This car is offered from outside of the European Union. It has been imported under temporary admission customs bond and is therefore subject to Dutch import tax (9%) on top of the winning bid price. Cars less than 30 years old will pay 10% Dutch import tax plus 21% VAT on the hammer. If exporting immediately to another country, then tax/duty will only be paid in that country.
The winning bidder will pay €500 customs charge on top of the ‘hammer’ price.
The winning bidder will receive a receipt for the final hammer value, as their proof of purchase.
This vehicle has been on static display in the Middle East for a number of years and the only history or paperwork available is displayed in the photo gallery. In all cases the papers shown are photocopies unless otherwise stated. We do not have the original paperwork.
Unless otherwise stated, we have not tried to start or drive the car and cannot vouch for its mechanical viability or functionality. The car is not registered anywhere.
It will require recommissioning prior to road use and is sold ‘as seen’.
As CARS Europe BV is the guarantor of all customs duties and taxes for vehicles within Dutch customs bond, the car cannot be released until full payment received.
All storage charges (€30 + local VAT per day commencing from the sixth day following the auction end) must be paid in full prior to the vehicle’s collection or onward transportation. Collection and viewings are strictly by appointment only.
Please send an email to the storage centre to ensure vehicle(s) are ready at time of collection. Photographic ID will be required at time of collection. If a third party is collecting for you, then written authorisation is required in advance from you and photographic ID of the third party is required at the time of collection.
CARS Europe BV will contact you after the balance payment is received to confirm onward transport requirements. For enquiries about import tax and shipping contact Madam Joanna Herlihy, +31 (0) 252 682 526, +44 7483 433912, [email protected].
VIN: 11201512006928.
In common with many vehicles from the vendor’s collection, this 1986 LHD auto Mercedes-Benz 300SE Limousine comes with no history or service records beyond whatever is shown in the documents section.
However, it does come with copies and originals of old Austrian and Swiss registration documents, and an (incomplete) service book with numerous stamps in it covering it from new (when it was delivered to its first owner in Berlin) until 1986, when it had recorded 64,417 kms on the odometer.
It also comes with what appear to be proof of history/authenticity documents issued by Mercedes-Benz.
It has 70,949 kms on the odometer today.
We believe it was bought for the vendor’s collection of static display vehicles in 2019, at which time it was living in an Austrian car collection and had covered 70,183 kms.
This car seems to have travelled around a fair bit, with various documents suggesting that it has lived in Berlin, Hamburg, Lugano, Thayngen, somewhere in Austria and, perhaps most surprisingly, Brentford in England.
Wherever it’s been and whoever has been looking after it, one thing is certain: this car is in absolutely fabulous condition.
The car doesn’t start or run at present (but it does take power to the dashboard and the engine turns over), so our appraisal of it is entirely based on its cosmetic appearance.
You will see from the photographs that the car’s rear wheels are splayed out at an unusual angle and the car is sat very low.
We wondered about this and took a close look at the car’s suspension which, much to our surprise, turned out to be an after-market air-suspension system.
We can’t be sure but we believe that once the engine is up and running, the car will pump up the air suspension and the wheels and ride height will return to normal.
