When it comes to luxury roadsters — two-seat, top-down cars purposely built to ferry their well-heeled owners in al fresco comfort and style — there are perhaps none more iconic than the Mercedes-Benz ...

While most people fetishize Porsches from the air-cooled era or the first BMW M cars from the '80s and '90s, some choose to idolize another premium German sports car, even though it is more of an open ...

The R129-generation Mercedes-Benz SL is an often overlooked classic. Early cars like this one offer the purest design and a comprehensive features list. The 500SL is the best of the breed, and this ...

The 1989-2001 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class marked the 30th anniversary of its debut this month, celebrating the car that served as the German marque's halo model in the 1990s. Revealed at the Geneva motor ...

The fourth generation of the legendary Mercedes-Benz SL Roadster was launched almost a quarter of a century ago, with the SL R129 being unveiled in March 1989 at the Geneva Motor Show. Follow us: ...

The original SL was a bit of a world-beater when it debuted, what with being the fastest road car ever at that point. Being based on a race car meant the handling wasn’t exactly shabby, as evidenced ...

The R129 SL 500 was the first Mercedes to combine cutting-edge technology with legendary Mercedes build quality. It set a new standard for future models, resulting in both significant quality and rust ...

Thirty years old this year, there's still much going for the '129 SL - here's what to look for... If you want a quality convertible with the potential to take you, the OH and a couple of smallish ...

The R129 wasn’t short on special editions, either. The ultra-exclusive Mille Miglia edition was launched in 1995 to mark the 40th anniversary of Sir Stirling Moss’s iconic 1955 race win, for example, ...