know, Mercedes-Benz dominated the sport upon its return to competition at the 1954...

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