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1995 Mercedes-Benz S 280 Saloon

United Kingdom • 30 Jul 2025

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This 1995 Mercedes-Benz S 280 Saloon is a characterful modern classic with 78,000 miles, finished in Brilliant Silver with a Black leather interior. Showing some cosmetic signs of age, it's been well-maintained with a recent MOT and is offered as a useable example.

Condition

6

The car is described as having a few cosmetic signs of age and pleasantly patinated leather and wood trim, indicating moderate wear. The description also mentions that it is a well-preserved and eminently useable example, but at 30 years old, it will likely require some reconditioning to bring it back to its best.

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[Transmission]

Transmission:

WDB1400282A270553

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Odometer:

78,000 miles

KCZ 2008

Reg Number:

RHD/LHD:

LHD

Mercedes-Benz's W140 Series was unveiled at the 1991 Geneva Motor Show as a replacement for the long-running and highly successful W126 range.

At launch, the Saloon was available in short (SE) and long (SEL) wheelbase form, with the Coupé (SEC) arriving some 18 months later.

The research and development that went into the newcomer was prodigious and cost in excess of $1 billion.

Sometimes referred to as ‘the last Mercedes to be over-engineered' it, like its predecessor, was bristling with technology, e.g.

: double-pane window glazing, power-assisted closing for doors and boot lid, electric windows that reversed if they encountered an obstruction, rear parking markers that rose from the rear wings (later replaced with a sonar system), and so on.

The 300 SE 2.8 was introduced in 1992 and replaced in 1993 by the S 280, both models using the 2,799cc M 104 six-cylinder petrol engine, which was rated at 190bhp and claimed to be good for 130mph.

The S 280 remained in production until 19...