I've never seen one of these advertised by a dealer, they normally change hands privately. Did the dealer realise what he had ?
Short answer, not really, and when told by his technician he didn't adjust the price enough to reflect what it is. To be fair it’s a very small market for cars like this.
The number of people looking for an SLK 55 is small to begin with and I suspect many would be put off by the conversion, so the market is even smaller still.
That said, the people who would want it, would really want it, which requires the network to sell “off market” or put it in a well publicised auction of similar cars.
I often miss out on gems so I was quick with this one. I missed an ultra low mileage Smart Roadster by 5 minutes last month (my own fault thinking I’d be the only one).
I also missed out on the “been for sale for 10+ years” Brabus Rocket by a matter of hours. It’s since been for sale by the same dealer but a high dose brave pill is required.
I don’t buy cars for investments - in fact this is for my wife to nip around in - but I think it’s probably going to appreciate in value offsetting some running costs
Noughties tuner cars and limited number AMGs will be the next group to fall into the sights of collectors like the Patina Collective, so they may be snapped up.
It’s not the reason I bought though. I bought it to use and we’ll do just that
