Mercedes-Benz specialist-maintained service history from new, supported by invoices
Complete set of original booklets in the original leather folder
Soft top mechanism fully refurbished in 2025 by marque specialists SL Shop
The Appeal
The facelifted R129 SL is increasingly recognised as the one to have. Mercedes-Benz refined Bruno Sacco's masterpiece with improved gearboxes, updated electronics, and better features as standard, including Xenon headlamps and Nappa leather. The SL280 offers the smooth refinement of Mercedes-Benz's V6 with the robust build quality and elegant design that defined the marque's grand tourers of the 1990s. With both a factory hard top and a matching blue fabric soft top, it is a car built for year-round enjoyment.
This 1998 example in Azurite Blue metallic over light tan leather has been cherished by its current keeper since 2008, with only three former registered keepers before that. It is accompanied by a Mercedes-Benz specialist-maintained service history from new, a record of invoices, and a complete set of original booklets in the original leather folder. The vendor describes this as a highly original, well-preserved example that drives smoothly and presents very well.image.png1.77 MB
Key Information
Mileage: 58,000 miles (supported by specialist service history)
Country of registration: United Kingdom
Technical inspection status: MOT valid until 5th October 2026
Paperwork: record of invoices and complete set of original booklets in original leather folder, book stamped to 2019, invoices for more recent servicing including x2 from SL shop dated late 2025
Service history (book stamps, see gallery for more recent invoices)
11/19 - 53,297 miles - SS Motors
12/17 - 50,877 miles - SS Motors
08/15 - 47,142 miles - SS Motors
11/13 - 43,918 miles - SS Motors
11/11 - 37,675 miles - SS Motors
01/09 - 27,711 miles - Carlians
11/08 - 22,444 miles - Carlians
06/06 - 19,981 miles - Mercedes-Benz Newbury
05/04 - 15,321 miles - Mercedes-Benz Tony Purslow
09/02 - 11,982 miles - Mercedes-Benz Tony Purslow
09/01 - 10,104 miles - Mercedes-Benz Tony Purslow
01/01 - 7,493 miles - Mercedes-Benz Tony Purslow
12/98 - Mercedes-Benz Tony Purslow - pre-delivery inspection
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