10% off your first order — create a free account

Create free account
✓ 14-day returns ✓ Hand-checked before dispatch ✓ Secure checkout
My account

Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe Silver Maisto 1:18

Sold out
Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe Silver Maisto 1:18 536898 Diecast
1 / 8
Maisto's 1:18 diecast Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe in silver reproduces one of the rarest cars Mercedes-Benz ever built, only two examples exist. Diecast construction makes this extraordinary shape accessible to collectors who could never own the original.
Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe Silver Maisto 1:18
Current price: £41.00
Out of production

This model is currently sold out. Enter your email and we'll let you know when it's back in stock.

Browse Mercedes models
Pay securely with
Specifications
Car Brand
Mercedes
Model Manufacturer
Maisto
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
536898
Genuine articles Sourced from manufacturers
5-layer carton Foam-filled interior
Hassle-free returns 14-day no-quibble returns
Secure payment Bank-level encryption

About the Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe Silver Maisto 1:18

TL;DR: Maisto's 1:18 diecast Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe in silver reproduces one of only two examples Mercedes-Benz ever built, a closed-roof racing coupe named after engineer Rudolf Uhlenhaut. Diecast construction brings an otherwise unreachable car within collecting range.

Some cars are famous because thousands were sold. The Uhlenhaut Coupe is famous for the opposite reason: almost nobody has ever seen one in person.

Diecast Detail on a Closed-Roof Racing Shape

Where the open 300 SLR racer is relatively well documented, the closed gullwing-door coupe variant is a rarer sight even in photographs, giving a diecast replica genuine value simply by making the shape tangible. Silver was the era's characteristic Mercedes racing colour, and the finish should read clean and understated rather than flashy, in keeping with a car built as an engineering exercise rather than a showpiece. Maisto's diecast construction brings the expected metal weight and opening doors typical of the format, including, ideally, the gullwing mechanism that defines this coupe's most distinctive feature. Panel accuracy on the long, curved rear deck is worth checking closely, since that flowing tail is central to the car's identity.

A Car Built for an Engineer, Not a Buyer

Mercedes built only two examples of this closed coupe version of the 300 SLR in the mid-1950s, one of which was used personally by engineer Rudolf Uhlenhaut, after whom the car became known. Because so few exist and neither was built for public sale, the Uhlenhaut Coupe sits among the rarest and most valuable cars connected to Mercedes-Benz's competition history, a status that no ordinary collector could otherwise experience firsthand.

An Accessible Route to an Inaccessible Car

For collectors of Mercedes racing history, this diecast is often the only realistic way to hold a version of the Uhlenhaut Coupe at all, a genuinely rare shape made ownable through mainstream diecast pricing.

Same marque, same scale

Collectors also bought

Browse all 1:18

10% off your first order

Create a free account and claim 10% off your first order — from hundreds of collectible 1:18, 1:43 and 1:12 models by Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and more.

Create free account Browse the collection
Collectible 1:18 scale Porsche model on a clean studio backdrop — Models118 first-order offer
0