Description
H&H Classic Auction @ The Imperial War Museum, Duxford/ Cambridgeshire
9th October, 2024 13:00
2002 Mercedes-Benz SLK 320 Limited Edition
Limited edition example with low mileage!
Estimate
£9, 000 - £11, 000
Registration No: LB51 UMV
Chassis No: WDB1704652F257076
MOT: May 2025
A mere 23, 000 miles from new
Largest engine variant SLK with the 3. 2-litre V6 engine
Desirable Special Edition example and 1 of just 2 reputedly UK-supplied and finished in Prisma Green metallic
Offered with a history file including the original book pack with stamped service book
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.
The SLK Special Edition launched in 2002 with just 2, 000 examples produced worldwide, and only 500 are understood to have been supplied to the UK market. Notable for having all Nappa Black leather interiors, heated seats, gear lever chrome inlay with logo, different alloy wheels, and new paint finishes amongst other features, the Special Edition offered was registered new in the United Kingdom on the 21st of January 2002. Further desirable for being the largest engine SLK, fitted with the 3. 2-litre V6 engine, ‘LB51 UMV’ is finished in Prisma Green metallic paintwork, and is reputedly 1 of just 2 UK-supplied cars painted in this colour scheme.
Understood from the vendor to be boasting all its original paintwork and panels, the SLK is entered from a small private collection of modern classic Mercedes-Benz cars and has covered just 23, 000 miles from new. Accompanied to the sale by the original book pack including the owner’s handbook and stamped service book, the history file also contains a large collection of previous MOTs and invoices, the original order form, PDI inspection report, and a current V5C document. Last serviced at 22, 260 miles, at the same time the SLK received a new auxiliary belt and idler, new tyres, and new front brake pads. Low mileage SLKs are not often seen and this example also boasts being a Special Edition in a very rare colour!
PLEASE NOTE: The registration number shown in the images is not included in the sale.
