2008 Mercedes-Benz S600 AMG Pullman Limousine

Sold new in 2008 and apparently in storage between 2011 and 2016, this incredible Mercedes-Benz S600 AMG Pullman limousine shows just two previous keepers on the V5 and a barely credible recorded odometer reading of just 7,050 miles.

With six seats and an almost unimaginable number of toys, the car’s second owner crafted a niche and lucrative business for himself, running it as a wedding car charging £700 per four-hour period.

Next bought as a bit of fun with a pal of his, the vendor has decided the time is right to pass it on to its next owner. Having racked up well under a thousand miles a year from new and available for a tiny fraction of the showroom price, it represents the greatest automotive bargain you’ll see all year – providing, that is, you measure your automotive joy in £’s-per-linear foot…

As you’d expect of a hand-built car that set its first owner back the same as the average semi-detached house (presumably an architectural aberration unfamiliar to the sort of person who would have bought one new…) the fit and finish of the Mercedes-Benz’s body panels is beyond reproach.

Featuring some of the tightest panel shutlines we’ve ever seen, the years have been kind to it, too; with straight, nigh-on ripple-free flanks and a complete absence of the sort of dents, dinks, and scratches that plague lesser cars, only the number plate belies the Pullman’s age.

The paintwork is equally fabulous and could easily belong to a car with one year under its belt rather than 12. The same goes for the exterior trim, glass and light lenses; they’re all just about perfect, and in need of nothing.

The five-spoke AMG alloy wheels are in nice condition too, although there is the odd light kerb graze to a couple of them and also some surface scratches to the off side front wheel. Each is shod with matching Continental tyres, all of which have good tread. However, given the car’s age and mileage, and the fact that there seems to be some age-related cracking to the sidewalls, it would seem prudent for the new owner to budget for a new set of tyres to replace the age-expired ones.

Tyres aside, the only problems we can see are a mis-aligned reversing sensor on the offside rear corner of the bumper, a minor scuff on the nearside front bumper, a couple of scratches on the driver's door and a tiny dent to the offside front wing, just behind the headlight. These should be relatively easy fixes assuming, of course, that things as trivial as these bother you in the first place…

Capable of seating six people, the Mercedes benefits from light grey leather seats that are have electrical adjustment and are both heated and cooled in addition to having a pulse massage function. They’ve got a three-position memory switch for the four main seats too, a feature we’re fairly sure we’ve never seen in the back of a car before.

The rear seat passengers – and let’s face it, a car like this all about the passengers rather than the driving experience – enjoy folding picnic trays, electric sunblinds, and an electrically operated centre glass divider. There’s a small fridge back there too to keep your Champagne chilled, plus a pair of flutes. Obviously.

Electrically opening and closing curtains on the windows too, because you really don’t want the plebs getting a glimpse of your world, do you?

The Alpine CDA-7865R radio/CD player and TUE-T012 TV/DVD fitted in the back along with two tiny screens comes with its very own remote control because folk like Simon Cowell wouldn’t want to have to do anything as vulgar as leaning down to adjust anything, would they?

It also comes with not one but two plug-in Nokia mobile telephones, one of which doesn’t look to have ever been used. Oh, and a fax machine - and who wouldn’t want a car with a fax machine in it?

It’s all in an amazing condition, as you’d expect given how little it has been used over the past 12 years. This means the seats are practically unmarked, as are the carpets, headlining, dashboard, wooden veneer and controls, all of which are minty fresh and like new.

The boot, which is home to the car’s toolkit, warning triangle, spare wheel and CD multi-changer is as clean and well-organised as the rest of the car. Not that you’ll ever see inside it of course because that’s what your little man is for.

Issues? Well very few that we have found, but with the amount of electrical gadgetry in this car, it’s impossible to test everything – that could take a month! We keep finding new ones! So, the issues we’ve identified? Well the central locking on the rear doors works some of the time, but is a little erratic. The second is a broken bracket for one of the DVD screens, which we think could be quite easily fixed by your friendly plastics welder. And third, the drivers' door mirror glass is loose.

A car like this, with such a low mileage, doesn’t rack up expensive repair bills. It goes about its business quietly and unobtrusively and demands nothing other than regular servicing, which is what it’s received.

The adjustable air suspension, which seems to be working as it should, provides the most cossetting of places for both driver, but more importantly - its "Presidential" passengers.

The owner reports that it is pretty frugal for its size too. Not VW up! frugal, we’re willing to bet, but at £175 an hour – most of which will be spent idling – fuel consumption ain’t going to top the list of your concerns.

The engine bay is ridiculously clean, and while the underside is clean and undamaged, the suspension components do have a light coating of surface rust.

The Pullman has a brand new MOT certificate and, as might be expected given its history and mileage, every single one of its previous MOTs was gained without a single advisory point, although the new one mentions that the tyres are shwoing initial signs of age.

This means that the online MOT history shows nothing of concern whatsoever and confirms the car’s ultra-low mileage. The car comes with a number of expired MOT certificates plus two keys, the original owner’s handbook pack, and the storage wallet.

Please visit the documents section of the gallery of this listing where you will find photos of this and other paperwork to support our claim that this car has been maintained in recent years to the very highest standard.

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With a cost new of a quarter-of-a-million pounds, or almost £340,000 in today’s money, this incredible vehicle has depreciated at the rate of £32 a mile. Yes, that’s right; it cost its first owners thirty-two pounds per mile in depreciation alone.

That’s a helluva sum. And yet, because someone else has already taken the biggest hit, its guide price of between £26,000 and £50,000 leaves its lucky new owner ideally placed to reap the dividends.

And what dividends might be available? Well, the second owner used the car for weddings, charging £700 for four hours, a sum that we think would still be available because if you popped a private number plate on it then few people would be able to distinguish this from a new, £350,000 example.

Or, the new owner could look into prom night chauffeuring, film and TV work, or executive car hire for folk keen to make an impression. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination.

Viewing is always encouraged, and this particular car is located with us at The Market HQ near Abingdon; to arrange an appointment 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, or try our ‘Frequently Asked Questions’.

If needed, please remember we have a network of trusted suppliers we work with regularly and can recommend: Classic & Sportscar Finance for purchase-financing, Footman James for classic car insurance Thames Valley Car Storage for storing your car and AnyVan for transporting it.

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