Mercedes-Benz 280 SL-Automatic

Convertible, on the road from 1968 to 1971.

1 register with powertrain counts

1968–1971
Registered: 2 countries
On the road in: Top 50%
Worldwide popularity: #1127
in Netherlands

Popular in

Rank in each official register

#1127

#2689

🇳🇱nl 🇫🇮fi

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Canonical id car/mercedes-benz/280-sl-automatic · dataset 2026.11.9, CC-BY 4.0, from real registration and fleet counts.

On the record

Where the Mercedes-Benz 280 SL-Automatic is on the road, and since when, from each country's official register.

Where it's been spotted

Finland #2689 Netherlands #1127

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register, with the model's rank there where the register counts it. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Mercedes-Benz 280 SL-Automatic on record. A last year of 2026 is the newest year in the data, not the year the model ended.

Netherlands: 1965–1978; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland: 1992; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Registration history

Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

Finland: surviving fleet by first-registration year: on record 1992

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Powertrains on record

1 register with powertrain counts

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{
  "id": "car/mercedes-benz/280-sl-automatic",
  "name": "280 SL-Automatic",
  "make": {
    "id": "mercedes-benz",
    "name": "Mercedes-Benz"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "convertible",
  "availability": [
    "fi",
    "nl"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 6,
    "mass_decile": 5,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [],
  "years": null,
  "registration_years": {
    "first": 1968,
    "last": 1971
  },
  "era": null,
  "enrichment": null,
  "enrichment_gated": true,
  "dataset_version": "2026.11.9",
  "upgrade_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/pricing",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "VehiclesDB",
    "url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
    "license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit — see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.11.9"
  }
}

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One row of vehicles.csv

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kind: car
make_slug: mercedes-benz
make_name: Mercedes-Benz
model_slug: 280-sl-automatic
model_name: 280 SL-Automatic
body_types: convertible
countries: fi|nl
regions: eu
global_popularity_decile: 6
mass_popularity_decile: 5
aliases: ∅
former_ids: ∅