Today’s feature is what happens when you take a classy late 90’s roadster and throw the entire euro car modification playbook at the wall. Lambo doors seem to work best on a Lambo, but we find them on this face-lift Mercedes R129 roadster along with whatever the builder deemed appropriate for this ersatz Diablo edition. […]
It is Wednesday, which means time for the Mid Week Match-Up, but it is also summer, so combine the two and you get — the best cars for driving around in the summer for less than $10k. There are two things you need in a good summer car — convertible top, functioning AC, power, style….whoa, that’s […]
The R129 Mercedes-Benz SL roadster is destined to be a Pebble Beach concours classic in the future (when we have self-driving flying cars) and might be tempted to get a monster V12 version…but those were always mated to a recalcitrant slushbox…so you should consider a manual gearbox equipped inline-6 version. Find this 1991 Mercedes-Benz 300SL offered […]
Ever grab a cookie and then ten minutes later realize that you just ate five of them? Sometimes things don’t go exactly as planned and what starts relatively innocently makes a big u-turn. Any car enthusiast knows having a parts car is a cost effective way to keep a pricey car running. Today’s seller has […]
Check out this 38k mile 1995 Mercedes-Benz SL 500 bidding here on eBay for $3,800 reserve-not-met with $11,500 buy-it-now located in Longs, SC with auction ending Monday at 5:06AM PST. From eBay listing: Item specifics Condition: Used Seller Notes: “1995 Mercedes Benz SL 500 Convertible, excellent condition, garage kept, low miles (38,500 original miles), […]
The R129 generation Mercedes-Benz SL was sold from 1989 through 2002, available in the affordable inline-6 SL300, and nutty V-12 SL600 — but somewhere in the middle lives the V8 SL500 which splits the difference between performance and running costs. Due to the magic of depreciation you can pick up an SL500 for less than […]
Most US Holidays float around the week, Christmas, New Years, Cinco de Mayo — you know the deal, but a few are set to specific days of the week, particularly Memorial and Labor Days which arrive on a given Monday. However, there is one Holiday that is apart from the rest, the bizarre final Thursday […]
The Mercedes-Benz SL500 was the middle child of the R129 family — surrounded by the inline-6 powered SL300 and big brother V12 SL600. When new someone shelled out a middle of the road $95,000 for this SL500, drove it for 85,000 miles and then donated it to charity. Ironically, for a Mercedes of this vintage, […]
We posted a V12 powered BMW 850i last week along with a challenge to our readers to find something V12 powered and cheaper…of course the challenge didn’t last long and the tips poured in like fuel into a V12 luxobarge. BMW wasn’t the only German manufacturer to offer a ultra high priced V12 tourer; Mercedes-Benz […]
The R129 generation Mercedes SL convertible was built on a shortened version of the W124 E-Class sedan platform for a remarkably long 13 year model life from 1989-2002. The mid year cars are probably the best to get, as they have had the early “green” design problems fixed at the factory and haven’t yet succumbed […]