The Super Rare £98,000 Mercedes AMG SL60 (R129) Review 

Objectivity, a rare quality indeed.

I completely agree, for the money of a really good 355 you could potentially have 997 Carrera S and one of these which would be an excellent garage.

😂😂😂 Oh yeah

@@nadk8886 😄

@@Kev27RS I think it was a CLK puff daddy and Mase

@@nadk8886 That's in the "Feel So Good" music video. I was talking in general though.

Porsche 911 is not practical. At all. a huge myth. R129 is very practical though. Big boot. I think you easy can fit 2 golfbags there. Perfect storage in the back, either with kindersitze or not, great for shoppingbags. And if you want you could buy flagpole and transport it with the roof down 😂 Of course the 911 can transport kids, but how often do you want kids in the back high speeding a 911? I agree about 280 SL R107. omg, That engine, slow, likes fuel very much and very loud at speed…In the W115/114 280 E(C) its perfect but not in R107..

id love to know how it compares to my sl600 ... great cars either way ....

I recall the late Sterling Moss, having driven both, saying that he preferred the 500 to the V12 because the handling balance was much better.

Wow! you have one? What’s the ownership like.

It's the eyes mate. That's the issue. In Poland we literally call it what would basically translate to as 'four eyes'

@@o0julek0o Yeah it's not pretty, has a fat arse too. :D

@@popuptoaster I can get behind the arse, but the front just completely ruins the car for me.

@@o0julek0o cant see it from inside. ;)

@@popuptoaster Good point

yeah right, no adults can fit back there in those fake rear seats, only the european ones had them.

I know it as the SL600. I think Harry from Harry’s garage has one.

@@VolkerHett, I think that the SL600 is a bit different. This SL60 has a V8 engine and the SL600 has a V12 from what I recall...

@@lloydvehicleconsulting They just make too many different cars :D

@@VolkerHett, yes, Mercedes-Benz do make a massive range, don't they?

@@lloydvehicleconsulting the 600 is quicker

There like driving a Swiss bank vault.

Cheers

Stephen those cars are all owed by one person in Saudi.

Christopher Acevedo there's one for sale in LA

There are only 2 rhd SL7.3 AMGs in the country some one is selling one for £300,000 🤣🤣🤣

381bhp👍

piston head is right, it is the 6.5 m119 that makes 405hp, this is just chinese whispers that the 6.0 makes more than 380

@@raycroal no it's not, they've been dyno'd at over 420 hp and that's now. There is a Dutch channel who has done it on RU-vid.

@@ahemgee9542 so what does the 6.0 m120 amg make 490bhp???

@@raycroal no originally it made 408 bhp then they removed full throttle fuel enrichment and made 389 as they said it did or thereabouts. Here is a Dyno of the SL60 making 415 bhp ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VcPsWhFLbpc.html

what model of s600 did you have?

They still make some special cars and we know they still have in them.

What destroys their resale value is the cost of maintenance,repair and spare parts. Yes too much unnecessary electronic gizzmos that fail ad cannot be relaced. A modern version of the Gullwing [without the gull wings] and of spartan design would be good.

What kind of things?

@@JayEmmOnCars the basic running's of the car , common faults found in the car the consumables of them that are expected to be replaced not tires etc but such as common rust points things too look out for as i find with looking at older cars are important when going to buy one since looking at one in a review you might be inspired to but a lot focus on the drive of the car which is important but in the day to day running's of one it is useful to know the small things

@@gavinearls2935 The thing there is when I do that, I almost certainly get stuff wrong or leave things out as I am not an expert on the models. There will normally be plenty of guides online helping you find out info like the kind you're looking for

Originally it made 408 bhp , but then they detuned it after 1993 to reduce emissions. At this time the power dropped to 389 bhp.

I agree

The days before AMG became chav chariots

It’s my old car. It has a performance exhaust. I paid 1.5k for it . It’s an eisenmann exhaust. It’s only my channel.

You ever speak about him like that again.

No, it is different to the SL500 (which we also got). It has an AMG 6L V8

Basically two tonnes. Physics dictates it takes four times as much energy to move twice the mass

Basically as much as a small moon then?

@Jeb Swarf quite simply, Torque. Torque is the force and strength which helps push the car along. Hp is a measurement of work. Basically a diesel engine with 200hp should be able to outrun a petrol engine with 200 hp. A manufacturer will post claims of identical figures but thia simply is not the case

@Jeb Swarf your absolutely spot on there, its a difficult thing to theorise and explain accurately. The other thing to consider is the gearing is usually between a petrol and diesel due to the different characteristics of thr engines performance

@Jeb Swarf interesting. The GTD vs corolla shud have been close. GTD will run out of ability at 4k before having to go up the ratio's. The T sports power band being higher and longer lasting can afford to stay on power for longer before changing up. Like i said ordinarily the diesel car will be geared accordingly, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and maybe even 5th will be slightly shorter on a diesel with the shorter power band in mind. Im not 100% convinced im totally right but i think im pretty close

D Duckman Ever tried eBay ? You can almost get every sparepart to the R129 there..

Actually it’s the other way around. You can get all for Mercs..

I would disagree with you there. The R129 was the last quality built Mercedes before Chrysler's accountants stepped in and started messing things up. The R129 of all engine sizes feels solidly built and oozes quality detailing. I am told the sweet spot for buying one are the years 1996 - 1998. After this Chrysler's influence was just starting to be felt with minor changes. By the time the R129's replacement arrived, the R230 in 2001/2, things really were going down hill and your comment is hard to argue against! It takes a deep pocketed, brave and partially sighted person to buy an R230!

@@baronridgeback i will agree with you on the engines being solid, I know someone with a w124 and it's been very good to him. These SL's however do have many problems especially with the convertible top and faulty electronics.

You're wrong these are known for being incredibly reliable. The only thing you were correct on is the convertible tops can be problematic.

@@louisvidalinc2678 you are not wrong about the convertable top and to some extent the electrics. Most issues seen today with the tops are due to the 11 hydraulic cylinders required to operate the roof now having 20 plus year old rubber "O" rings failing under pressure. All the "O" rings are DIY replacable if you are handy with a spanner and have time on your hands, otherwise it does get expensive for the professionals to do it. The elctrics got a bad name on these cars largely because of a front wiring loom fitted only to 1993, 1994 & 1995 cars - the rubber sheathing material breaks down (goes crispy & brittle) and starts allowing electrical shorts and ensuing chaos until the loom is renewed. A large number of these cars will by now have had the replacement work done so odds of buying one of theses cars are begining to deminish - one to watch for though. The other common electrical issue relates back to that roof & the electric windows. The cause is mostly as a result of the car having been jump started which fries the electronic controller responsible for operating them. NEVER JUMP START AN R129!! Remove the battery and bench charge it else fit a new one and keep it perminantly on a reputable battery cycler - particuularly if it is a rarely used garage queen :-)

Will I?

It's "one of"

Rog5446 they were an option on the r129. I have one with the rear seats and one with the storage shelf. 10 year olds can fit in the back, as long as the driver isnt too tall. But it is a squeeze

@@ranbirlally8799 My SL has no rear seats and the SL60 shown on this video had no rear seats. If it did have rear seats, rear passengers would be under the wind break, which was right behind the front seats.

This SL does indeed have the rear seat option.

Rog5446 you keep the wind break down without the black insert and then the seats can be used. Thats why you’ve got the rear stow in the boot

Rog5446 It does have rear seats you just fold down the roll bar down and take of the wind break

I think you miss the point though.

Not in the 1990s they weren't.

That Ebutuoy Guy it’s a v8 not a v12. The v12s were the standard 600, 70,72 or 73sl. The engine zonda used

Nice joke.

​@@seanbailey8545SL600 quicker in the midrange

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VcPsWhFLbpc.html 4 mins in This example with over 150K kms makes 412hp And 437lb ft torque, and it's a very accurate Dyno.

@@ahemgee9542 not many dynos are accurate as you measure at the wheels and then do some "maths" to get crank power i would want to see the motor measured in a lab before i beleived any old horseshit

@@raycroal same Dyno and channel measured a 600sel V12 at 396 bhp. Many dynos are quite accurate.

They did make over 400 bhp( 6.0 M119 based on the later revision with coil ignition/) and have been dyno'd to prove it.