£6,140
1998 Mercedes-Benz SL 500
Bonhams Cars Online • UK • 19 Jun 2025
Market Position:
Lowest 20% of Past Sales
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£6,140
1998 Mercedes-Benz SL 500
UK • 19 Jun 2025
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1998 Mercedes-Benz SL 500 is a right-hand drive model with 85,645 miles, featuring a 4973cc engine and automatic gearbox. It has some cosmetic issues including scuffs, stone chips, scratches around the wheel arches, and bubbling on the panoramic roof, but is mechanically sound with recent service history and a valid MOT.
Condition
6
The car has moderate wear on the exterior, interior and wheels. There are a few small dents, light paint scratches and noticeable curb marks. Some reconditioning is required.
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85,645 miles
WDB1290672F156480
RHD
United Kingdom
Automatic
R260 ABD
1998
Auction
£6,140
1998 Mercedes-Benz SL 500
Bonhams Cars Online • UK • 19 Jun 2025
Market Position:
Lowest 20% of Past Sales
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Description
This facelift example has the magnificent M119 quad-cam, 32V V8 engine in situ and comes with the ever-popular factory-fitted Panoramic hard-top roof and, of course, a soft-top.
It has had 3 owners from new and has just 85,000 miles under its various belts.
‘Brilliant Silver’ with a black leather interior, the car is in very decent condition both for its age and its mileage.
The vendor has owned the car since 2020 and he has dutifully carried on the tradition established by his predecessors – namely, sparse use of the car and regular, timely, no-expense-spared maintenance and servicing.
When we say sparse use , we mean it – the car’s odometer was showing 72,000 miles in 2006, meaning that it’s covered just 13,000 miles in 19 years.
The car presents well from every angle and its low, purposeful stance is straight and true.
The bodywork is free of any dinks, dents or other major aberrations, and the panel gaps and shut-lines are everything you should hope and expect to find on a ca...
Price Analysis vs Other (R129) SL 500s
£2,040
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£13,478
Median Price (Since 2020)
£91,646
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 13th Sept 2026
Latest MOT mileage:
85,890 miles
MOT History
Passed
On 19th Aug 2025, 85,890 miles
Passed
On 12th Sept 2024, 85,373 miles
Passed
On 14th Sept 2023, 84,957 miles
Passed
On 18th Aug 2022, 84,647 miles
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