1997 Mercedes-Benz - SL500

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Finished in Smoke Silver Metallic with a matching hardtop, brown soft top, and a Beige leather interior. The odometer currently indicates approximately 84,100 miles. Equipped with 16-inch wheels, a color-matched hardtop, power-folding soft top, xenon headlamps, leather upholstery, wood interior trim, multi-contour front seats, a six-speaker Bose sound system, hardwired cellular telephone, and more. The only modification reported by the seller is a trunk-mounted Alpine CD changer. The seller reports that this SL recently received new power top cylinders and had its tonneau cover and top latching cylinders rebuilt. A receipt for the top cylinders is pictured in the photo gallery.Mercedes-Benz sold the R129-generation SL from 1990 to 2002, and several visual cues (like the shape of the vents behind the front wheels and the rear lights) identify this SL500 as one of the later models built. It's quicker than its predecessor, the long-lived R107 model, yet it's far simpler than the R230 model introduced in 2003.Power comes from an "M119" 5.0-liter DOHC V8, rated at 315 horsepower and 347 lb-ft of torque. Output is shuttled to the rear wheels through a 5-speed automatic transmission.

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