Selling is almost an unfulfilled dream of 90s kids. The iron with a V8 only traveled 8,367 km!

If you grew up in the 90s, there’s a good chance you dreamed one day of buying a vintage Mercedes-Benz SL. If you haven’t been able to do so yet, you now have a chance to get your hands on a specimen with an unusually low raid.

In the case of the Mercedes SL, the 90s naturally belonged to the R129 generation, which in our country earned the nickname “The Iron” for its characteristic shapes. The luxurious roadster was presented to the world at the 1989 Geneva Motor Show and went on sale in the summer of the same year. The production then continued until 2001, according to the information available, 213,089 units were produced.

The R129 offered several interesting features. For example, the designers and builders put a lot of focus on aerodynamics, resulting in a drag coefficient of 0.32, which was surprising for the time. Emphasis was also placed on safety, which is why the automaker came up with an innovation in the form of a protective arch behind the passengers’ heads. In the event of a significant lean of the body – of more than 26 degrees – or in the event of a heavy overload, it would rise to the required position within 0.3 seconds to protect the crew in the event of the vehicle overturning.

The “two” roofs are certainly part of the attractions. The car was equipped not only with a classic electro-hydraulic lowering sheet, but the manufacturer also added a fixed aluminum roof, the so-called hardtop, to each car. The owners could then choose whether to be hidden under a folding canvas roof or the aforementioned hardtop in bad weather.

At the time of sales in 1989, the flagship engine was the eight-cylinder version, then still called the 500 SL. And we only found one piece in this design with an unusually low break-in in a home advertisement.

According to the seller, the Roadster, produced in 1989, has only 8,367 kilometers! The propulsion is entrusted to a 4973 cm³ eight-cylinder fork, which delivers a maximum power of 240 kW (326 hp) at 5500 rpm and a maximum torque of 450 Nm at 4000 rpm. The rear wheels are steered via a four-speed automatic transmission.

Official data also speak of the ability to accelerate from zero to 100 km / h in 6.2 seconds and reach a top speed of 250 km / h.

Unfortunately the seller does not provide anything about the past of the vehicle offered, but at least the pictorial documentation is decent. The Mercedes-Benz 500 SL with an unusually low ground clearance is k having for 1,890,000 CZK.