Mercedes Benz 560sl Crystal Blue Metalic on 2040-cars
Rowland Heights, California, United States
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One of the most iconic cars of the 80's A 1987 560SL. Here is a very beautiful well kept one owner car with only 47k mi. This vehicle was owned by a very mature female from the day her husband purchased it for her as a gift. Perfectly presented in a beautiful Crystal blue exterior with blue hard top and soft top over near new gray interior that has been covered with sheep skins from day one. The interior is clean as can be, there are literally no stress marks or wrinkles anywhere, the dash is in superb condition, all instruments work and display like new, the wood grain has no cracks or fades, all lights inside and out work perfectly. I have gone thru the car in the last two months and done a complete service, inc. replacing the fuel pump, windshield washer reservoir, trans. service, and oil service. All done at a local Mercedes Benz center. this vehicle is truly a well preserved classic. the vehicle was originally purchased in Arizona and driven back to California where it has been from day one, and always garaged. the owner looked after the car with pride as it shows. the car comes with all keys and books, also comes with full custom sheep skin covers for the seats. this vehicle is a joy to drive and always gets complements when out on the road. The body is very straight but does have two minor blemish on it as I have shown in the photos. The radio and antenna do not work. I did not want to replace the radio since it is the original. Please contact me with any questions you may have. I am willing so send additional photos as you request. this is a very straight car and will make any owner extremely happy.
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Sat, 19 Jan 2013How much extra value does previous celebrity ownership add to of a car? Really, there's no way to know until the car in question hits the auction block and bidders start raising their hands. In the case of the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing you see above, the celebrity owner is none other than Clark Gable, who purchased it new. After Gable's death in 1960, the car changed hands a few times before settling with Charles Wood in 1975.
A high-dollar restoration was performed in 1989, and period accessories added by Gable himself were kept in place, including the Rudge knock-off wheels and Nardi steering wheel. Any Mercedes-Benz 300SL is worth a big chunk of money. In the case of Clark Gable's old Gullwing, the bidding stalled at $1.9 million here at the 2013 Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale. As one of the 5000-series cars, this 300SL carried a reserve, and a bit of after-the-fact dealmaking saw the car change hands for $1.85 million.
You can see our high-res image gallery above, and the car's official auction description below.
Is Audi getting complacent and suffering from brain drain?
Wed, 27 Nov 2013The argument is made in a Reuters article: Audi is falling behind other luxury brands, such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW, due to a lack of research-and-development spending and "brain drain," or the migration of top executives and R&D chiefs to other parts of the Volkswagen Group. Reuters notes that Audi's current R&D chief is the third in 16 months.
Audi, which contributed to 40 percent of VW Group's $11.6 billion in profit the first nine months of the year, is delivering cars at a record pace: 1.31 million were delivered from January to October 2013 versus BMW's 1.35 million. Yet Audi, Reuters reports, doesn't have a halo car akin to BMW's new electrified i3 and i8 or an answer to Mercedes' plug-in-hybrid S-Class, and the R&D spending at Audi is less than BMW and Mercedes by a fair margin. It's noted in the article, however, that Audi benefits from other R&D spending within VW Group.
Reuters mentions that BMW "trumpets its new 'i' series" and the new Mercedes CLA and GLA ranges are winning "rave reviews" as part of its argument that Audi's recent lack of technological innovation could hurt future sales. Those cars do pack tons of new technology, some of which are firsts for mainstream production cars. But last time we checked, the i3 could be causing BMW's stock to slide, the CLA isn't receiving the rave reviews that Reuters would have you believe and the GLA hasn't been reviewed yet.
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We managed to pick all that up from a short, 17-second video posted by MB. The original video that unveiled the S63 AMG has since been pulled down, making this YouTube clip the best look we now have at the new super sedan, at least until the Germans give up the goods for real.
Be sure to check out the video below, along with our original posting on the S63 AMG.