Number of cylinders: 6
Service history: Present
Registration number: RZ-VF-74

Mercedes-Benz SL-Klasse 300 SL-24, 1993. Two owners, 124,454 km, service books from new.

R129. For those unfamiliar with it: that is the internal code Mercedes-Benz gave to the SL generation built from 1989 to 2001. And if you ask me, it is one of the most underrated classics you can still buy today. While half of Britain's car-loving public fixates on the W113 Pagoda (gorgeous, but these days worth a smart flat rather than a studio) and the rest dream of an R107 straight out of an episode of Dallas, the R129 just sits there. Patiently. Waiting for someone to realise what they have on their hands.

This was the car with which Mercedes showed, back in 1989, that they meant business. Designed by Bruno Sacco, the man responsible for just about everything beautiful and timeless to come out of Stuttgart in the '80s and '90s. Crisp, angular, but without a single superfluous line. And then that legendary party trick: the world's first automatically deploying roll-over bar system, which shot upwards within a fraction of a second the moment the car threatened to tip over. German engineers lying awake at night over scenarios that 99 percent of owners would never encounter. Das Beste oder Nichts, you know how it goes.

The story continues on our website, where the full file is kept as well. 81 photographs including the underside. The Carfax report. Paint thickness measured panel by panel. The original factory brochure to page through. A timeline from 4 June 1993 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.