It Has Been Nearly Sixty Four Years Since The Mercedes Benz Factory Gave Us The Glorious Gull Winged Mercedes Benz SL W198, But Still This Remarkable Model Or The SL Brand Has Always Been Showcased By The German Factory As Being The Ultimate In Offering Cutting Edge Designs, With World Class Technology And Luxurious Refinements That Have Been Synonymous Since 1954, Which Has Been Adored By Many Over The Years. To Date There Has Been Six Interpretations Of The SL, With The R129 Model Now Being Viewed As Being The Next Ultimate Modern Day Classic Bearing The Famous Three Pointed Star, With Worldwide Collectors Now Trying To Acquire A Piece Of Motoring History, Looking For The Best Examples That Would Perfectly Fit With Their Already Established Vehicle Inventories. Unlike The Third Generation, The R129 Was Visually More Muscular On The Exterior Body And Was The Brain Child Of Chief Designer Bruno Sacco Who Wanted To Introduce A Bold New Statement From The Assembly Line At Bremen, In Germany And After The Past Success Stories The Worldwide Audience Truly Wanted Something Fresh, Exciting And Up To Date On The Design. With All This In Mind After The Initial Launch At The 1989 Geneva Motor Show, Mercedes Benz Dealers From Around The Global Were Snowballed With Excited Buyers Wanting To Have Their Own Orders Confirmed By The Manufacture And Quickly Was Set To Be One Of The Most Successful Models Ever To Be Produced And If We Fast Forward To 2018, A New Breed Of Collector Still Wants To Have A Perfect R129 As Part Of Their Own Collection. The Germans Gave Several Engines To Choose From, With Some Of The Bigger Units Now Being Rarer To Find, So With This We Are Delighted To Offer This Lovely Naturally Aspirated Mercedes Benz SL600 V12, Which At The Time Of Build Produced A Massive 394 Brake Horse Power, Which Could Easily Accelerate Both Driver & Passenger From 0-62 MPH In Just 6.1 Seconds And Would Further Glide To An Electrically Limited Top Speed Of 155 MPH, With This Power Available On Tap With Or Without The Solid Convertible Roof In Place. Power Was One Of The Requirements Successfully Tackled, But Still The Cars Had To Be Luxurious On Every Exacting Elements And Of Course With This The R129 Was Not Going To Disappoint. The R129 Model Is Now Viewed As Being A Super Future Investment Opportunity With Value Growth Being Inevitable As Time Moves On, With Many Now Rare Perfect Examples Being Snapped Up By An Every Demanding Global Collectable Market Place.
This Lovely Example Was First Supplied In The December of 2000, With The First Keeper Deciding To Collect The Car Direct From The Factory And After This Point Has Only Had A Further Three Registered Keepers Applied. Over The Last Seventeen Years Since New Chassis Number F200282 Has Only Had A Mere 50971 Miles Applied, To Which If We Break This Down Further Is Approximately Just 2870 Miles Per Annum. Regardless Of This Current Sensational Mileage Reading The History Trace Is Extensive, Incorporating Many Past Mercedes Benz & Mercedes Benz Specialist Service Visits And Every Past MOT Sheet, Which Will All Further Validate The Cars Stunning Provenance. Once Sold The Car Will Be Presented With The Entire Booklet Pack Set, A Fully Functional Key Set, A Fully Cleared Hpi Certificate, A Detailed Past History File, Every Past Tax Disc And The Original Factory Build Sheet, Which Lists All The Expensive Options Opted For From New, Which Is All In Place For That Next Lucky Custodian To Enjoy And Cherish During Their Own Time Of Ownership. From New Along With All The Optional Specification Items, This Car Listed Out At Just Over £110,000.00 And Of Course Due To This Eye Watering Amount All Those Years Ago, To Offer Any Form Of Replication On This Car Will Be Highly Impossible To Achieve.
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