Highlights
- Factory AMG Styling Package, Panorama Roof, and Premium I Package
- RETAIL PRICE (ORIGINALLY NEW): $102,475.00 (or € 160,200.00 with these options in the Netherlands)
- Originally specified at over $102,000 when new
- Clean Carfax report with 44 maintenance records, to confirm full service history, damage free past and original mileage
- Last service performed just 23 miles ago in 2026
- USA title and Dutch Import documentation
- Comes with window sticker and Mercedes-Benz datacard
- Serviced earlier this year with oil change and new battery
- EU import duties and VAT have been paid
- Seller can assist with worldwide transport and shipping
The Appeal
The R230-generation Mercedes-Benz SL550 pairs the elegance of a retractable hardtop grand tourer with the power of a naturally aspirated 5.5-litre V8 producing 382 horsepower. Its electro-hydraulic aluminium roof transforms the car from coupé to roadster in seconds.
This 2009 example is notably well-equipped, having left the factory with the AMG Styling Package, adding a front spoiler and side skirts, alongside the Panorama Roof and the Premium I Package, which brings ventilated seats, AIRSCARF neck-level heating, multi-contour seats, and Keyless-Go.
Finished in Black over Black/Anthracite leather with burred walnut veneer trim and fitted with Bi-Xenon headlights with active curve light, it presents well. The car's history is documented through a clean Carfax report containing 44 maintenance entries, indicating a damage-free past and regular maintenance. Notable recent work includes a starter motor replacement in 2023, tie rods and an air filter in 2022, and a brake and belt overhaul in 2021. Earlier this year, it received an oil and filter change along with a new battery. Originally delivered in Mississippi and maintained across the southern United States, it has since been imported to the Netherlands with EU duties and VAT paid. It comes accompanied by its original window sticker and Mercedes-Benz datacard, and the seller can assist with worldwide shipping.
Finished in Black over Black/Anthracite leather with burred walnut veneer trim and fitted with Bi-Xenon headlights with active curve light, it presents well. The car's history is documented through a clean Carfax report containing 44 maintenance entries, indicating a damage-free past and regular maintenance. Notable recent work includes a starter motor replacement in 2023, tie rods and an air filter in 2022, and a brake and belt overhaul in 2021. Earlier this year, it received an oil and filter change along with a new battery. Originally delivered in Mississippi and maintained across the southern United States, it has since been imported to the Netherlands with EU duties and VAT paid. It comes accompanied by its original window sticker and Mercedes-Benz datacard, and the seller can assist with worldwide shipping.
Key Information
- Mileage: 91,584 miles (supported by Carfax report with 44 maintenance records)
- Technical specs: 5.5-litre (5,439cc) DOHC V8 petrol, 382HP, seven-speed automatic, rear-wheel drive
- Paperwork: USA title, Dutch import documentation, Carfax report, original window sticker, and Mercedes-Benz datacard
- EU customs duties and VAT have been paid
- VIN:WDBSK71F79F147780
This vehicle is sold with its original US Title. Please note that it has not yet been road-registered or safety- inspected within the EU. As a US-market vehicle, it is offered without a European Certificate of Conformity (COC). Registration will likely require Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) or National Homologation, depending on your country. We recommend checking your local regulations prior to purchase.
Extra option that come with this car (from factory):
[040] Black Exterior Paint — $0
[211] Black Leather Seat Trim — $0
[P01] Premium I Package — $3,750
Includes:
- Active ventilated seats with heat feature
- AIRSCARF
- Multi-contour seats
- Power trunk closer
- Keyless-Go
[415] Panorama Roof with Sunshade — $1,950
Original Shipping Charge: $875.00
Service history (FULL):
02/20/2026 – Chattanooga, Tennessee – 91,561 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Pre-delivery inspection completed
- Oil and filter changed
02/12/2026 – Chattanooga, Tennessee – 91,512 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Battery/charging system checked
- Battery replaced
12/22/2025 – Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia – 91,561 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Oil and filter changed
05/16/2023 – Chattanooga, Tennessee – 80,303 miles
Vehicle serviced
01/24/2023 – Chattanooga, Tennessee – 79,316 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Maintenance inspection completed
- Starter replaced
- Vehicle washed/detailed
11/18/2022 – Chattanooga, Tennessee – 78,701 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Battery/charging system checked
08/22/2022 – Chattanooga, Tennessee – 76,922 miles
Vehicle serviced
08/04/2022 – Chattanooga, Tennessee – 76,915 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Air filter replaced
- Front wiper blades/refills replaced
- Oil and filter changed
- Tie rod(s) replaced
09/21/2021 – Chattanooga, Tennessee – 73,210 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Maintenance inspection completed
- Vehicle washed/detailed
08/28/2021 – Chattanooga, Tennessee – 72,500 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Maintenance inspection completed
- Fluids checked
- Vehicle washed/detailed
07/27/2021 – Chattanooga, Tennessee – 72,422 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Maintenance inspection completed
- Vehicle washed/detailed
07/05/2021 – Chattanooga, Tennessee – 71,650 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Air filter checked
- Brakes checked
- Brake pads replaced
- Drive belt(s) replaced
- Oil and filter changed
- Rear brake pads replaced
- Rear brake rotor(s) replaced
- Serpentine belt replaced
- Tyre(s) replaced
- Wiper(s) replaced
09/30/2020 – Daphne, Alabama – 70,420 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Fuse(s) replaced
09/09/2020 – Daphne, Alabama – 70,410 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Battery/charging system checked
- Computer(s) checked
03/27/2020 – Daphne, Alabama – 70,029 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Maintenance reminder reset
- Oil and filter changed
- Windshield washer checked
07/02/2019 – Daphne, Alabama – 69,101 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Battery/charging system checked
- Battery replaced
05/08/2019 – Daphne, Alabama – 69,026 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Battery/charging system checked
- Battery replaced
03/20/2018 – Daphne, Alabama – 66,784 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Oil and filter changed
- Windshield washer checked
10/31/2016 – Daphne, Alabama – 62,254 miles
Vehicle serviced
12/28/2015 – Mobile, Alabama – 59,364 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Engine checked
12/08/2015 – Mobile, Alabama – 59,334 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Body electrical system checked
- Engine checked
10/07/2015 – Mobile, Alabama – 58,492 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Vehicle washed/detailed
09/24/2015 – Mobile, Alabama – 58,356 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Body electrical system checked
09/24/2015 – Mobile, Alabama – 57,209 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Vehicle washed/detailed
07/28/2015 – Mobile, Alabama – 57,209 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Maintenance inspection completed
- Body electrical system checked
07/27/2015 – Mobile, Alabama – 57,209 miles
Vehicle serviced
02/06/2015 – Mobile, Alabama – 55,525 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Pre-delivery inspection completed
- Maintenance inspection completed
- Alignment performed
- Four wheel alignment performed
11/13/2014 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana – 53,669 miles
Vehicle serviced
- 65,000 mile service performed
- Battery replaced
10/28/2013 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana – 39,389 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Maintenance inspection completed
- 40,000 mile service performed
- One tyre mounted
- One tyre replaced
- Vehicle washed/detailed
03/19/2013 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana – 33,200 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Back-up camera installed
02/04/2013 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana – 31,774 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Maintenance inspection completed
12/31/2012 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana – 31,709 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Pre-delivery inspection completed
- Alignment checked
- Brake fluid flushed/changed
- Four wheel alignment performed
- Front brake rotor(s) replaced
- Front strut(s) replaced
- Rear brake rotor(s) resurfaced
07/17/2012 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana – 29,614 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Recommended maintenance performed
03/22/2012 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana – 27,955 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Fuel system cleaned/serviced
- Suspension serviced
02/01/2012 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana – 27,275 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Computer(s) checked
- Computer reprogrammed
12/15/2011 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana – 26,075 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Rear compartment lock replaced
07/12/2011 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana – 22,649 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Two tyres balanced
- Two tyres mounted
06/24/2011 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana – 22,291 miles
Vehicle serviced
06/10/2011 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana – 21,332 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Recommended maintenance performed
08/18/2010 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana – 12,509 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Two tyres balanced
- Two tyres mounted
06/22/2010 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana – 11,230 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Recommended maintenance performed
- Computer reprogrammed
- Radio replaced
06/02/2009 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana – 4,472 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Recommended maintenance performed
- Fog light assembly replaced
12/17/2008 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana – 589 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Seat(s) checked
06/04/2008 – Diberville, Mississippi – 5 miles
Vehicle serviced
- Pre-delivery inspection completed
Factory option list:
Safety
- Pop-up roll bar
- Illuminated emergency interior trunk release
- Tyre pressure monitoring system
- 3-point seat belts with emergency tensioning device
- Passenger selectable seat belt retractor
- Shoulder belts automatic height-adjusters
- Night security illumination
- Driver's knee airbag
- Door-mounted side-impact head & thorax airbags
- Dual-stage front airbags with front passenger adaptive feature
- Occupant classification system
- Programmable daytime running lamps
- Electronic Stability Program (ESP)
- Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) with Brake Assist System
Interior
- Shelf behind seats with retractable luggage straps
- Locking dual enclosed storage compartments beneath luggage shelf
- Removable trunk separator
- Attachable fine-mesh wind deflector
- Leather-trimmed shift knob
- Dual illuminated visor vanity mirrors
- Auto-dimming rearview mirror
- Rear window defroster with automatic shut-off based on time and exterior temperature
- Automatic dual-zone climate control with:
- Dust & pollen filters
- Active charcoal filters
- Smog sensor
- Sun sensor
- Humidity sensor
- Dew point sensor
- REST mode with engine heat recirculation
- Cabin ventilation
- Seat belt usage sensors
- In-dash SD memory card reader
- Alarm system
- Enhanced voice control for audio, telephone & navigation
- Integrated HomeLink compatible 3-button garage door opener
- Power windows with one-touch express up/down
- Power rear windows with one-touch express down
- Electronic analog tachometer & gauges for fuel level & coolant temperature
- Floor mats
- Aluminum door sills
Entertainment
- Hands-free Bluetooth system
- Auxiliary power outlet
- COMAND cockpit management & data system including:
- AM/FM/weatherband radio
- In-dash 6-disc CD/DVD changer
- Large colour LCD screen
Exterior
- Variable intermittent rain-sensing windshield wipers with heated washer nozzles
- Dual power heated mirrors with driver memory and auto-dimming
- Dual-intensity LED brake lamps and taillamps
- Single rear red foglamp
- Halogen front foglamps
- Driver-selectable light-sensing headlamps
- Electro-hydraulic retractable aluminium hardtop with easy-pack system
- Collapsible compact spare tyre with portable electric air compressor
- Front tyres: P255/40ZR18 high performance
- Rear tyres: P285/35ZR18 high performance
Mechanical
- Dual chrome exhaust tips
- Electro-hydraulic braking system with:
- Automatic brake drying
- Predictive brake priming
- Vehicle-speed-sensitive power rack & pinion steering with integrated hydraulic damper
- Active Body Control (ABC) including:
- Coil spring
- Electronically controlled hydraulic cylinders
- Gas-pressurized shock absorbers at each wheel
- Automatic all-wheel level control
- Driver-selectable ride-height control
- Automatic speed-sensitive lowering
- Independent 5-arm multi-link rear suspension
- Independent 4-link front suspension
- Rear-wheel drive
- 7-speed driver-adaptive electronic automatic transmission including:
- Touch Shift
- Optimum gear programming
- Comfort mode
- 5.5L DOHC SFI 32-valve V8 engine
Mercedes-Benz datacard information:
Interior LEATHER - BLACK/ANTHRACITE (211A)
Paint 1 BLACK (040U)
Code Description
040U BLACK
210A LEATHER
211A LEATHER - BLACK/ANTHRACITE
212B OP. INSTRUCT. AND MAINT. BOOKLET-ENGL. FOR USA/CAN
232 GARAGE DOOR OPENER WITH 284 - 390 MHZ FREQUENCY
242 ELECTRICALLY ADJUSTABLE RIGHT DRIVER SEAT W MEMORY
249 INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR MIRROR,AUTOMATICALLY DIMMING
264 LICENSE PLATE ATTACHMENT AMERICA
267 MODEL PLATE DEVIATING
284B AIRBAG LABEL - ENGLISH FOR USA
285 DRAFT STOP (FABRIC DESIGN)
342B INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/HU LANGUAGE - AMERICAN
359 TELEAID USA
383B BATTERY LABEL - ENGLISH
401 FRONT SEAT CLIMATE CONTROL
403 AIRSCARF SYSTEM AT FRONT
404 MULTI-CONTOUR SEAT, FRONT LEFT
405 MULTI-CONTOUR SEAT, FRONT RIGHT
415 GLASS ROOF (ROADSTER)
427 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 7-SPEED
461 INSTRUMENT WITH MILES IND. AND ENGLISH LEGEND
470 SEMI-ACTIVE ROLL STABILISATION (SEMI ARS)
487 ABC SUSPENSION (ACTIVE BODY CONTROL)
494 U.S. VERSION
512 COMAND APS WITH DVD CHANGER
518 UNIVERSAL COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE (UCI)
524 VEHICLE PROTECTIVE COVER (FULL BODY COVER)
536 SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO COMPLETE SYSTEM
581 AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL
615 BI-XENON HEADLICHT W.ACTVIE CURVELIGHT RIGHT-DRIVE
619 CORNERING ILLUMINATION
634 DELETION - FIRST AID KIT
636 DELETION - WARNING TRIANGLE
668 PRODUCT PROT. F FREIGHT PACKAG. W TIE-DOWN HOOKS
669 SPARE WHEEL / FOLDING WHEEL
673 HIGH-CAPACITY BATTERY
731 TRIM PIECES - WOOD BURRED WALNUT VENEER
763 RADIO REMOTE CONTROL WITH PANIC SWITCH (315 MHZ)
772 AMG STYLING PACKAGE-FRONT SPOILER, SIDE SKIRT
78T STEUERCODE FUER BAULOSE
7XXL NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
809 AEJ 08/1
810 PREMIUM SOUND SYSTEM
881 REMOTE TRUNK LOCKING
887 SEPARATE TRUNK LID LOCKING
889 KEYLESS - GO
986 DEVIATING VIN WITH MODEL YEAR
989 IDENTIFICATION LABEL UNDER WINDSHIELD
99V SPEED- + LOADINDEX 95W+97W
A22 NEW CONVERTER GENERATION
A24 JOINT FLANGE, 4-ARM 120
A38 M - VALVE BODY ASSEMBLY WITH VGS 2
A44 SOFTWARE 3
A49 CONVERTER WITH 3 FRICTION DISKS
F230 SERIES PRODUCTION 230
G904 TRANSMISSION CODE VERSION 04
GA AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
HA REAR AXLE
K15 CONTROL CODE FOR SERVICE INTERVAL 15000 KM
L LEFT-HAND STEERING
M273 V8-GASOLINE ENGINE M273
M55 CAPACITY 5,5 LITRE
N99 CONTROL CODE BREMEN PLANT
R01 SUMMER TYRES
R32 18" LIGHT ALLOY WHEEL 5-SPOKE DESIGN MIXED TYRES
U12 FLOOR MATS - VELOUR
U44 LUGGAGE NET SET IN LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT (3-PIECE)
U45 BAGGAGE BELTS
U71 DVD PLAYER WITH REGIONAL CODE 1, USA
VL FRONT AXLE HALF, LEFT
VR FRONT AXLE HALF, RIGHT
The Detail
- Last serviced in February 2026 at 91,561 miles, including oil and filter change and pre-delivery inspection
- New battery fitted in February 2026
- Oil and filter changed in December 2025
- Starter motor replaced in January 2023
- Air filter, front wiper blades, oil and filter, and tie rods replaced in August 2022
- Front and rear brake pads, rear brake rotors, drive belts, serpentine belt, tyres, and wipers all replaced in July 2021
- Front brake rotors and front struts replaced in December 2012
- Back-up camera installed in March 2013
- 5.5-litre V8 engine
- Factory AMG Styling Package with front spoiler and side skirts
- Panorama Roof with sunshade
- Premium I Package: ventilated seats, AIRSCARF, multi-contour seats, power trunk closer, and Keyless-Go
- Bi-Xenon headlights with active curve light and cornering illumination
- Active Body Control (ABC) suspension with driver-selectable ride-height control
- Burred walnut veneer interior trim
- COMAND system with in-dash six-disc CD/DVD changer and premium sound system
- 18-inch five-spoke light alloy wheels with mixed-size performance tyres
- Electro-hydraulic retractable aluminium hardtop
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