Centurion
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In my imaginary dream garage I would have a Brabus restored one along side a Singer Porsche.
SL-Class [Poll] Which is your all time best Mercedes SL?
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The Mercedes-Benz SL-Class (marketed as Mercedes-AMG SL since 2022) is a grand touring sports car manufactured by Mercedes-Benz since 1954. The designation "SL" derives from the German term "Sport-Leicht", which translates to "Sport Light" in English.
The Singer perfect, but the Brabus... is a Brabus SL restored or an SL restored by Brabus?, big difference
It seems incredible that this is the interior with the hard top of the LCI, it is full of surprises
With that light colored interior, it's so much better than modern cars, get out of that and get into a Tesla.... I don't get it, it's a great way to go to the office every day, what envy, it's like a goal have one like that, I must move out of this country first (there must be two here), I think.
Almost all contemporary wheels look beautiful on it, the 8-hole ones, these 5-hole ones, and the AMG ones, I don't even know which one suits it better
Almost all contemporary wheels look beautiful on it, the 8-hole ones, these 5-hole ones, and the AMG ones, I don't even know which one suits it better
The R129 SL looks great with so many different types of wheels.
Even the standard wheels shown on this launch pic from 1989 still look great
Centurion
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SL restored by Brabus.
They either refurbish existing components or replace them with new ones sourced from Mercedes.
Concourse level workmanship with highly detailed documentation of the original car and the restoration process.
That's why the "big difference", I discovered the Brabus classics through a video a year ago, and it seemed to me the sumun of restoration at a level that I had not seen, my jaw dropped when I saw that it was the same Brabus...
We will be the best restaurateurs in the world, for connoisseurs and people with good taste, let's charge a million per car.
We will also be the tunning kings in the world, for people with money and zero taste, let's charge a million per car
See what I mean? The R129 looks better with the hard top in place than without it. If I had a late R129 SL 600, I'd put the hard top on and leave it there forever.
Yeah, but you have to put a window film on it to avoid being showered with broken glass, should the roof decide to shatter itself.
And that's why I'm terrified of panoramic roofs. We had a Hyundai Sonata with a panoramic sunroof without window film and we always feared it would explode when we drove through tunnels and underpasses. Not to mention that it pinched some inches of headroom. My father who was 1,96 m tall would struggle to fit in the car without his head touching the sunroof shade. He hated it driving that car.
sako97
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I forgot to post back in the summer that I bought a R230 SL500 as a project car and cruiser. I was set on a SL55, but everyone was looking for crazy money I'd did not want to spend on a near 20 year old car. Plus this model has the coil over swap to save me tons of misery. The powertrain is absolutely bullet proof - not particularly fast, but smooth and solid.
What disappoints me a bit is the amount of cheap buttons and the roof trim pieces I've has to swap out due to rattles or breakage... early 2000's MB build quality doing it's magic. Otherwise it's a fantastic budget proposition, with no ABC of course and a service record.
As far as the poll - I'd probably go with very late model R129 SL600 (missed the boat as they are worth a lot now), followed by a R230 Sl55/65.
What disappoints me a bit is the amount of cheap buttons and the roof trim pieces I've has to swap out due to rattles or breakage... early 2000's MB build quality doing it's magic. Otherwise it's a fantastic budget proposition, with no ABC of course and a service record.
As far as the poll - I'd probably go with very late model R129 SL600 (missed the boat as they are worth a lot now), followed by a R230 Sl55/65.
You are not allowed to forget to post things like this, how dare you, those wheels equal (similar) to those of the SLR concept take the biggest prize, I never understood why they didn't put them on the production SLR and here they are, they are realI forgot to post back in the summer that I bought a R230 SL500 as a project car and cruiser. I was set on a SL55, but everyone was looking for crazy money I'd did not want to spend on a near 20 year old car. Plus this model has the coil over swap to save me tons of misery. The powertrain is absolutely bullet proof - not particularly fast, but smooth and solid.
What disappoints me a bit is the amount of cheap buttons and the roof trim pieces I've has to swap out due to rattles or breakage... early 2000's MB build quality doing it's magic. Otherwise it's a fantastic budget proposition, with no ABC of course and a service record.
As far as the poll - I'd probably go with very late model SL600 (missed the boat as they are worth a lot now), followed by a R230 Sl55/65.
sako97
Autotechnik Ace
Yes the wheels had me sold.. rare for reasons I don’t understand - everything on the car is OEM except the coil overs, which I’ll gladly accept aftermarket over ABC.
As much as I always loved this on the outside, its interior ruined everything for me, not only in photos it looks bad, sitting in it, the poor quality and deplorable design entered your pores....
The steering wheel seems to have 4 pimples and what I see in the top in the middle is it a digital clock? like in the Fiats of the 80'? really??
The steering wheel seems to have 4 pimples and what I see in the top in the middle is it a digital clock? like in the Fiats of the 80'? really??
In fairness, that roof was hit by a small projectile that can be seen bouncing off in front of the B post on the E-class behind, it didn't go all on its own, and when it did go it stayed in one piece. It's no more likely to fail catastrophically for no reason than a windscreen, or worse a side window.
Merc1
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Tested: 1993 Mercedes-Benz 600SL Is V-12 Royalty
From the Archive: Why do 900 people a year buy a Mercedes-Benz 600SL? Because Benz doesn't sell a 700SL.
I remember this review like it was yesterday. The 600SL was a fabulous car. Easily one of the best things on wheels.
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