Hey guys,

So I found this car for sale locally. 2000 C43 in Imperial Red with 73k miles and Designo seats.

it was listed less than 24 hours ago and I called immediately when I saw it.

Seller said it was already sold to a retired professor in Wisconsin who collects C43s. Guy paid $20k (seller was asking $9k).

Asked the seller for the VIN (seller is currently in the hospital). I can't believe there's a MY2000 in the US in Imperial Red. Only 1 red was made according to the press release and that's burgundyc43's car (Titanite Red).

Not sure who this collector is and if you're on here, but you're a lucky guy picking up a car that shouldn't exist in the US.

Great find! Would you please share the link? Would love to see the pictures.

Thanks. Good move on buyer for making the aggressive offer. I would've bought it in a heartbeat.

Yeah I was willing to do full offer, no inspection (just pending VIN verification).

There were no red c43s imported for year 2000

I don’t think it’s a 2000 I’ve kept track of most of them plus no roof antenna can someone verify if it’s a real 2000

I'm still waiting on the VIN. Seller said he'd send to me when he can. Seller is pretty well known around my area (retired MB dealer) so I don't expect false advertising. Now it could it be repainted to an unoriginal color or maybe a car from a different market. Definitely a headscratcher.

Good spot on roof antenna. Genuinely curious.

Doesn't have the 2000 rims either. Probably a 1999.

Imperial red was retired in 98 across all mb models. If its red and original, its called something else.

mars red ?
yeah I’m guessing this is not a 2000 but we wouldn’t know for sure unless the owner or someone can post so more pics of it and vin number

wheels could of been changed but antenna and you could tell on the cluster when you shifter gears

Never heard of roof antennas on the C43 at least in non N. American versions. Was it an N. American speciality?
Also if a 2000 MY it should have the tiptronic shifter.

Tail light lenses look like MY2000, right? And the antenna isn't a dead giveaway because I can find pics online of MY2000 C43's without the antenna. Must have been related to an option.

Same seller does have these wheels listed separately

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1408580130001205/?ref=marketplace_profile&referral_code=undefined

Hey guys. I hit up the seller for the VIN again as I didn't hear back from him. He won't disclose the VIN to protect the buyer. I mentioned to him the car shouldn't exist and now he suggests it could be mistitled for the year. Full text convo for transparency.

Ask him if you can put the buyer in contact with me and Ill sell him my red one(will definetly not lol), Just wanna know who the guy is and what collection he has.

And again, Imperial Red ended in 98. Yea there might be red cars in year 99 but they arent called Iperial Red. If the buyer wa so enthusiastic about these cars, hed know that.

Can you PM me the sellers name on Facebook?

Where are these pics? Im almost 100% certain that all year 2000 had the roof antena

Wonder how many c43s he’s hoarding and what’s the big secret about this buying there’s no other pics and how did it go from $9k to $20k