Description
H&H Classic Auction @Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
27th Nov, 2024 13:00
2004 Mercedes-Benz SLK 230
Estimate
£6, 000 - £8, 000
Registration No: WJ04 TZT
Chassis No: WDB1704492F306575
MOT: July 2025
Finished in the rare factory colour of Cubanite Silver
Just c. 41, 800 miles from new
Owner's wallet, handbook and stamped service book
Offered with a collection of M-B and specialist invoices
At the start of the 1990s, after the introduction of their two-seat grand-tourer, the R129 SL, the launch of the Mazda MX-5 encouraged Mercedes-Benz set out to create a new compact roadster, slotted below the SL. By late 1991, under Bruno Sacco, the first design sketches were drawn, with scale models being built in the first half of 1992. Massively successful in its first year, worldwide sales hit 55, 000, over double the entire nine-year production of 190 SLs and between 1996 and 2004, over 311, 000 SLKs were sold. The roof design consists of a folding steel hardtop with both halves linked by a mechanism that is locked securely when the roof is closed. At the touch of a button on the centre console, a hydraulic system controls the fully automatic folding process in which the boot lid is also integrated.
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