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Mercedes-Benz SL 500

1983 · 18,700 miles · Automatic · Thistle Green Metallic

£52,495

Listed today at Morse Classics, Northampton. Last checked today.

£19,500 above the median asking price

Compared with 3 other Mercedes-Benz SL 500 for sale on Vertar (1991 to 2003). Median £32,995.

£8k£60k

See all 4 for sale

Key facts

Year: 1983
Registration: NST 369Y
Mileage: 18,700 miles
Gearbox: Automatic
Engine: 5.0-litre V8
Fuel: Petrol
Drive: RWD
Body: Convertible
Colour: Thistle Green Metallic
Doors: 2
Previous owners: 2
Generation: R107

About this car

This 1983 Mercedes-Benz 500 SL is a rare survivor: an R107 flagship with a 5.0-litre V8 and four-speed automatic, said to have covered only 18,700 miles from new. It was supplied new through Regent Garage in Gwynedd and sold on in 1995 to its next owner.

The colour is Thistle Green Metallic with a Cypress Green hardtop, dark brown soft-top and beige upholstery. Original equipment includes a limited-slip differential, cruise control, ABS, headlamp wash/wipe, heat-absorbing glass and rear seats. Factory stickers survive in the waxed engine bay and on the exhaust silencer, and the unused spare wheel still wears its original Michelin XWX tyre.

It comes with a V5, Mercedes-Benz data card, history file and tool kit. The page lists an MOT to February 2026 with no advisories, and says the car will be registered as historic on sale, so no tax or MOT is needed and it is ULEZ exempt.

Written by Vertar from Morse Classics’s listing. Check the details with the dealer before you buy.

Performance

The maker’s official figures for this model, not measurements of this car (Mercedes-Benz factory data for the European-spec R107 500 SL (M117), 1981–85 version: 231 PS, 225 km/h. Weight and 0-60 left blank because I'm not sure of them).

Power: 228 bhp
Top speed: 140 mph
Engine: 4,973 cc, 8 cylinders
Engine position: Front-engined
Induction: Naturally aspirated