Offered compete with both hard and soft tops, his 300 SL from 1991 features a virtually endless suite of amenities, eatures, nd options. Among them are an AM/FM cassette stereo system, ir conditioning, ruise control, og lamps, eated power mirrors, ariable-speed intermittent wipers, eather-clad memory seats, leather-wrapped steering wheel, nd much more. As such, his 1991 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL marks an outstanding modern classic buy.
Construction quality was equally praiseworthy. Recently, retrospective article on the R129-generation SL in the UK’s Classic & Sports Car stated, It was so well built that it made a brick outhouse look like a house of cards” and “Few cars offer more for your money than an R129.” R129 SLs started to roll out of Stuttgart on a limited basis in May 1988 and full-scale production followed from March 1989, oinciding with the new car’s Geneva launch. Nearly 205,000 were built by the time the R129’s successor, he R230, rrived during the summer of 2001.