SOLD 1994 E500, Canyon Brown / Black, 105kkm, BaT auction (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

[Harv]

Crazy to see these pop up some 15 years later. Car looks great.

 

[gsxr]

Next 100 pics.

 

[gsxr]

Next 100...

 

[gsxr]

and, next 100...

 

[gsxr]

Final 100.

 

[Larwik]

Yes...great looking car...If one would try to bring this to USA/California, the "yellow" emission sticker is great to have however with whatever changes in USA/CDN relations I'm afraid extra tariffs and federalization requests might make it very "painful" ...does anyone know what's involved?...

 

[TimL]

That wouldn’t be a color I’d go for, but you are totally right Dave, this car looks to be in an extremely good condition! If it has a healthy paper trail of work performed over the years this could be a fantastic car to own

 

[sheward]

I think this car may set a price record for a car not tied to a famous owner. Looks very nice.

Similar feelings about the color. I would like it more with a different lower color however I could not be the one to change this original example.

 

[gsxr]

Yes...great looking car...If one would try to bring this to USA/California, the "yellow" emission sticker is great to have however with whatever changes in USA/CDN relations I'm afraid extra tariffs and federalization requests might make it very "painful" ...does anyone know what's involved?...

Tariffs from Canada into USA would be the only unknown. Not sure what, if any, tariffs are applied right know. Google implies it may only be a 2.5% duty. It is allegedly exempt from the heavy 25% Section 232 auto tariffs because it qualifies under the 25-year classic car rule. However there is some conflicting info... also found that for European/German vintage cars (25+ years old), the U.S. enforces a 10% total combined duty. Section 301 rules add a 7.5% surtax on top of your 2.5% base to reach that flat 10% rate. Still, 10% total ain't bad, if accurate.

There are no issues with Federalization. The cars were approved for both USA (all 50 states) and Canada, per the yellow decal. It can even be registered in CA but you might have to argue with the CARB sloths at DMV.

 

[gsxr]

Similar feelings about the color. I would like it more with a different lower color however I could not be the one to change this original example.

Drew, it's already 2-tone... what lower cladding color would you prefer? Just curious.

 

[sheward]

Not sure.... something about the two browns together. Same feelings about the Spruce cars. I like the Spruce in Monotone. Not sure if that would work on this color.

 

[JwashE]

Gorgeous car!

The video of the undercarriage, rockers and bumpers is a master class in how to sell a car in an online auction...

 

[JwashE]

That wouldn’t be a color I’d go for, but you are totally right Dave, this car looks to be in an extremely good condition! If it has a healthy paper trail of work performed over the years this could be a fantastic car to own

I think the color combined with the condition will drive an extremely high price on this one...

 

[gerryvz]

Registry entry: 1994 Mercedes-Benz E500

 

[TerryA]

Great Looking E500! Someone is going to pay dearly for it.

 

[gsxr]

Up to $43k in the first 24 hours.

 

[Surf Blau]

Second Rosenholz-car in one week, amazing!

 

[Otrebla49]

Same feelings about the Spruce cars. I like the Spruce in Monotone. Not sure if that would work on this color.

On a W202 C-Class it would look approximately aa on these attached pics (plus a W124 in Spruce Green metallic as reference too for your liking).
Notice the Canyon Brown metallic also had the strip (onto bumpers and side cladding, only with Sport/Elegance trims) painted in the secondary colour of the E500 from this thread.
Classic/Esprit trims had these spots as normal black unpainted plastic.

Registry entry: 1994 Mercedes-Benz E500

Thanks Gerry for pointing that out!
And now with new photos from current auction as well.

Alberto

 

[g300d]

I really like this color!

Brazil Brown would be a good interior color for it IMO.

 

[Harv]

$73,000 going into the final day. Safe to say this one is selling, I think.

 

[Ctibulschii]

Hey look my twin very stunning example, I thought mine is the only one in Rosewood in NA in such condition but looks like there another one. How many Rosewoods were imported to Canada? I know there were 6 total in US.

 

[Harv]

I'm sorry.. it just sold for WHAT?!

 

[Ctibulschii]

Holy cow!!! I need to talk to the buyer somehow

 

[sheward]

WOW. I was confident it would go over 6 figures.

 

[g300d]

Fine, I'll check BAT myself lol

EDIT: Wow! Did not see that coming!

 

[g300d]

Is the .036 market is going crazy? I wonder if it gets relisted for $250k lol.

 

[Otrebla49]

WINNING BID - $177,777 - striking out come!

Alberto

 

[EazyE]

If coming to US even more fees to pay on top of that WOW PRICE

 

[gsxr]

Top bidders below. This was a battle - well, more of a cage match - between two bidders that (1) hated money, and (B) hated the thought of losing. The bid increments were so high it was almost comical. I've never seen anything like this before on any 036 auction. Screenshots also added below of the top bid increments. Also of note, the entire cage match lasted all of 3 minutes. Apparently someone was busy and didn't have time to drag out the death of a thousand paper cuts with $250 increments over 1-2 hours.

This also muddied the waters as to actual market value, excluding the two multi-millionaires. There was super strong support for the $70-$80k range with six total bidders in that area. However with the next bid at $100k, we don't know how many people would have gone into the 80's or 90's.

I was guessing this particular car was going to land somewhere around $100k but never imagined this result. As noted earlier, this is probably one of the nicest 036's to hit the market in years, with a low odometer reading, and almost zero deferred maintenance, nor nits to pick (noted back in post #49). I joked that I was going to offer a set of correct lug bolts to the winner at $500, but after seeing the result, that price was modestly increased to $5k.

I'm probably forgetting some nice ones, but I think the last 036 in similar condition may have been TimL's car? However, Tim's 500E had higher miles and was the most common paint color (199), along with some minor modifications. (I'm not counting 600Eric's car since that was a restoration deal.) This E500 was one of 22 worldwide in Rosewood / Canyon Brown. 8 of those were imported to North America, but only ONE of the 8 had Black interior. And, this E500 was, I believe, 100% stock. The presentation was possibly the best I've ever seen. I'm not sure GSXR could have done a better job with presentation.




$177,777 bid placed by VRP-RU
$160,000 bid placed by CVLC
$77,000 bid placed by GATTONE
$76,000 bid placed by Mucsi
$74,500 bid placed by jpmwc
$73,000 bid placed by fuenfhundertE
$71,000 bid placed by Edgarok555
$69,000 bid placed by GTamburrino
$65,500 bid placed by NefariousNewt
$61,036 bid placed by Baterup

 

[b613p]

The Bitcoin Benz? 2013 listed for $21k. 2026 sold at BAT auction for $177,777.

 

[gerryvz]

We’ll see if the deal actually gets CONSUMMATED at that price. Something leads me to believe this much money may not actually be changing hands for this car.

 

[gsxr]

We’ll see if the deal actually gets CONSUMMATED at that price. Something leads me to believe this much money may not actually be changing hands for this car.

I think it might. Here are some previous wins from the same bidder / buyer.