Used Car of the Day: 1990 Mercedes-Benz 420 SEL

by Tim Healey

Published: June 20th, 2024

used car of the day 1990 mercedes benz 420 sel

Today's UCTOD is this clean-looking 1990 Mercedes-Benz 420 SEL.

This car has been in the seller's family since it was new in 1990. There are a 150,000 miles on it, the timing chain has just been replaced, and the brakes and tires are new. According to the seller, the interior is "perfect" and the outside is in good shape.

There's not a ton else in the post but you can see that it's based in Michigan -- not far from ~~Chrysler's~~ Stellantis's proving grounds -- and the asking price is $9,500.

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[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Ras815 on Jun 21, 2024
Too bad about the "Boca Del Vista" color combo, but otherwise it's great to see a very well-kept example of the mighty W126. Hopefully the next owner keeps it up in the same condition. They aren't particularly 'fun' to drive, but they sure do exude gravitas. And the way those solid doors close...practically orgasmic.

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Teddyc73 6 days ago
"There's not a ton else" Wow, that's some professional writing right there folks.

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