1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K
approx 419 built
Authorship
The car
Power180 bhp
Engine5.4L supercharged straight-eight
Production runapprox 419
The supercharged Special Roadster, all sweeping fenders and menace, defined pre-war glamour.
Finding one
Typical
£2,800,000
for a good example
Range
£1,500,000 to £10,000,000
Body style is everything (Special Roadster far above Cabriolet A or B), plus matching numbers and continuous provenance.
For sale now
handful
public listings
rarea few a decade for Special Roadsters, occasional for cabriolets · Last notable sale: 540K Special Roadster about £7.8M ($9.9M), RM Sotheby's Arizona 2016; cabriolet-bodied cars have traded closer to £2M to £3M.
Market figures are indicative, drawn from public auction and listing data; they guide, they do not appraise.
Parts and support
Well supported by the factory Classic Center and a few elite restorers, though coachwork remains a bespoke commission.
SpecialistsMercedes-Benz Classic Center (Fellbach)Paul Russell and CompanyKienle AutomobiltechnikHK-Engineering
In the network
Concoursio is a living public record. It references formal provenance (chassis, registries, sale history); it does not certify it. This is a seed record and its details are being verified.