1989 Mercedes SL R129 development
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- Опубликовано: 14 апр 2018
- The world premiere of the new 129 series SL in March 1989 belonged to the main attractions of the Geneva Motor Show. The new types 300 SL, 300 SL-24 and 500 SL showed no common features with their preceding models except for their overall concept. Just like 18 years before, when the 350 SL demonstrated a great number of innovative construction details in automotive progress, the 129 series SL now also was a completely new car.
The new SL generation convinced by a harmonic and very successful stylistic shape. It expressed dynamics, sportiness, but also comfort and elegance. On the one hand, the design presented itself traditional, on the other hand, its new solutions of many details looked far into the future. Thus, for instance, the radiator grill, the legendary trade mark of the SL models, had been newly interpreted on the basis of remaining traditional shapes. In contrast to the preceding types, where the broad chrome frame and the star were dominant, the radiator cowling was now organically integrated into the engine bonnet. The star, now the only chrome decoration of the car, had been completed by horizontal lamellas of anodized aluminium.
Considerable improvements as to passive safety could be achieved in comparison to the preceding models. With high efforts in development the exemplary safety standard of the saloons and coupés could also be reached in the SL. Since there was no normal roof unit, a basically different body structure and therefore an intensive development work was demanded. The envisioned impact-resistant passenger compartment was achieved by combining several structural elements. Included were, first of all, a specially stiff body platform with high-strength metal sheets, large supporting elements as well as flexural resistant transitions from the A-pillars and the rear side parts to the frame side rails. The doors played a decisive role. By a well-devised bead of the door shell inner panel they functioned as a pressure resistant link between the front wall pillar and the centre pillar. Thus they contributed to preserving the survival space in case of a collision.
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My R129 was a retirement present to myself and after aching to own one of these for 25 years I have a perfect 1999 SL320 that is mine for ever!
Complimenti. Ottima scelta .
You'll never beat this over engineering nor attention to detail I only drive 90s German cars... The best or nothing.
w208 is superb in v6 or v8 fashion
Truth is they are ALL superb, it only depends on your taste..
Me tooo
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I just bought a 96 SL500 for $1500 bucks. It runs great, but its a salvage title and has lots of little things wrong with it.
When the 129 was first launched, I instantly loved it. I was about 18 and went to the local dealer, who'd just received their demonstrator. It was being kept in a separate room because it was before the official launch. They kindly let me in to go and have a look at it. It was stunning. I remember - when nobody was looking - kissing the badge on the bonnet! Finally, in 2019, I bought a 1999 R129 after searching for about 2 years. Fantastic car.
Just saw one at the neighbors damned still damned good looking
The last "painfully beautiful" SL... I will never sell mine, nor my W140 S-Class. Built like a tank and designed to last forever. Thanks for uploading
The R129 and W140 are two of the best Benzes ever created. They just don’t make them like they used to. The follow up R230 and W220 generations quality dropped off of a cliff as Daimler-Chrysler decided to cut development and manufacturing costs in order to increase profits.
Si "dolorosamente bella". Fortunato davvero chi possiede delle auto come le sue. Complimenti davvero.
almost 30 years ago, it still takes my breath away in the streets
I own one of these and will never let it go. What an outstanding built quality!
So do i
quality stopped in end of the 1999th
Me too 1994 Sl500 i love my car
Beethoven80
I hope they keep on appreciating in value.
Omg look at these mofos.. latest model is best
I can remember when the R129 hit the showrooms at Mercedes Benz dealers in North America for the 1990 model year. They were leaps and bounds ahead of the competition and the full automatic folding soft top convertible was the first of its kind. Even 30 years later, they still look gorgeous just like the day they were manufactured!
Hi Ken - bet Bill misses your informed comments on Autohaus of Naples! Don't you just love these cars!
There was no competition
I have a 92 500sl and I can say the build quality is exceptional I love everything about this little car
Proud owner of a 1995 SL500 M119! Never letting it go!
Look at 0:55 how Bruno Sacco anticipated the front grill pulled in front of the headlights. Nowadays, this has become standard automotive design. How advanced his design has always been!
Beethoven80 your approach is correct. However that design was dismissed. Rather they spend all 80s and 90s drawing horizontal lines along the grill and bumpers. Excuse me everyone but now days shapes and volumes so oversized it turns churlish for me. Specially those huge and protruding grills
Gretings
Bruno Sacco Design. I am lucky to own 4 of his designed cars. Please check my video
Its a very italian ferrari thing
I just pick up my 2nd one. 1997 SL500 Sport with 30K Miles.... What a fantastic car. It's held up well in every aspect from design to engineering. Such a great car to drive.
Philip Davies Enjoy it
I have owned my 1999 SL320 for 3 years now and still love it! Daily driver with 93,000 miles still turns heads and gets favourable comments. Had to renew ECU and had a tiny bit of rust attended to but that is it so far. Will need new windows stitched into soft top when I take the panoramic roof off in Spring time.All I have spent out has been as I expected on a 20 year old car. Love the quality, looks, performance and how it makes me feel to drive with the roof off in Summer. Lovely!
Jon Boy - i’ve had my 99 SL500 for 2 1/2 years now. It had the metal hardtop when I purchased it but I was able to locate a matching panoramic top about a year ago and what a huge difference it makes in the outside appearance and the beauty of a full view through the roof from the inside looking out. The panoramic tops are so rare and I was really lucky to find one that matched my car inside and out.
Thanks Bruno!
If you own a good one today, you’ll never let it go anymore.Our 1995 SL320 with five speed auto is a family member since long time. I admit these cars can be quite a diva in recent days, but, how many 28 year old cars with so much innovation and hightech on board are so reliable, beautiful and fun to drive. I Also would like to recommend to become a patreon of this great channel!
Ich habe damals als Ingenieurspraktikant den R129 von Nikki Lauda zur Abgabe fertiggestellt.
Nach vielen Schwingungstests und Probefahrten konnte ich das Vorzeigefahrzeug meinem
damaligen Abteilungsleiter, Herrn Ehlender, und dem Technischen Direktor, Herrn Dr. Zeyfang, vorstellen.
Mein Erfolg wurde leider niemals erwähnt ...
These cars are beautiful. I have a 99 SL500 and still in 2018 when I take her out with the top down I get so many compliments and people stop me to talk about it. Cant tell you how many offers I've had on her. Mercedes just makes timeless vehicles.
I plan to will my 93 600SL to my grandson when it’s 50 years old. I love that car.
This is my favorite generation of the SL ever. Timeless Bruno Sacco design, one of his best works along with the R230 SL and W140 and C140 Sonderklasse. Hopefully Mercedes-Benz can redesign the current SL and get sales back on track. It would be a shame for them to be forced to discontinue the SL if it continues to sell fewer than 2,000 units per year.
Gedaman - rumors of discontinuing the SL have been floating around for a couple of years. Many auto manufacturers are putting a majority of their design eggs in the SUV basket. Mercedes Benz, Porsche, Alfa Romeo, Maserati, and even Lamborghini are all producing horribly boring looking SUVs. Although I understand that they are useful and for many family applications, desirable and practical, SUVs are the most God awful boring looking design of a vehicle I’ve ever seen (aside from full size utility vans which of course serve a very functional purpose). But when something sells well, manufacturers will obviously produce more of them. I would like to see opinions regarding what vehicles being produced today will be looked at 30 years from now as Classics or timeless designs. I can guarantee you not a single one will be an SUV.
4:54 HAHA with music looks superb :)
I go to the garage late at night and open and.shut the door just to hear that think!! Sound. it is a vault!
I got my SL 300 24 in 1992 and I still drive it besides new Boxster 718, V167, Audis etc. Yet this R129 is the one I like most of all. While technical topics have already been vastly delt with Id like to add a few thoughts which you might not be aware of. 1. Ordering an SL in Germany meant having to wait for 3 years before taking delivery. 2. Contracts were traded at a premium of 20k deutschmarks, worth about 20k€ in today's money or about 15% of the dealer price on top. 3. The 911, albeit unique too, was a peace of crap compared to the R129 at the time. Every time I opened the soft top, a crowd of people was gathering around my car with their eyes focused on any single part that was moving. As for spare parts, Ive invested around 30k€ to date. Not including any labour costs. As a result my R129's current market value is probably in access of 30k€ while the R107 is testing 100k territory. How I got this car? A college mate of my father - an authorised MB dealer - called us one day ... offering us a contract inclunding a 3% cash discount. More than happy to accept.
Fascinating. I'm obsessed with my 92'
Does your car leak?
Lea Vohn - that’s a pretty broad question. Are you having problems with water leakage from your top, or hydraulic fluid down the A pillars from the actuators that lock the top in place at the top of the windshield?
AWESOME video!!!!
Love my 1996 SL320.
A very beautiful car / ein wunderschönes Auto. Gezeichnet von Bruno Sacco, einem der besten Designer der Welt.
Probably one of the best SL ever made...i've a 1990 AMG version ,pre-merc acquisition And i LOVE IT...this Benz have no rivals
I have a 1999 329 and I love it. Man these must have caused a stir when they arrived!
This has been my dream car for many years. Luckily I found a 96 SL500 and picked it up immediately
Just picked up a sl 600 for pennies needed a trans so my friend rebuilt it with modern tech tricks and this car is a hoot! 64 yrs old tryin not to smoke the tires in my neighborhood !
Smoke'em if you got'em.....🤷♂️
Love my '97
Never knew these R129 SL innovated seatbelt integrated seats headrests moved with the mounted seatbelts. Learned something ! Gotta love the supreme fitment to the driver they provide in the later R230 too. The only 2 generations to use them.
There's only one thing missing here; a standing star on the bonnet. So the driver could follow the star.
Здравствуйте! Машина легенда, у меня есть sl500 1993 r129 m119 машину нужно восстанавливать, на машину смотрят и удивляются какие легендарные автомобили делают в мерседес!
This was the pinnacle of Mercedes engineering, IMO. I don't care for any of the new models.
Depends what you can afford really..
@@trexmidnite Why do people always assume those of us who love old MBs can't afford new ones? Come to my work and you'll see a parking lot full of $50- $130000 vehicles. Pickup trucks. Land Cruisers. S class Mercedes. BMWs. Cadillac CTS type V. Lexus' of all kinds. And my 30 year old Benz wagon.
I just overspent for that 1991 wagon in fact. Low miles. Diesel. 5 speed. A rarity in this country and about as uncomplicated as they get.
I don't like the new ones much. I'll stick to my 1991 250TD and 1995 E320.
trex midnite yeah and you can only afford a new A class LOL
Last best SL ever
I’d rather be driving my car then have it spend much time in the dealership having a DS repaired ABC repaired roof repaired seals repaired the list goes on you can spend thousands and thousands on our 230 all to have it all go wrong again in a few years
The superior roadster in the 90th and it is still one of the best cars ever,drove a 320 SL for many years,great experience!
one of the beauty Mercedes Maker make
I just bought )’97 SL500. Totally smitten with it...😍
Fantastic engineering unlike today...
super film !!!!!! Very interesting !!!
i own a 1994 sl500, very iconic and timeless car. Such beatifull to see, own and drive!
Love this Great Find!
ein schönes neues Jahr 2019 🤗
I Love My 1991 300SL
my fav Mercedes model
Great car,have 95 and 99 ,looking for 2002 last production year
Have a 98 sl500 roadsters but has many miles. Still runs great but upkeep is killing me. Trying to stay current with maintenance and small repairs. Car of my dreams. Kills me to think of selling her but would rather see restored to mint by another sl500 enthusiast that could finish it out. The most outstanding vehicle one can covet. I just love these beauties.
Truly one of the greatest cars ever made!
Benz‘s craftsmanship is way more better than nowadays Japanese engineers！
Debatable.
excelente machine..................mi favorito...................
The car of my Dreams!! Mercedes Benz. the best or nothing... the best engineering of the world
My all time favorite Mercedes!
Sehr schöner SL 👌
Been wanting one for a few years now...
Best video ever
Love it !!!!
Are there more videos like this? I like it very much 😄
There are such videos. But judging by the views, these videos few people like them))
OldBenz Unfortunately 😕
Die musik ist geil!! Das auto auch!!😘
Damn! I want a big ass glove box in my SL500 like the one at 12:41!! I have never seen one of those in an R129.
I could be wrong here, but my 91 300sl did have a glove box like the vid but it didnt have passenger airbags. When I updated/refreshed all the parts from 2000 sl320 the glove box was gone, replaced with passenger airbags.
I wished I still had the glove box.
This model came out in 1989 and ended in 2001 unbelievable
Неміс халқы керемет ғажап жарайсыңдар мен сендерді өте қатты құрметпен қараймын.
Отличный автомобиль😉👍
Que hermoso auto de mis sueños
what a beauty
Bravo!!!
Great
Would be awesome if you could find a video on the W211
ein wunder schönes cabrio, mit einer wunder schönen vorm, ich besitze ein sl r 129 300 24 v, bj 93 in blau schwarz, ich liebe mein baby sehr,
I remember hearing of people paying $10K over msrp because there was a waiting list to take delivery, upwards of $90-100K for 500SL!!
that famous roll over clip at 1:53 does show the right side of roll bar does and window frame collapse since it more of the brunt of the force during the roll over..the drivers side survived since it didn't same impact...maybe not so good for the passenger
No wonder they weigh nearly 2tonnes , the seat must weigh 100kgs with all those motors and pulleys in it. Proper car built by the greatest auto engineers.
Nice music
Золотые времена были!!!
Да!!! 👍
Bruno Sacco's masterpiece
Beside the w126
1989 Mercedes-Benz SL R129 development.
The oldest, viewed at 0'34, is the very much beautiful SL ! 😁
Thanks a lot, my 300SL maybe is the oldest one on the road. Build in 11/1988. Yes 11/1988 and I am Talking about a 300SL R129. Almadinrot and champagne interior. I like this car so much
best music for this video
0:38 Interessant, dass BB-ST410 damals die gängige Nummer war.
Los mejores
I. Own a 260 e 4 d. 4 door. 1989 in fantastic . My storey is yet to be told
Realistic Dream car Since Need For Speed 3 :D
Is this a royalty free music?? Can i use it in a video?
والله فنانين
Name of soundtrack please?
Lea Vohn - the artist is Jonathan MT.
the name of the track is Dreaming Of Anything - Darling You Are My World.
The best or nothing!!!
Not counting the experiment by Ford with the 1958 Fairlane, this is the first car with a reliable, self folding hard top and boot. And those crash tests - this car would get a 4 star safety rating even by 2019-2020 standards. They had the reinforced occupant safety structure long before the rest of the world implemented it. Look at how well the occupants are protected. The windshield frame stays square and the doors are still in alignment and can be easily opened.
Sorry to say that, but the R129 NEVER Hand a folding Hardtop. The hardtop is in one piece and you can lift it by hand. Under the hardtop you have a softtop, hydraulic driven by 12 hydraulic cylinders.
Mercedes was so far ahead on safety, even in the 70s. They were already doing offset frontal crashes and roof strength (rollover) testing and innovating so much of what we take for granted in todays cars. Passenger safety cells. Anti submarining seats. Pedestrian safety. Etc.
Had every one except the first generation
Anyone know the name of the music?
Red 1990 sl500 chrome wheels 69000 miles. Only problem is the dash flash
i wishd id had 560sel and 280sl
sorry the Germans do not release this model at the present time. would leave this design, but improve the filling ... there would be a lot of buyers all over the world! I would like to see a repeat of this design with the company Mercedes in the future!
Bruno Saco designed this 🚗
06:35 Wurde ja tatsächlich auf deutschen Strassen getestet. Ob das heute immer noch so gemacht wird?
04:15 ... M103, im R129 noch mit KE-Jetronic oder schon mit Motronic ?
KE Jetronic
👍😍
German's ancient technologies...
Proud owner
👍👍👍😍😍😍
Name of this music pleeez ?!!?!
Arp Bounce by Geographer
thanx man ,,,, by the way magnificence uploading .. keep going
❤ERCEDES BENZ
Everybody knows that Lady Di owned one back in the 90ies. But can someone confirm me that the oldest daughter of ex-king Juan Carlos of Spain owned one. Her name Elena Isabella de Borbon.
If so, i could be the actual owner of that car since that is what i can see in the service book as the first owners name.
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