The World Cup is in full speed, so now’s the best time to think of purchasing this Mercedes-Benz as soon as owned by Argentine football legend Diego Maradona. The Hand of God wheeled this Signal Red 1980 Mercedes-Benz 450SLC 5.0 available at Bonhams Paris auction on February 2, 2023 with an approximated price of EUR150,000-200,000 ($157,660– $210,214). Maradona led Argentina to triumph at the 1986 World Cup and was called the FIFA Player of the 20th Century.
“With the World Cup match between Argentina and Mexico occurring this weekend, we are pleased to introduce that we will certainly be offering this remarkable electric motor auto– as well as piece of showing off memorabilia– coming from Maradona, that led his national group to World Cup triumph in Mexico in 1986,” Philip Kantor, International Chairman, Bonhams Motoring, claimed. “We make certain that the SLC will score extremely at the rostrum in Paris.”
After Maradona’s ownership, the Mercedes ended up in private collections throughout Argentina and also was after that imported to the U.S. It has 62,000 kms (38,000 miles) since new and also was properly 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).