For Sale: 2005 Mercedes-Benz AMG in Katwijk, Netherlands

Mercedes-Benz SL-Klasse 55 AMG, 2005. One owner, 36,863 km.

My father had a saying he reserved for certain cars. "That's one that has nothing to prove." He said it about a Mercedes 300 SEL 6.3 that once stood on our driveway, and at twelve years old I couldn't make head nor tail of it. What do you mean, nothing to prove? It's got 250 bhp and a V8, hasn't it? Only years later did the penny drop. The cars that shout the loudest are usually the insecure ones. The truly self-assured ones just sit there, say nothing, and do everything.

The R230 SL 55 AMG is one of those cars. From the outside a tidy, streamlined roadster with a folding steel roof. You see a well-to-do gentleman or lady pottering off to the golf club, or a successful entrepreneur cruising along the seafront at Brighton on a Sunday with the top down. Prim. Civilised. And then you plant the throttle.

Because beneath that civilised Obsidianschwarz skin sits the M113, a 5.4 litre V8 with a Lysholm supercharger on top that puffs the whole thing up to 500 bhp. That was no joke in 2005 and it still isn't now. The way that engine lays down its torque is almost rudely calm: no drama, no theatre, just a deep, compressed wave that presses you into the AMG seat as though someone briefly spun the earth a little harder. You hear a restrained, bubbling growl, and then BWHROOAAAP when it all turns to chaos. A wolf in a tailored suit.

The story continues on our website, where the full file is kept as well. 96 photographs including the underside. The service history, scanned in full. The Carfax report. Paint thickness measured panel by panel. The original factory brochure to page through. A timeline from 17 May 2026 to today, with every owner and the mileage year by year in a single graph.

Every car here follows the same route: first pre-market, then the showroom, and finally the online auction on our own website. What changes is the way you buy, not the location - once a car has arrived, it stays with us in Katwijk. This one is in the showroom and you are welcome to come and see it, no appointment needed. You buy it here at a fixed price: no bidding, no waiting. Our showroom in Katwijk, 30 km from Amsterdam Schiphol, is open Mon-Fri 9-18 and Sat 10-17. Call ahead and it will be standing ready, with someone free for you.

Within the EU no customs duty arises on this purchase. Registration tax and registration costs in your own country are not included. We supply the export documents and assist with the registration. The price shown is the full price for collection in Katwijk. We arrange insured door-to-door transport worldwide, cost quoted per destination beforehand.

Prefer a different colour or specification than this example? Tell us what you are looking for - another Mercedes-Benz we can often find through our network of marque specialists and collectors, outside the listings.

Our showroom measures 6,000 m�, with over 175 cars under one roof. HooG Selections, Katwijk, the Netherlands. Call or WhatsApp: +31 85 043 05 86.