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« Previous EntriesMileage Conundrum - Mercedes-Benz Collectible Cars
Sunday, October 21st, 2007Source: SL Market Letter #329 Author: John Olson
While crunching price trends numbers for the SL MARKET LETTER other information crops up. About a third of sellers include their car's mileage in ads — usually those people with the lowest mileage. Other people either don't know their car's mileage or wish they didn't. As many […]
Car Auctions, Buyer Beware
Friday, September 21st, 2007Source: SL Market Letter #311 Author: John Olson
I still remember my early auction experience 25 years ago, trying to buy a 300SL at a well publicized annual extravaganza then held in Oklahoma City.The car had a magnificent paint job, but was buttoned up tight with only a number on its windshield announcing its auction […]
Vintage Mercedes-Benz Fuel Injection 1954-1971
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007Source: SL Market Letter #223 Author: John Olson
THE FIRST CARS SOLD to the public with fuel injection were Mercedes-Benz 260D (diesels) in 1936. Gasoline applications were more difficult, though M-B's Racing Department was planning its introduction for the 1940 Grand Prix racing season. The outbreak of WWII. circumvented M-B's 1940 participation. Within three years […]
A Mercedes for every pocketbook
Friday, July 6th, 2007Source: SL Market Letter #201 Author: John Olson
Don't rule out Mercedes-Benz just because your budget for a second or third or fourth car is $10,000, or even $2,500. With all the attention on value for the dollar these days, Mercedes-Benz has much more to offer than prestige. Peter Drucker, the business economist, once observed […]
Value Diminution - Fact or Fiction?
Saturday, June 9th, 2007Source: SL Market Letter #323 Author: John Olson
There are many opinions we've all heard for avoiding loss of value in collectible cars. Is it better to rebuild an original engine's block than replace it? At what point do you take original paint off a collectible car? Many people spend extra thousands of dollars returning a […]
Serving the Star Around the World - Rare Mercedes-Benz Book
Saturday, May 5th, 2007Serving the Star Around the World by Heinz C. Hoppe, 1st President of MBNA 325 pages Hardbound - Originally printed in German and English Source: SL Market Letter #193
The following book review is written by John Olson:
EVERYBODY KNOWS Max Hoffman obtained the first Post WWII Mercedes-Benz distributorship in North America and that he persuaded M-B […]
Grand Touring in the Mercedes-Benz SL600
Monday, April 9th, 2007Source: SL Market Letter # 211 Author: John Olson
Given a new SL600 to test drive for two weeks, we thought (for 1/2 a second) about declining on the premise that our reader poll shows some preference for pre-'75 models. Another poll response sprang to mind that "great cars are the attraction, regardless when they […]
Moving GPS Navigation from Car to Car
Thursday, February 15th, 2007Source: SL Market Letter #354 Author: John Olson
If you've yearned for a navigation GPS that you can move from car to car, save time and buy the latest GARMIN c330 or c340 and be done with it. This summer we tested the products recommended by Garmin and Magellan, the two dominant makers) and the […]
Mercedes-Benz SLK - A Home Run!
Thursday, January 25th, 2007Source: SL Market Letter Vol. II, No. 068, January 2007 Author: John Olson
This is the SLK's tenth Anniversary. The SLK was announced to the USA market on Sept. 7, 1997 as a 1998 model; it was available in Europe during 1997. SLK production during these 10 years has doubled the 280/300/350/380/420/450/500/560SL (107 Body) during […]
The Dark Side of Auctions
Monday, January 8th, 2007Source: SL Market Letter Vol. II, No. 068, January 2007 Author: John Olson
This is THE BIG WEEK in Arizona… the land of annual records in attendance (250,000 expected), in volume of collector cars offered (over 2,000), and in record prices. With new records set for sales every year appeal is strong for sellers. Buyers are […]