2002 Mercedes-Benz SLK 320 Special Edition
1 of 500 UK-examples with just 23,000 miles!

Registration No: LB51 UMV
Chassis No: WDB1704652F257076
MOT: May 2025

• A mere 23,000 miles from new
• Largest engine variant SLK with the 3.2-litre V6 engine
• Desirable Special Edition example and 1 of just 2 reputedly UK-supplied and finished in Prisma Green Metallic
• Offered with a history file including the original book pack with stamped service book

At the start of the 1990s, after the introduction of their two-seat grand-tourer, the R129 SL, the launch of the Mazda MX-5 encouraged Mercedes-Benz set out to create a new compact roadster, slotted below the SL. By late 1991, under Bruno Sacco, the first design sketches were drawn, with scale models being built in the first half of 1992. Massively successful in its first year, worldwide sales hit 55,000, over double the entire nine-year production of 190 SLs and between 1996 and 2004, over 311,000 SLKs were sold. The roof design consists of a folding steel hardtop with both halves linked by a mechanism that is locked securely when the roof is closed. At the touch of a button on the centre console, a hydraulic system controls the fully automatic folding process in which the boot lid is also integrated.

The SLK Special Edition launched in 2002 with just 2,000 examples worldwide, and only 500 are understood to have been supplied to the UK market. Notable for having all Nappa Black leather interiors, heated seats, gear lever chrome inlay with logo, different alloy wheels, and new paint finishes, the Special Edition offered was registered new in the United Kingdom on the 21^st January 2002. Further desirable for being the largest engine SLK, fitted with the 3.2-litre V6 engine, ‘LB51 UMV’ is finished in Prisma Green Metallic paintwork, and is reputedly one of just 2 UK-supplied cars painted in this colour scheme.

Understood from the vendor to be boasting all its original paintwork and panels, the SLK is entered from a small private collection of modern classic Mercedes-Benz cars and has covered just c.23,000 miles from new. It is accompanied by the original book pack that includes the owner’s handbook and stamped service book, as well as numerous previous MOTs and invoices, the original order form, PDI inspection report, and the V5C. Last serviced at 22,260 miles, the SLK received a new auxiliary belt and idler, new tyres and new front brake pads. Low mileage SLKs are rarely seen and this example also boasts being a Special Edition in a very rare colour! PLEASE NOTE: The registration number shown in the images is not included in the sale.

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk
07538 667452