Number of cylinders: 6
APK (MOT): tested until 05/2027
Registration number: B-SMJ992

Mercedes-Benz CLK 320 Cabriolet Avantgarde, 2000. One owner, 56,960 km.

You know what's funny about the first-generation CLK? Almost everyone, when they see this car, immediately thinks of Formula 1, of the safety car, of the brutal CLK GTR that ran as a homologation monster among the Le Mans prototypes. And yet the CLK most of us actually ran into in real life was a very different beast. No roaring V12 in the middle, no wings the size of picnic tables, but a neat, distinguished coupé and cabriolet you'd spot outside the rugby club in the Home Counties, parked between a pair of Volvos.

Because the W208 was never meant to intimidate. It was meant to charm. By the late '90s Mercedes had cottoned on to the fact that there was a gap between the sober C-Class and the stately E, and that there was an audience who wanted a coupé or cabrio that looked good without the neighbours assuming you were battling a midlife crisis. That's a fine balancing act on a very thin wire, and the CLK pulled it off with flair. Elegant without being showy, comfortable without being dull, and with just enough engineering under the bonnet to actually make something of it.

The story continues on our website, where the full file is kept as well. 97 photographs including the underside. The service history, scanned in full. Paint thickness measured panel by panel. A timeline from 6 September 2000 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 live auction on our own site. 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. Have one of your own: we buy exceptional cars outright, classic or modern.

Our showroom measures 6,000 m², with over 150 cars under one roof. You are just as welcome if you are not buying — walk around, take your time and enjoy the cars; sharing the enthusiasm is half of it.