Highlights
- Featured in Autocar magazine in April 2020
- Rare Sportline Option with Sports Chassis
- Comprehensive service history with 18 service stamps
- Over £18,000 recently spent on recommissioning/maintenance
- Supplied with original owner's book pack and three keys
The Appeal
Designed around the ever-present Merc formula of relatively conservative offerings in a bank-vault package, the car that would come to be known as the E-Class was a perfectly smooth, perfectly versatile and elegantly simple car that felt like riding a pure velvet wave upon even the bumpiest B-road.
As the vendor tells us:
"Autocar magazine once called this car ‘the best used car in the world’. This exact car was featured in Autocar magazine in April 2020 to see if that’s still true. The W124 model is cited as being one of Mercedes’ highest watermark, in production for just over a decade from the mid-1980s onwards.
Why this one?
Rarity, first buyer car opted for the Sportline pack, offering a sports chassis, enhanced bodywork 8-hole alloys as well as 205-profile tyres for the 15in alloys, when combined with the choice of Black exterior and beige interior make for a rare car indeed."
As the vendor tells us:
"Autocar magazine once called this car ‘the best used car in the world’. This exact car was featured in Autocar magazine in April 2020 to see if that’s still true. The W124 model is cited as being one of Mercedes’ highest watermark, in production for just over a decade from the mid-1980s onwards.
Why this one?
Rarity, first buyer car opted for the Sportline pack, offering a sports chassis, enhanced bodywork 8-hole alloys as well as 205-profile tyres for the 15in alloys, when combined with the choice of Black exterior and beige interior make for a rare car indeed."
History and Paperwork
- Registered in September 1993
- Previously owned by Jesse Armstrong, screenwriter of Succession and Peep Show
- Featured in Autocar magazine in April 2020
- Comprehensive service history with 18 service stamps
- Includes hard copy MOTs and service receipts
- Over £18,000 spent on maintenance and recommissioning in the last four years.
- Supplied with the owner's book pack and three keys
The vendor tells us:
"Registered new in Sept 1993, the soon-to-be owner bucked the popular diesel trend and ordered the car with the silky six-cylinder 3200cc petrol engine, optional 5-speed auto box and Sportline trim. The car has been well maintained throughout its life demonstrated by 18 service stamps in the original service book, the file contains hard copy MOTs, service receipts along with larger recommission items (totalling over £18k) such as a new blower motor, air condenser, front road springs, rear subframe suspension, replacement engine wiring loom, transmission oil cooler pipes, gearbox and torque converter. Supplied with the owner’s bookpack, three keys."
"Registered new in Sept 1993, the soon-to-be owner bucked the popular diesel trend and ordered the car with the silky six-cylinder 3200cc petrol engine, optional 5-speed auto box and Sportline trim. The car has been well maintained throughout its life demonstrated by 18 service stamps in the original service book, the file contains hard copy MOTs, service receipts along with larger recommission items (totalling over £18k) such as a new blower motor, air condenser, front road springs, rear subframe suspension, replacement engine wiring loom, transmission oil cooler pipes, gearbox and torque converter. Supplied with the owner’s bookpack, three keys."
The Condition
- Highly original throughout
- Light signs of wear to the paintwork, commensurate with age
- 8-hole lightweight alloys present well
- Light patina to the underside
- Beige interior appears in smart condition for its age
- Seats are in good order with no rips or tears
- We understand all of the interior features function correctly, incl electric sunroof, all elec windows and central locking.
- Working air conditioning.
- Wooden veneers are in good overall order
The vendor tells us:
"The high factory specification is complimented with the following optional extras:
"The high factory specification is complimented with the following optional extras:
- Electrically adjustable seats
- Front armrest
- Electric windows front and rear
- Electric sliding steel sunroof
- Leather steering wheel and gearshift knob
- Cruse control
- Double luggage roller blind
- Dog guard
- Heat insulating glass
- Headlamp wash wiper
- Sports chassis with 8 hole lightweight alloys
The Mechanics
- 3,200cc M104 6-cylinder engine
- Desirable, optioned 5 speed auto transmission
- Recent work done amounting to circa £18k to include
- A new blower motor
- Air condenser
- New front road springs
- Rear subframe suspension overhaul
- Replacement engine bay wiring loom
- New Transmission oil cooler pipes
- Replacement Gearbox and torque converter
- We understand the car to be in fine working order
- We've no reports of any mechanical issues
The vendor tells us:
"The W124 offers an involving driving experience, especially when combined with the glorious straight six cylinder engine and auto 5-speed gearbox.
The six has plentiful torque, but also a surprising enthusiasm for harder work when the gearbox is kicked down or a lower gear selected, the performance available feels entirely appropriate to the stateliness of the rest of the car."
A fantastic opportunity to acquire a well sorted example with an incredible service and maintenance record.
"The W124 offers an involving driving experience, especially when combined with the glorious straight six cylinder engine and auto 5-speed gearbox.
The six has plentiful torque, but also a surprising enthusiasm for harder work when the gearbox is kicked down or a lower gear selected, the performance available feels entirely appropriate to the stateliness of the rest of the car."
A fantastic opportunity to acquire a well sorted example with an incredible service and maintenance record.
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Comments
Aerosa••••
Hello, the description is a little confusing, can you confirm if it’s a 5 speed manual or 5 speed Auto? Also does the car have functioning aircon?
Dickymi••••
SellerIt's a draft. I will rewrite it later. The car has a 5 speed auto box and yes the air con works