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Old 05-24-2022 | 12:34 PM
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This SL for sale seems fishy. Thoughts?

From the post - "This is a 280SL 2.8ltr V6 280 HP (German Market) homologated to US standards as 320SL"

I cant find any info online/wikipedia that shows any Naturally Aspirated 2.8L V6's that make 280hp. Not to mention, in the post its clearly a straight 6?


Is this BS?

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Old 05-24-2022 | 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by norcalcasey
From the post - "This is a 280SL 2.8ltr V6 280 HP (German Market) homologated to US standards as 320SL"

I cant find any info online/wikipedia that shows any Naturally Aspirated 2.8L V6's that make 280hp. Not to mention, in the post its clearly a straight 6?


Is this BS?
post listing, I’ve never heard of that. All 3.2s made 227hp a 2.8 makes under 200.
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Wont let me post a FB marketplace link. So here is a snip.
Old 05-24-2022 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by norcalcasey
Wont let me post a FB marketplace link. So here is a snip.

The guy is just dumb or someone told him that’s what it was before he bought it. Even a 3.7 m112 v6 only has 245hp. There is two versions of a amg 104 3.6 3.4. One made 286 the 3.6.
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Originally Posted by norcalcasey
Wont let me post a FB marketplace link. So here is a snip.
What city or zip?
Old 05-24-2022 | 06:02 PM
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The guy is just dumb or someone told him that’s what it was before he bought it. Even a 3.7 m112 v6 only has 245hp. There is two versions of a amg 104 3.6 3.4. One made 286 the 3.6.
It's weird he even lists all the import docs.

If you search SL320 in the 61761 ZIP code, you will find it.

Edit: Has been changed to 193HP "V6" - so someone must have called him out.

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Just a piece of information for those that didn't know.

The R129 SL36 AMG is a unicorn.

Only ONE unit was ever built by MB and that was specifically for a Grand Slam tennis tournament prize.

Based on the SL 280 developed AMG in 1995, the SL 36 AMG with 3.6-liter inline six-cylinder engine (M 104 E 36) and 200 kW (272 hp). The vehicle was handed over by Helmut Werner , then CEO of Mercedes-Benz AG, to the winner of the Stuttgart
MercedesCup ( Thomas Muster ). This vehicle is a unique piece.

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