Maradona’s Mercedes available for sale at Bonhams
The World Cup is in full speed, so now’s the excellent time to think about purchasing this Mercedes-Benz as soon as had by Argentine soccer tale Diego Maradona. The Hand of God wheeled this Signal Red 1980 Mercedes-Benz 450SLC 5.0 available at Bonhams Paris public auction on February 2, 2023 with an approximated list price of EUR150,000-200,000 ($157,660– $210,214). Maradona led Argentina to success at the 1986 World Cup and also was called the FIFA Player of the 20th Century.
“With the World Cup suit in between Argentina and also Mexico occurring this weekend, we are happy to introduce that we will certainly be providing this remarkable electric motor auto– and piece of showing off souvenirs– coming from Maradona, that led his nationwide group to World Cup victory in Mexico in 1986,” Philip Kantor, International Chairman, Bonhams Motoring, said. “We make certain that the SLC will score extremely at the rostrum in Paris.”
After Maradona’s ownership, the Mercedes wound up in private collections throughout Argentina and was then imported to the U.S. It has 62,000 kms (38,000 miles) because new and also was professionally recovered.
In 2021, Bonhams marketed a 1992 Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Type 964 ‘Works Turbo Look’ Cabriolet owned by Maradona for EUR483,000 ($592,124).
