Auctions: Rare 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Alloy sells for record $4.62 million Car News and Review

We’ve been busy covering Barrett-Jackson this week, but there are plenty of other auctions going on in Scottsdale as well. One of those is Gooding & Company, which has been selling some pretty incredible cars. Perhaps the most significant is this 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing, which is just one of 29 reinforced with an aluminum alloy body.

Standard 300SL Gullwing prices can exceed millions of dollars, so this particular example was expected to sell for anywhere between $ 2,500,000 and $ 3,000,000. These alloy 300SL Gullwings come up for sale infrequently, though, which is perhaps why the final bid of $ 4.2 million was so high. With auction fees, the final selling price of the 300SL was an incredible $ 4.62 million, a new record for this car.

You can read more around this particular 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Alloy after the jump, and check out photos of the car in the gallery above.