Ninety years ago, Mercedes-Benz‘s 500 K Special Roadster was arguably the coolest car money could buy. With its flowing fenders, mile-long hood, muscular 5.1-liter supercharged straight-eight engine, ...

Pre-war cars are hard to come by and they’re even harder to find in good condition. The few that have survived rarely appear at auction and the ones that do command a high price. Bring A Trailer is ...

The idea that million-dollar-plus cars could not be sold online, without the bidders seeing them up close and personal, has been long debunked. Auction platform Bring a Trailer, or BaT, can and does ...

This yard contains Porsches, Lamborghini Miuras, exceptionally rare 300 SL Gullwings, and a one-of-one pre-war Mercedes 500 K Coupe. The Rudi Klein Collection contains numerous one-off cars, including ...

Between 1934 and 1936, Mercedes built just 342 examples of the 500 K. Of these, 29 were bodied as two-seat, open-top Special Roadsters. Fewer still—around five—were commissioned with a sweeping ...