Highlights
- Low mileage car
- Comprehensive service history
- Recent attention to ABC suspension
- High specification 490bhp V8
- Versatile hard top convertible
The Appeal
No car company has quite achieved what Mercedes-Benz delivered with the R230 SL55. Devastatingly quick and yet comfortable and luxurious, this clever hard top convertible manages to be both sports car and sumptuous express.
Supercharging gives the SL55’s V8 a rather healthy 490bhp, which means that when you buy one you want to ensure it is well maintained. This low mileage one has been. The service history is continuous and regular and there is considerable evidence of extra maintenance covering the clever ABC suspension system and other components as and when required.
The condition reflects its low owners and mileage. Whether you save it for weekends or enjoy its long-distance road trip capabilities, this appealing car arrives on the market just in time for summer.
The History and Paperwork
- First registered 16th March 2006
- Five registered keepers from new
- Vendor acquired the car in April 2018
- Factory built in October 2005
- All handbooks and in good order
- Old MOTs provided to verify mileage
- Cost £98,000 when new
- We are told the car has never been involved in an accident
- Vendor advises that the car is suitable for the lower car tax bracket
- Comprehensive service history with stamped book showing 8 stamps detailed below
- Maintenance and servicing work by main dealers and local specialists
- Various invoices documenting servicing and other repairs in photographs
- Last serviced just over 2,000 miles ago
- The MOT has been renewed now for another year with an expiry date of 26.4.2025. Two new tyres have been put on the front to deal with the advisories that were put on the test certificate
Service history:
- 17/10/06 - 11,284 miles
- 01/10/08 - 22,133 miles
- 10/06/10 - 34,379 miles
- 18/10/11 - 40,114 miles
- 24/04/14 - 47,439 miles
- 18/10/17 - 56,928 miles
- 12/06/20 - 63,756 miles
- 21/07/22 - 68,204 miles
Notable recent maintenance:
- 06/06/18 - ABC suspension repairs and brake discs and pads
- 09/04/19 - differential repairs and suspension attention
- 29/04/22 - new battery
- 11/08/22 - maintenance to ABC suspension system
- 09/02/23 - repairs to suspension and minor rectifications
The Condition
- Popular Iridium Silver (775U) paintwork in good order
- 18in multi-spoke AMG alloy wheels are presentable
- Tyres replaced in 2018 and 2019 but advisories to note on recent MOT
- Hard top folding roof which works correctly
- We are told that all the electrics and other functions work correctly
- High specification interior with charcoal AMG seats showing little wear
- Burr walnut veneer trim provides a neat contrast to the charcoal trim
- Switchgear presents well and leather lower dash is in good order
- Underside well kept with no structural advisories on last MOT
- Exterior lights in good order with clear lenses and no visible misting
- Retains its AMG floor mats in good unworn condition
- High specification with highlights detailed below
Factory specification includes:
- Premium sound with Bose speakers and CD multichanger
- Climate control
- Bi-Xenon headlights
- COMAND system with TV tuner
- AMG seats with electric operation and memory, massage & heating functions
- Alcantara trim to dashboard dials
- Leather dashboard
- Wind break
- Heated screen washers
- Satellite navigation
The Mechanics
- 5,439cc M113 supercharged 490bhp V8 engine
- 5spd 5G-TRONIC automatic gearbox with sequential shift options
- ABC suspension system with recent maintenance and servicing
- Comprehensive maintenance and service history
- Serviced just over 2,000 miles ago
- No reported running or mechanical issues
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