The 15,000 mile C126 has been in stock for more than 15 years and was the high -end model of its time
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by Chris Chilton
February 24, 2025 at 10:31
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- A Mercedes 560SEC 1990 with only 15,000 miles on the clock is to be won.
- The C126 coupe is delivered with a 5.5-liter V8 M117 making 238 hp and 287 lb-ft of torque.
- Mercedes is currently working on the two -door coupes of new generation and Maybach.
Last month, we published spying proving that Mercedes wants to bring back the coupe of the S class, and this time also offer a Maybach version. The new models would be a follow -up of the C217 coupes in progress in 2021, but we believe that it is the spirit of the classic series of the 1980s C126 that Mercedes needs to channel.
Introduced in 1981, two years after the ordinary class sedan, and on sale for a full decade, the elegant and imposing dry recorded more than 74,000 sales, which means that Mercedes sold 10 times more sedans, but There were enough coupes produced to ensure that many survived. But few will be preserved as well as this one.
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To be won on the Bring A Trailer auction site, this is a 1990 560SEC, placing it right next to the end of production and at the top of the range of models. The 5.5 -liter M117 V8 had to appease American emissions rules, it therefore delivered a relatively light 238 hp (241 PS) compared to the 295 hp (299 PS) which it launched in non -catalyzed form in Europe. But with 287 lb-pi (389 nm), it was quite vigorous for the day: contemporary American road tests recorded 7 seconds to 60 mph (97 km / h) and a top speed of 145 mph (233 km / h).
What distinguishes this car from other seconds, however, is not its engine, but the little action that this engine has seen. The odometer shows that the stealthy black coupe has only traveled 15,473 miles (24,900 km) again, and the list explains that it was between 2007 and 2024 when the dealer sold got hold of it.
This is the kind of mileage that most of these cases normally express in a single year or two, and the photos seem to show what could pass for a car that has just celebrated its first birthday, not its 35th. The seller says that there is aging in shiny work and proof of previous paint on the right rear district, but overall, he looks fantastic and black on gray is a combo of chic colors .
It seems that we are not the only ones to think so. At the time of writing the editorial time, with still six days to run at auction, the auctions on this classic Mercedes have already reached $ 35,000 – enough dough to get you into a nice S550 2017 coupe – and will not be Not sure to climb much higher.
