We are very pleased to bring to market this exceedingly rare Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 in maybe the very best colour combination of smoke silver with black contrasting leather.

Coupled with the Cosworth-style body kit and wheels make for a very splendid package.

The service book would indicate that the car was supplied to its first owner, a Mrs Ross who we believe was 70 years old at the time, from Woking Motors Mercedes on 1/10/1992 and she kept the car for 10 years.

The car changed hands a couple of times before going to Belfast for a few years prior to returning to the UK mainland.

The Mercedes has only had five previous owners in total, and one owner has owned it twice.

The service history is equally as stunning, with a service book containing 20 stamps, 12 of which are Mercedes main dealers and the others are Mercedes specialists and such likes.

The car also comes with a host of invoices and receipts dating back many years, with the last two showing that it had £1,977.35 spent in...