1986 Mercedes-Benz 500 SL

Registration No: C722 SPC
Chassis No: WDB1070462A040754
MOT: April 2025

• Desirable UK-supplied, right-hand drive example of the rare 500 SL
• 86,000 recorded miles and current ownership since 2013
• Finished in the popular colour combination of Smoke Silver paintwork with Brazil Brown leather interior upholstery
• Offered with a body-coloured hard-top

The Mercedes R107-series SL was launched in 1971 to replace the long-lived W113 'Pagoda' SL that first appeared in 1963. Though dispensing with Mercedes' usual model identification, it was based on the suspension of the W114 saloon and ran until 1989 with more than 237,000 examples built, being the longest single series ever produced by Mercedes-Benz except for the G-Wagen. The Bruno Sacco-designed car was bigger, heavier, and softer-riding than its predecessor, but can still handle and won the plaudits from distinguished motoring writers including LJK Setright. The 245bhp 500SL made from 1980 had an all-alloy fuel-injected V8 and was made for Europe only, with 60mph available in 7.4 secs the top speed was 140mph, faster even than the US, Japan, and Australian 560SL. Plenty of R107s (and SLCs) come to market but 500SLs are still a rarity, with only 11,812 built.

Manufactured in 1986, this desirable UK-supplied, right-hand drive 500 SL example was registered new as ‘VIA 375’ on the 5^th February that year. Finished in the popular colour combination of Smoke Silver paintwork with Brazil Brown leather interior upholstery, the SL features a Dark Brown hood and body coloured hard-top. Specified from new with cruise control, electric windows, air-conditioning, rear seats, green windscreen tinting, and rear window heating, the 500 SL was unfortunately part of a flood when with a dealer in 2012 and was therefore classified as a Category C insurance loss. Understood to have been renovated in 2012/2013, the Mercedes-Benz was subsequently VIC inspected and passed in 2013. Purchased by the vendor in 2013, the vendor informs that the 500 SL has been a very reliable car with many long trips undertaken, and during current ownership has always been garaged and only used during the summer. Offered now having covered a recorded mileage of a modest c.83,000 miles, the vendor rates the SL as having ‘good’ electrical equipment and interior trim, and ‘very good’ bodywork, paintwork, engine, and gearbox. Due to be driven some 70 miles to the sale, the Mercedes-Benz is offered with a V5C document and owner’s handbook.

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