Yuva Patrkaar: India's Chandrayaan-3 mission attracted the attention of the world by successfully landing on the South Pole of the Moon. For this, the country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the scientists of ISRO and also appreciated the success of the mission. With the budget of this mission being Rs 615 crores, ISRO has also created new records. Due to which this mission has become very important for the country. Because its budget has been very less compared to the budget of other missions.

Interestingly, the budget of this Chandrayaan-3 mission is less than that of the world's most expensive car till date, the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhout Coupe. Last year, the car was sold at a price of Rs 1,108 crore, which is almost double the budget of the Chandrayaan-3 mission.

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After the auction, the ownership of this special car was transferred from Mercedes-Benz to an unknown buyer. It is known that the record of the most expensive car ever was held by Ferrari 250 GTO, which was bought for about Rs 503 crore and it was very close to the budget of Chandrayaan-3. Whereas earlier in 2014, a Mercedes-Benz W196 car was sold for $ 29 million (about Rs 225 crore).

In fact, the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé is named after Rudolf Uhlenhaut. Who was the chief engineer of Mercedes-Benz during that time. Apart from this, this car is one of the two units made so far. Which makes it very special. It has also played an important role in carrying forward the legacy of the W 196 R Grand Prix car. This too was designed as a road-legal version of the same.

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Let us tell you that Simon Kidston, as the representative of the buyer, bid for the auction for the car. He said that if you ask classic car connoisseurs and top collectors to name the most loved car in the world over the last half century, they will name only one model – the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR.

Posted Date: August 28, 2023

Publish Date: August 28, 2023

Posted By Ravi Kumar

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