Mercedes Benz 560SL- Matt Garrett

Mercedes 560SL, 5.6 Liter V8. Desired Black/Palamino, garaged, extremely nice example with 100% original show condition black paint. The car is unarguably nice, attractive and it simply does everything perfect. Everything original except chrome wheels, chrome edge guards on doors (nice) and Kenwood no cut XM radio. Becker in box. Original non chrome wheels and tires with car too and are as new. These are OEM wheels that are chrome... but as you know, were never available on these cars from the factory. This car also has a set of Bilstein shocks in it. Huge asset! Very much a purist car in the best of condition in every manner.

The Mercedes R107 began in 1971 and ended in 1989. The 107 is probably THE car that represents Mercedes at its finest and may go down in history as the face of Mercedes Benz. Even in the last year 89, this car had a vintage flair to it by that point as the body style had run so long. Having a body style run for so long is the best thing in the world for the integrity of a vehicle... Every year they figured something out to make it better or correct the mistakes of the previous. The crown vic and town car is the best US car ever simply for the fact by the time they ended the run there was little left to chance due to the length of the run. The holy grail of the R107 is the 560SL, and that was the 86-89, then they were over. 86-89 are virtually the same with only some very small insignificant changes in the 4 years. The main difference is just the placement of the 3rd brake light other than that, there is little to no difference in the 560 cars. The extensive run of this body style also helped the car become a classic as its not a car (like newer Mercedes) that they literally change the style on almost every 2 years making the former car just a recyclable item like a water bottle. These cars were built to last, more in the quality level vs the bell and whistle check box that seems to mandate what sells today. Also the crowd that bought these cars new were a whole lot more savvy than the current buyers. These cars actually held a good % of their resale for many years. A new Mercedes can literally lose 100K in less than 2 years when that water bottle is ready for the bin yet people are still lining up. They really have me asking why. Many 560s survived well as they were a "toy" car vs daily transportation for many. If you could afford one of these new, you probably had another car to drive, but then th too. Today the resale of the mega low mile as new 560SLs have seen as high as 80K, but the high mile ones are literally almost free. However you do see a few good high mile ones still sell at a higher price.... and condition is everything on these cars... and this one is a condition first car.

The nice thing about the 560 to me is the 5.6 liter engine. It is what makes the car. Just Google the 560 and find out these cars are no slouch. They are very powerful and at their 227HP rating, it really is quite common knowledge today that they were underrated a good % to what they really are. I can testify they are stronger that a later R129 500SL... but not a 600SL. Even today the car is beyond decent in power and I am a high power car nut. No complaints at all on these 560SLs... they do everything you want them to and more. Really, I believe these car will go down in history as the face of Mercedes Benz. They are a quality car, last of the real non plastic Mercedes and its pretty much a unanimously liked car, even if you cant stand Mercedes.

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