Registration No: R998KGB
Chassis No: WDB1290632F166626
MOT: September 2020

Motor Car Location: Cheshire

• Entered from a prestigious private collectio
• Wind deflector
• Only 86000 miles
• Finished in Mystic Blue with Orion Grey leather upholstery
• Detachable hardtop with soft top
• Xenon headlights
• Electrically adjustable front seats with memory function
• Optional rear seats

This fabulous SL 320 is one of only 150 limited edition 'designo' cars produced by Mercedes-Benz UK for the 1998 season and finished in arguably the best colour of Mystic Blue. Displaying only 86000 miles, the 5-speed automatic gearbox coupled to a 231 bhp 3200cc engine allows for a top speed of 150 mph.

The Mercedes-Benz R129 SL roadsters were produced from 1989 through 2002. It replaced the R107 in 1989 and was, in turn, replaced by the R230 SL-Class in 2002 for the 2003 model year. The R129 models were produced as a two door, two seat roadster with an automated (electro-hydraulic), collapsible textile roof, with a shell-like, colour matched, tonneau cover. All these particular models came standard with an aluminium detachable hardtop that was fitted by folding the canvas roof down and manually attaching the hardtop. Designed in 1984, the R129 was based on the shortened floor pan of the Mercedes-Benz W124 and featured many innovative details for the time, for instance electronically controlled damping (Adaptive Damping System ADS, optional) and a hidden, automatically extending roll-over bar for safety. The number of standard features was high, with electric action for the windows, mirrors, seats and hydraulic convertible top, all of which paved the way towards the more innovative roof design we see today.

Various special series were created upon the request of individual markets, for instance the “40th Anniversary Roadster Edition” (USA, 1997, 750 units of models SL 320 and SL 500 and 35 AMG SL 60 Limited Edition models), to celebrate 40 years since the debut of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster in 1957; “designo MB UK” (England, 1998, 150 units), “designo MB Japan” (Japan, 1998, 67 units), “designo Vintage Edition UK” (England, 2000, 49 units, models SL 280 and SL 320), “designo Heritage Edition UK” (England, 2000, 49 units, models SL 280 and SL 320), “Silver Arrow Edition USA” (USA, 2001, 1515 units of model SL 500, 100 units of model SL 600) and “Silver Arrow Edition UK” (England, 2001, 100 vehicles, 500 SL model).