Because these are specialized, expensive cars, the community holds that presentation and provenance matter almost as much as condition: full service records, few owners, and a knowledgeable seller can add tens of thousands, while a poorly presented car from a dealer with no SLR experience and many prior owners gets torpedoed. Buyers are reminded they are buying the seller as much as the car.
Presentation, records and owner count drive price
Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren (C199) · buying