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The german luxury car legend is known for highdollar, hightech premium sedans, suvs, coupes, wagons, and convertibles. Consumer guide auto editor ed piotrowski cruises sunset boulevard in a classic mercedes roadster. The father and son would keep this 300sl together for 14 years, driving it less than 1,000 miles in that time and keeping it in excellent condition with regular. Its always been a twodoor, but now there are many twodoors in the mercedes range. Mercedesbenz slclass r129 19902002 technical articles. Research, compare and save listings, or contact sellers directly from 20 1995 eclass models nationwide. The mercedesbenz r129 sl is a roadster which was produced by mercedes benz from 1989. Search from 75 mercedes benz cars for sale, including a used 1995 mercedes benz e 320 convertible, a used 1995 mercedes benz e 320 sedan, and a used 1995 mercedes benz e 320 special edition.
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Used mercedesbenz slclass for sale with photos cargurus. In january 1886, carl benz patented the benz motorwagen, widely regarded as the first car ever produced. The 300sl was offered with a fivespeed manual or optional fivespeed automatic transmission. This is very nice looking benz, runs and drive good, it has 4 brand new michelen tires, plus spare michelen tire in like new condition,original jack and key wrench included. A broken drive belt tensioner is just as bad a a broken. Of course, you wash and wax it to keep it looking shiny and new.
At one end of spectrum is the aclass, which is a great subcompact sedan. Also, the 6 cylinder r129s automatic transmission had five speeds from day. W198 300sl rds w121 190sl rds w1 230280sl rds w107 280560sl rds w129 300600sl rds. Mercedes benz 300sl price is for 1 adjust qty as needed. The r230 generation of the mercedes benz slclass was introduced at the 2001 frankfurt motor show and 2001 bologna motor show, replacing the r129. Living with a 1993 mercedes sl600 thats done 140,000 miles and now gets used to blast round europe in. The mercedes benz 300 sl chassis code w 198 was a twoseat sports car produced by mercedes benz as a gullwinged coupe 19541957 and roadster 19571963. The 2020 mercedes benz slclass comes in two flavors. The mercedes benz r129 roadster marked a new era for the mercedes slclass, replacing the mercedes r107 when it made its debut at the 1989 geneva motor show. Complete list of mercedes benz sl auto service repair manuals.
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The first version was sold as model years 1990 through 1995. It had the highest price of any of the versions, even in 1990 dollars. Thanks to the mercedesamg gt and the ultraluxurious sclass coupe, its easy to forget that the sl was the pinnacle of mercedes benz. My date with a 1960 mercedesbenz 300sl the daily drive. Join millions of people using oodle to find unique used cars for sale, certified preowned car listings, and new car classifieds. The r230 underwent revisions in 2006 and 2008, and was superseded by the new slclass r231 in 2011.
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