Lot details Registration No: P3 JRF Chassis No: WDB1290582F146851 Mot Expiry: Oct 2011
Unveiled at the March 1989 Geneva Motor Show, the new Mercedes-Benz R129-series SL range was beautifully engineered. Based around a two-door monocoque bodyshell, its sophisticated all-round independent suspension (double-wishbone front / five-link rear) was augmented by a host of active and passive safety features including: electronic stability control, ventilated ABS disc brakes, adaptive-damping shock absorbers, front airbags and an integral rollover bar that deployed in less than a third of a second (if the car ever sensed an impending flip). Suitably cosseting, the convertible's impeccably built cabin was protected by a fully automated power hood and featured such niceties as memory seats, electric windows / mirrors and an adjustable steering column. Yet lurking beneath all the luxury and refinement was a performance orientated sports car. Reputed to develop some 190bhp and 199lbft of torque thanks to a 2799cc DOHC straight-six, the SL 280 was notably more fuel efficient than its siblings (despite the claimed ability to sprint from 0-60 mph in 9.5 seconds and onto 140 mph).
The right-hand drive SL 280 (Mercedes changed the format of their model names from 1994) offered is a 1996 example finished in Azurite Blue with Mushroom leather interior. Riding on alloy wheels, it reportedly comes complete with service booklet, all manuals, tools, wind deflector and boot-mounted CD autochanger. Describing its bodywork, paintwork, interior trim and hood as "good" and its engine and automatic transmission as "excellent", the vendor further informs us that the car has "no known faults". This smart-looking big Benz is MOT'd into October 2011 and taxed until the end of April.
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