One of many 951 Mercedes E 500 Restricted version automobiles is on the market on the FormulaAuctions.com public sale website. The public sale closes on 8 June 2023.
Porsche constructed 10,479 Mercedes E 500/500 E examples from spring 1991 to April 1995. Initially a restricted run of 500 Mercedes E 500 Restricted items was deliberate however ultimately, 951 examples had been constructed.
Considered one of these examples is on the market on the FormulaAuctions.com public sale website. It has 128,000 km on board (79,500 miles), was produced in 1994, and was imported from Japan to Alberta, Canada about 10 years in the past by the present proprietor.
The Mercedes E 500 Restricted is differentiated from the E 500 by its Evo II 17-inch gentle alloy wheels, two-tone leather-based upholstery with grey, inexperienced, or crimson entrance and rear middle seat space and door panels, and chicken’s eye maple wooden inserts on the dashboard and doorways.
The automobile supplied at public sale has crimson leather-based upholstery within the middle seat space and on the door panels however that is aged within the seat space and must be refurbished. However at the very least it’s the authentic upholstery of the automobile. Nonetheless, the steering wheel and shift knob partially in wooden trim should not the unique ones.
The Mercedes E 500 additionally contains a white background instrument cluster with a speedometer graduated as much as 300 km/h, a red-zone tachometer beginning at 7000 rpm, and an AMG-inscribed stainless-steel pedals. The automobile is provided with electrically adjustable and heated entrance seats, computerized local weather management, autopilot, and Sony aftermarket radio.
In comparison with the Mercedes W124, the E 500 has 38 mm wider observe and a 23 mm decrease suspension, however the automobile supplied at public sale has a good decrease suspension as it’s geared up with the AMG suspension from the E 60 AMG.
Working underneath the hood is the SL 500’s M119 5-liter V8 M119 engine that sends its most output of 326 ps (322 hp) and 480 Nm (354 lb-ft) of torque to the rear axle by a 4-speed computerized transmission.
The physique is painted within the authentic Sapphire Black (009), however the proprietor mentions that it has been repainted whereas retaining the unique shade. There are additionally some rock chips within the entrance. The Continental ExtremeContact 245/45 tires are as new.
Within the sale advert it’s also talked about that in 2021 the ability steering/SLS tandem pump of this automobile was changed and that there’s a small oil leak from the oil pan.
The Mercedes E 500 was constructed by Porsche as a result of it didn’t match on the manufacturing line of the Sindelfingen plant. You possibly can learn the entire historical past of the manufacturing technique right here, which was a singular course of within the historical past of the auto.
The public sale for this instance will shut on June eighth, on the time of writing the worth is $26,378.
