2000 Mercedes-Benz SL500

From a firm lineage of beautiful Mercedes-Benz SL's, the R129 model was introduced in 1989, and continued the company's tradition of fast and reliable grand touring convertibles. Stemming from the earlier 500SL model, the new SL500 featured a 5.0 litre V8 engine capable of 302 bhp. The new model also featured an expanding roll over bar, a fully electric hood, electric seats, mirrors, anti-lock brakes and a multi-link rear axle. A facelift of the R129 was carried out in 1995 which included revisions to the headlights, rear lights and automatic climate control.

This particular right-hand drive Mercedes-Benz SL500 is finished in Tourmaline Green Metallic with a Mushroom leather interior and Burr Walnut trim. The first stamp in the service book would suggest that the car was ordered through the Mercedes-Benz dealer on the Champs-Elysee, Paris, but delivered through Mercedes Benz Puttocks in Guildford, where it received its first serviced on 11th April 2000 when it had covered 20 miles. This car was ordered with an incredible list of options which included; a glass roof, Adaptive Damping System (ADS) with Skyhook, xenon headlights with cleaning equipment, fire extinguisher multi-contour, heated electric seats with memory and pulse functions and automatically dipping rear view mirror to name but a few items.

Maintenance duties on this wonderful car have always been carried out at Mercedes-Benz main dealers as seen in the service book which is now showing a total of 7 stamps. Prior to the sale, the car is booked in for a service on 1st November at Mercedes-Benz Heathrow to receive its annual health check and a fresh MOT will also be carried out at the same time. The history file includes invoices for service work. The black electric roof is in superb condition as is the body coloured hardtop.

Supplied with a current MOT, a V5c and its complete book pack containing all relevant literature, this very sharp SL500 is now showing only 26,954 miles from new and has had 3 previous owners to our vendor. This is without doubt one of the finest SL500's we have offered and we urge you to view the car in person - it doesn't disappoint. Please form an orderly queue here....