Vehicle Description
Up your game in our Classy 1992 Mercedes-Benz 500 SL Convertible in
Arctic White. It all starts with a powerful 5.0 Liter 8 Cylinder
connected to an Automatic transmission. This car is absolutely
mint, great looking body and interior with under 70K original well
pampered miles, this awesome care comes with the matching hard top.
The SL is the hero model in the 'Benz range. It was when it was
introduced in the 1950s and it still holds a special place in the
hearts of Mercedes-Benz aficionados today. In the Mercedes-Benz
lexicon SL literally means "lightweight sports". It was an apt
description of the 300 SL that began the line, but by the time the
500 SL was launched in 1990 it was anything but light. A more apt
description of the 500 SL perhaps might have been "luxury sports",
but it was still an awesome two-seater sports car and ranked among
the best in the world at the time of its launch. MODEL WATCH At the
time of its launch the 500 SL was the first open top roadster
released by Mercedes-Benz for 18 years and was an instant hit in
Europe. The success was repeated here when it made these shores,
and the first four years of supply was quickly spoken for as SL
fans lined up for a slice of history. Australia only got the
big-bore quad-cam V8 model, and it came loaded with everything from
traction control to an electrically adjustable interior rear view
mirror. It shared the top spot on the 'Benz totem pole with the
S-Class sedan, but the S-Class could never approach the SL's blend
of style, performance and status. The 500 SL was impressive from
every angle, and like all great sports car it looked capable of
going fast even when it was parked outside the caf� as its owner
sipped a latte inside. It was to be Mercedes' sports car for the
1990s and as such couldn't date quickly. Look at its sleek, lithe
lines today and it's clear that the 500 SL's designers met their
brief perfectly. Almost 20 years after its launch, it still turns
heads like few cars can. The 500 SL was a complex car. As the
Mercedes-Benz flag-bearer it pushed the boundaries of contemporary
automotive engineering and packed the very latest technology
available at the time. It came equipped with a clever power folding
roof, an automatic rollover bar that sprung into place when it
seemed you were about to turn turtle, there was traction control to
keep the wheels from spinning, and the seats boasted automatically
adjusting seat belts. The 500 SL was a surprisingly big car, a
message that came through loud and clear when it was driven over a
weighbridge. It was longer, wider and taller than its predecessor,
and weighed in at a whopping 1770 kg. The suspension was fully
independent with struts at the front and a five-link system at the
rear; the brakes were disc front and rear with ABS keeping a
watchful eye on them to prevent lockup, and the steering was
power-assisted. Under the elegant bonnet lay a fuel-injected double
overhead camshaft 5.0-litre V8 that put out 240 kW at 5500 revs
along with 450 Nm at 4000 revs. The V8 was linked to a four-speed
automatic transmission; Mercedes didn't offer the buyers of its
premier sports car the choice of a manual gearbox. Despite its
considerable mass the 500 SL still packed plenty of performance.
When the taps were opened to their maximum the 500 SL required a
little over six seconds to reach 100 km/h, but it really came into
its own on the open road where it would run all day at its
electronically-limited top speed of 250 km/h. It also had
impressive road manners. It was sure-footed with big low profile
tyres on 16-inch alloys, rode comfortably and was finely balanced
with a damping system that lowered it by 30 mm when it was
travelling at more than 120 km/h. For additional vehicle pictures
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