Mercedes-Benz · 1963
230 SL Pagoda
Manual · RWD · Germany
AutoIndex value · good UK car
£62,000
Researched from UK sold prices and auction results. How we value cars
Estimated price by condition
Project
£37,200
Restoration candidate
Driver
£62,000
Good usable example
Concours
£93,000
Show standard
Indicative condition bands · not a valuation of a particular car
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Buyer’s notes
About the Mercedes-Benz 230 SL Pagoda
The 230 SL, launched at Geneva in March 1963, was the first Pagoda: a two-seater on a shortened saloon floorpan with a fuel-injected 2.3-litre six of 150 PS, and the first sports car designed around a rigid passenger cell with crumple zones. Eugen Böhringer won the Spa–Sofia–Liège in one that year, and 19,831 were built by early 1967. It is the lightest and purest of the Pagodas.
What moves the price
- Body condition, the largest single driver of value: structural repair is skilled and expensive.
- Specification: the hardtop present, a manual gearbox, factory colours, and UK right-hand drive, which was a small minority of production.
- History: a full specialist service record, ideally with the original order documents.
Before you buy, check
- Rust in the sills, floor pans, inner and outer wings, jacking points, boot floor and spare-wheel well, headlamp bowls, front valance and rear chassis legs.
- Who last set up the Bosch mechanical injection pump: well set up it runs crisply; badly adjusted it idles roughly and starts poorly when hot.
- The data card from Mercedes-Benz Classic, to confirm the original market, colour, trim, gearbox and options.
From our research for Mercedes-Benz SL · Pagoda to R129, which covers it in full.
Vehicle data
Specifications
From 1963
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Mercedes-Benz 230 SL Pagoda: value questions answered
- How much is a Mercedes-Benz 230 SL Pagoda worth?
- A good, usable UK example of the Mercedes-Benz 230 SL Pagoda is worth around £62,000 on the AutoIndex index. A project car that needs restoration is nearer £37,200, and a concours-quality example around £93,000. Condition moves the price more than anything else.
- What makes one 230 SL Pagoda worth more than another?
- Service history and paperwork — complete, stamped, explained
- Mileage against the norm for the model
- Originality — matching numbers, original paint and trim
- Specification — gearbox, colour, factory options
- UK-supplied versus imported
- Is the 230 SL Pagoda I'm looking at fairly priced?
- Enter its asking price and condition in the price check above. It compares the price with the index for that condition and tells you what to ask the seller about.
- How many 230 SL Pagoda cars were built?
- Around 48,912 were built, by our production records.
- Is there a buyer's guide to the 230 SL Pagoda?
- Yes: Mercedes-Benz SL · Pagoda to R129, a 47-page collector’s guide. You can read a complete dossier free before you buy it.
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