X-RARE 1993 MERCEDES-BENZ 500E HI-PERFORMANCE 1 OF 1576 HAND MADE BY PORSCHE&M-B

1993 Mercedes-Benz 500-Series GRAY Description

• 1993 MERCEDES-BENZ 500 E - EXTRA RARE -HAND BUILT -HIGH PERFORMANCE! THIS IS A VERY WELL PRESERVED EXAMPLE WITH SMOOTH AS GLASS PAINT AND BODY PANELS, ENGINE AND ALL MECHANICAL FUNCTIONSARE IN FINE WORKING CONDITION, INTERIOR OF CAR AND TRUNK ARE IN TIP-TOP CONDITION, UNDER THE HOOD...WELL UNDER THE HOOD SLEEPS A THOROUGHBRED PEDIGREE THAT IS JUST WAITING FOR SOME EXERCISEAND GOOD WHOLESOME FUN.

  
  EXTRA-RARE 1993 ORIGINAL MERCEDES-BENZ 500 E. FROM 1990 TO 1994 (MODEL YEARS 1991-1994), MERCEDES-BENZ SOLD A HIGH-PERFORMANCE VERSION OF THE W124, THE MERCEDES-BENZ 500 E (W124.036). THE 500 E WAS CREATED IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH PORSCHE; EACH 500 E WAS HAND-BUILT BY PORSCHE AND MERCEDES-BENZ, BEING TRANSPORTED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE MERCEDES PLANT AND PORSCHE'S ROSSLE-BAU PLANT IN ZUFFENHAUSEN, GERMANY DURING ASSEMBLY -- TAKING A FULL 18 DAYS TO COMPLETE EACH MODEL. DESIGN BEGAN IN 1989 AND INTO 1991. CALLED '500 E' THROUGH MODEL YEAR 1993, FOR MODEL YEAR 1994 IT WAS FACE-LIFTED ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE RANGE AND RENAMED TO 'E 500'.

  CALLED THE "Wolf inSheep's Clothing" BY THE PRESS, PERFORMANCE TESTS OF THE DAY YIELDED IMPRESSIVE RESULTS: 0-100kn/h (0-62mph) TIMES OF 5.5 TO 6.0 SECONDS AND ACCELERATION THROUGH THE QUARTER-MILE (0.4 km) IN 14.1 SECONDS AT 163 km/h (~101 mph). THE TOP SPEED WAS REDLINE LIMITED AT 6,000 rpm TO 260 km/h (~160 mph). IT WAS RATED AT 16.8 l/100 km (14 mpg)IN THE CITY AND 13.9 L/100 km (17 mph) ON THE HIGHWAY.

  WITH ITS AGGRESSIVE STANCE: 1.5 INCHES WIDER TRACK, 0.9 INCH LOWER PROFILE, FLARED FENDERS, SIDE SKIRTS, FRONT AIR-DAM AND WIDE TIRES, THE 500 E IS EASILY DISTINGUISHED FROM ITS LESSER BRETHREN. BECAUSE OF ITS LOOK, LIMITED NUMBERS, HAND-BUILT CONSTRUCTION AND UNIQUE PEDIGREE, THE 500 E IS ALREADY A "CLASSIC", EVEN WITHIN MERCEDES-BENZ.

  USA 1993 AND 1994 PRODUCTION ONLY 1596500E's MADE.

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