This particular example has the right colors, the right options, the right condition and a good maintenance history recorded on the CarFax Report. If you would like more information, call Tom at (954)461-1892 for more information. Fifteen years ago this car featured Mercedes groundbreaking convertible metal hard top. Fifteen years later, it still holds up as one of the most striking vehicles ever produced. Its simplicity makes it not only fun to drive, but also relatively easy to maintain. There are no major blemishes to speak of and it drives like new. This SLK is in excellent condition in and out. Hello and Thank You for viewing another listing from Mint Motorcars. Up next is a fabulous little roadster in the form of this 1998 Mercedes SLK Convertible. CLICK FOR DETAILS: 1998 Mercedes-Benz SLK230 on eBay
I think it’s safe to say that had the SLK not been successful, Mercedes may not have figured out that it’s ok to put smaller motors in their cars when it suits the chassis. It marked Mercedes’ return to making a light little roadster with a four cylinder engine, something they hadn’t done since the glory days of the 190SL. and featuring a 185hp supercharged inline-4 engine, the SLK 230 Kompressor moved from naught to 60 in 7.2 seconds which for the olden days of the late ’90s was pretty good.
1998 MERCEDES BENZ SLK230 KOMPRESSOR CONVERTIBLE DRIVER
Mercedes sold 55,000 of the retro-futuristic roadsters worldwide and it snagged the title of North American Car of the Year from Car & Driver in 1998. With it’s folding steel convertible top the first gen SLK was quite the head turner in it’s debut year. If only I had realized in my youth what I have realized now, the R170 SLK is a pretty nifty little car and holds an important place in Mercedes Benz history. As a 10 year old a model of a bright yellow roadster with a functional folding top seems pretty damn cool but only a few short years later after seeing a real one I found myself thinking “that car is so lame.” Of course it was completely due to the circumstances in which I saw the car (tacky retirees at the wheel) and the fact that my automotive tastes had begun to shift towards overwrought Japanese vehicles.
At age 10 I was really into collecting die-cast models from Maisto and I vividly remember picking up a 1/18 scale version of the car you see above.
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