2012 Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG

This really quite exceptional Mercedes-AMG SL65 was bought by the vendor in January 2023, at which point it had covered a paltry 33,859 miles.  

Today, it has added just 423 miles to the total, having spent most of the intervening time kept warm and dry as part of the vendor’s private collection. 

It is in exceptional condition, inside, outside and underneath.  

Presented in ‘Diamond White Metallic’, the car has a black ‘Exclusive’ leather cabin featuring quilted seat centres, red seatbelts, contrasting stitching and carbon-fibre inlays. 

It comes with a lengthy and comprehensive list of factory-fitted options, with the highlights including: 

• parking assistance with a reversing camera 
• ‘Magic Sky’ panoramic glass folding ‘VarioRoof’ with adjustable opacity 
• electrically adjustable seats with heating, ventilation and memory functions 
• ‘Airscarf’ heating 
• adaptive cruise control  
• ‘COMAND’ infotainment system with satellite navigation and DAB 
• premium Bang & Olufsen sound system 
• dual-zone climate control 
• switchable suspension 
• adjustable driving modes 
• lane-keep assist and blind-spot assist 
• an analogue IWC Schaffhausen clock.  

The vendor has changed the car’s main battery and reconditioned the consumer battery. 

He tells us that the car is simply phenomenal to drive and that, as far as he’s aware, absolutely everything works as it should. 

The bodywork is totally straight and true, and there are no dimples, dinks or dents of any note anywhere that we can see.  

The panel gaps and shut-lines have all the precision and consistency we’ve come to expect from these flagship cars. 

The roof goes up and down in a mesmerizingly balletic display of choreographed engineering, seamlessly summoning and re-ordering various parts of itself from the boot and who-knows elsewhere.  

The roll bar pops up and down with similar and equal reliability and aplomb, as do all manner of ancillary wind deflectors, struts and braces.  

It all works, it all fits, it all happens surprisingly quickly. 

The Diamond White Metallic paintwork really pops and sings in the sunshine and is bereft of any flaws that we can see save for a small stone chip on the bonnet. 

The diamond cut alloy wheels (19” at the front, 20” at the rear) are excellent and show no signs of kerbing or other blemishes. The Pirelli P-Zero tyres have plenty of life left in them. 

The lights, lenses, badging and other exterior fixtures and fittings are in fine order. 

The interior is every bit a match for its exterior counterpart in terms of quality and condition. 

The black leather seats have yet to earn so much as a meaningful crease, let alone any ingrained patina, and the overall colour balance of black with contrasting red seatbelts and stitching lends the interior a classy and distinguished feel.  

The seats are heated and ventilated with memory and neck warming functions.   

The door cards are very fine, as are the carpets and mats, which look practically as good as new. 

The upgraded steering wheel, with its Alcantara hand grips, is beyond reproach, as are the gear selector, dials, controls, and high-gloss carbon-fibre inserts and trim.  

The black microfibre roof lining is excellent, and the illuminated sills are unmarked apart from the odd light scratch caused by the ingress and egress of feet. 

The car features a Bang & Olufsen sound system with DVD changer, DAB radio and a universal comms interface – all of which works as intended, the vendor tells us. 

Needless to say, the boot is as impressive as the rest of it. 

The very full engine bay is clean, shiny, dry and tidy.  

The centrepiece is, of course, the magnificent, hand-built twin-turbo V12 engine that propels the car to 60mph in 3.9 seconds and gives it more torque than the Flying Scotsman. 

Remember, this is the same engine that powers the £3 million Pagani Huayra. 

The undersides of the car, although largely hidden from sight under protective trays and covers, look to have plenty of structural integrity and we saw nothing other than the odd scuff here and there. 

The car comes with a very reassuring grade ‘A’ history file featuring nothing but servicing and maintenance carried out by Mercedes-Benz main dealers.  

Everything that needed doing has been done, with no concern for expense, on time and by the very best people. 

The car has an MoT - with no advisories - that’s valid until 29.1.25. 

It comes with full sets of keys, manuals and handbooks.  

These are seriously rare cars here in the UK, not least because when new this one cost upwards of £190,000 by the time you’d ticked a few boxes on the options list (and the person who bought this one new ticked many, many boxes). 

They were also the absolute pinnacle of the special engineering magic that AMG still brings to Mercedes’ SL models and, even today, this is a blistering fast, ludicrously powerful beast offering continent-devouring pace and comfort in a uniquely capable and competent package. 

We’re struggling to imagine how you could hope to find a better low-mileage example than this one. 

It really is very special indeed. 

We are happy to offer this car for auction with an estimate in the range of £55,000 - £65,000.

Viewing is strongly encouraged, and this lot is located with the vendor in Bury, Greater Manchester. Viewings are STRICTLY BY APPOINTMENT. To make a booking, please use the Contact Seller button at the top of the listing. Feel free to ask any questions or make observations in the comments section below, and read our ‘Frequently Asked Questions’.