Do you own a GWagen from 1995 to 1997?

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mortinson
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I have always been intrigued at the almost total lack of G-Wagens imported/registered in the UK in the years 1995 to 1997. I believe that very few units were imported in these, the last years of RHD G-Wagens officially imported by Mercedes-Benz UK.

But the UK was not an isolated case. I have the data of registrations in these years in Spain and the number of G-Wagens registered there are minute: 21 in 1995, 7 in 1996 and 10 in 1995 and these include personal imports of used cars :roll: :roll: :roll:

Obviously it is very difficult to get hold of the numbers for the UK, but if we were to trust Caversham Garage, they have a 1996 G300 advertised for sale (for £28,950 !!!!) as "being one of the 6 imported in 1996" (see http://www.autobaseuk.com/bin/findcar.dll?site=autobaseuk&idno=CAVR01000028 ).

As things stand, I would love to know if any of those Gs are in the hands of a GWOA enthusiast.... do you own one of such cars? If so let us know.....

Cheers

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Re: Do you own a GWagen from 1995 to 1997?

Hi Jesus thanks for the info..... it's just that I was researching the provenance of that particular vin number as I was led to believe that it was a direct import into the Republic of Ireland but the dealer code shows 537 which is GB.Marty has recently got a 96 463 GEL which is supposed to be one of six RHD uk imports for that year...rgds Peter

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Re: Do you own a GWagen from 1995 to 1997?

Hi Jesus....

Yep, bought that 1996 300 GEL, which was discussed at length. Still a work in progress.... thinking of an LPG conversion for one....

Delighted with it, the seats + door cards are a lot more modern than its predecessors. Aircon a nice addition to boot.

I see Nik (Wheelhouse) has its sister.... a silver 300, also of 1996 vintage. I'd have it too, but divorce would surely follow!!

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Re: Do you own a GWagen from 1995 to 1997?

marraige gets in the way of many ambitions we have :oops:

i too have my eye on that G300 at wheelhouse :wink:

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Re: Do you own a GWagen from 1995 to 1997?

The Wheelhouse site is sparse and no pics.

I scanned it and didn't pay attention to it last time it was mentioned. That one is RHD then? Hmmm.

We have been finding the SWB too small recently.