If you’ve been following Formula 1 this year, you’ve been watching something pretty special occurring. Mercedes-Benz has finally produced a race-winning car, and one that appears to be dominant over the rest of the field for the foreseeable future. A few years ago, the origins of the Mercedes-Benz team – Brawn F1 – also got the jump on the competition but didn’t have the money to remain thoroughly dominant for the season. However, with Mercedes-Benz’s substantial coffers behind the team effort, there exists the possibility that Mercedes-Benz could have a perfect F1 season – winning every race on the calendar (edit: well, that isn’t going to occur – but they’re still the best poised to take the championship!) That would create a new Silver Arrow legend – the historic name given to the Mercedes-Benz racers since 1934 and their first era of dominance. To celebrate some of the silver legends before the current F1 effort got underway, Mercedes-Benz produced a special swan-song for the R129 SL; available in either top-spec SL600 or more common SL500 was the “Silver Arrow Edition”:
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Year: 2002
Model: SL500 Silver Arrow Edition
Engine: 5.0 liter V8
Transmission: 5-speed automatic
Mileage: 28,945 mi
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While it’s likely that, should the Formula 1 team continue their dominance, there will be further special versions of the SL forthcoming, in truth this was more of a badge engineering exercise than a special performance version. Indeed, there are numerous special editions of the R129, and really the only thing that’s special about this edition are the cool multi-piece wheels and two-tone interior color scheme. Miles on this particular example are pretty low, and it includes an incredible amount spent on making sure the complicated top actuation works. That’s certainly nice on both counts, but outside of that there isn’t anything particularly special about this R129. I don’t think long term there will be any additional collectability for this version versus some of the big motor versions; if you want a collectable R129, find a SL 73 AMG. As such, the price on this example is probably a little high given what it is.
-Carter
