AzCowboy

I am seriously considering the purchase of a 1995 S600 Coupe with just under 26,000 miles. As you would expect with these miles, the car is in beautiful condition. It is a European import with a clean and clear Florida title. Performance of this car is unbelievable.

I have two questions:

1) What do you think this car might be worth in the open market, and also trade in value?

2) I know when it was imported in 2000, it had to go to an importer and be brought to USA specifications to receive a valid Florida title. Does anyone know where I could write to in order to acquire a copy of these importation documents? They seem to have been lost during the past by the previous owners.

Thoughts and suggestions would be appreciated.

scbysnx

be careful with imports.. they tend to have odo rollback

loveit_but_hate

That year 140 had a lot of expensive gremlins like main wiring harness, A/C evaporator, closing assist pump, window regulators, A/C blower motor regulators. The 12 bangers are very expensive to maintain otherwise as well from what I have read - not a lot of competent mechanics that know how to work on them. Now add in the modifications that had to be made to conform to US market. If you are looking to own for yourself, I would find a mechanic first and have him check it over. This would be the mechanic that would maintain it for you if you can't tackle a problem yourself so be sure he is confident he can work on it. Last thing you want is to buy the car and find mechanic after mechanic just scratching their head when they pop the hood.

RUSSH

IMO...I wouldn't even consider buying that car. Unless you have a good savings account to maintain that car, I wouldn't touch it.

Redneck

I recently saw a 1995 S600 Coupe for sale.. it had 109,000 km on it and the dealership in Vancouver BC was asking for $51,000 Canadian for it.

It is a V12 so the tune up costs would probably be outrageous. Just imagine replacing all those spark plugs... I think it also has two distriputors.

I own a 1995 S500 Coupe... I compared the two cars... mine has alot more options it in, but body style is almost identical.

Good luck with your decision.

market000

I looked at a cl600 for quite a while before opting for the V8 version. (CL500).
I heard quite a few horror stories of the costs involved at doing service on the V12. Its a beautiful machine but hard to work on because of the cramped engine space, necessitating the removal of componenets to access others. Thus labor costs are much higher.

I also heard of the problems with the 1995 models. I found a fully optioned CL500 and love it. I bought a 99...it was the last year for the 140 coupe....all the bugs worked out by then.

I looked at a Canadian CL600. The gray market cars are hard to resell and they don't bring much on resale.....so you might find one for 10-20K less than a US model.Happy hunting.

Mark Pedersen

I have a 1995 S600 coupe. My partner bought it new in Belgium. I imported it in 1999. Converted by JK Motorcars in Baltimore. Now has 90,000 miles with no major issues. I have a good independent mechanic. Wonderful car.

Maestro

According to KBB, a 1995 S600 Coupe w/ 70,000 miles (approx?) is worth less than $20,000 USD, which is closer to $25,000 CAD.

leloz

I sold my 1995 S500 coupe with 78K in April for $17,500.. just to give you a price reference. It also had a few electrical bugs that were $$ but I fixed them nonetheless.

mbcrazy

hi,im originally from europe and this 600 probably had odometer rollback,you can practically bet on it .otherwise in usa with this mileage the prices are as follow:trade in 13-14k$,you can resale it for about 15-16k$,dealer value around 19 to 20k$.those are mb dealer prices(my cousin is mb salesman)

mbcrazy

[QUOTE=leloz]I sold my 1995 S500 coupe with 78K in April for $17,500.. just to give you a price reference. It also had a few electrical bugs that were $$ but I fixed them nonetheles
man you really got good price.mb dealer would give you 11k trade in.my cousin is mb salesman and he said that car like this would go for 15 k in dealership.

mbcrazy

hey man wtf you doing here with this camaro ****

leloz

[QUOTE=mbcrazy]The car was in showroom condition with every record, so I think it brought what it deserved.

zeaq

Sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

s0vietbenz

leloz I still want to buy your 1998 s600. The second you have a thought of selling it I get first dibs!

BlueXavior

Hi guys let me join this forum :p