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The noteworthy incident takes place at a sale in Britain on Friday where a unusually excellent Mercedes race car befit in appearance to be the most expensive car ever sold at auction when an unknown bidder purchased it for 19.6 million pounds.  

The auction house Bonhams mentioned that the 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 in which five-time Formula 1 world champion driver Juan Manuel Fangio won two grands prix, also befit in appearance to be the most expensive Mercedes-Benz ever sold.  

Bonhams Motoring Director James Knight told Reuters from the sale at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in southern England that they have just experienced history in the making. The foregoing auction record was reserved by a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, which have been sold for US$16.39 million during 2011.

(AW:Samrat Biswas)