Highlights
- Good service history
- Excellent all-round condition
- Wonderful V8 soundtrack
The Appeal
Perhaps the perfect modern day classic offering open and closed top motoring, a wonderful V8 engine and Mercedes engineering, style and design.
This SL500 comes with all its original documentation, a great many receipts and MOTs from all its years, and has been properly maintained through its years by either Mercedes or Specialists.
It looks pretty good too, being in excellent condition throughout having been regularly maintained by its current retired engineer owner and is presented in Mercedes Tanzanite Blue with a beige leather interior.
The History and Paperwork
- First registered in 2003
- Good service history
- Regularly serviced
- MOT expires 06/12/23
- V5c present
- 2 sets of remote keys and 1 manual key
- Original owner’s manuals and service book
- Owner’s wallet
- Space saver spare and compressor
- Toolkit
- First aid kit and fire extinguisher
- ULEZ compliant
The Interior
- Full beige leather interior
- Air conditioning
- Cruise control
- Electric heated and memory seats
- Electric panoramic roof with blinds
- Wind-breaker
- Heavy duty rubber mats in the front and the boot
- Front and rear parking sensors
- Nextbase car cam
- 6-cd changer
- Wood centre console and door inserts
- Remote control steering wheel
- Excellent condition throughout
The Exterior
- Excellent condition Tanzanite Blue paintwork with a few stone chips around the front
- Wheels have some slight kerbing scratches and all four tyres have plenty of meat left on them
- Twin exhaust pipes
- Hood mechanism works smoothly
- Excellent condition throughout
The Mechanics
- 5.0 litre V8
- 7-speed automatic gearbox
- Good service history
- Regularly serviced and used
- Recent gearbox service
- Self levelling suspension struts replaced
- New discs and pads all round
- New front suspension arms
- Self levelling suspension hydraulic pump replaced
- Sport and comfort mode suspension
- Various height settings available for suspension including high position for speed bumps (see photographs)
- Vendor advises that the car drives like an SL500 should with no issues to report
The Summary
Very clean and low mileage example of one of Mercedes greatest GT cars that has a good service record and has obviously been very well looked after over the years with plenty of performance as well as comfort to be enjoyed.
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