Used Car of the Day: 1996 Mercedes-Benz C280

by Tim Healey

Published: April 15th, 2024

used car of the day 1996 mercedes benz c280

Today we bring you a rust-free 1996 Mercedes-Benz C280.

The seller says it's all stock except for a front sway bar and it has always been garaged -- apparently it's "like showroom" in terms of quality.

Well, almost -- the head gasket is leaking. So the car runs but would need to be towed until that can be addressed, since coolant is leaking too quickly. There are also some minor dents and dings.

Our New York-based seller is asking just $2,000 and the miles are a tick under 100K.

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Ras815 on Apr 16, 2024

"Showroom quality"? Which showroom would that be - a rural small-town used car lot?

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Cprescott on Apr 16, 2024

Remember the days when German automakers built reliable cars? Now you'd be lucky to get 40k miles out of them before the gremlins had babies.

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Theflyersfan One day, some of these sellers will come to the realization that cars are not houses and putting expensive upgrades into one doesn't equal a higher selling price down the road. $29,000? The only Challenger that has a chance of value down the road, and only with low miles, is the Hellcat.
SaulTigh The Cyclone engine was really powerful, but with a fatal flaw. Ask me how I know.
Tassos You can answer your own question for yourself, Tim, if you ask instead"Have Japanese (or Korean) Automakers Eaten Everyone's Lunch"?I am sure you can answer it without my help.
Tassos WHile this IS a legitimate used car, unlike the vast majority of Tim's obsolete 30 and 40 year old pieces of junk, the price is ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. It is not even a Hellcat. WHat are you paying for? The low miles? I wish it had DOUBLE the miles, which would guarantee it was regularly driven AND well maintained these 10 years, and they were easy highway miles, not damaging stop-go city miles!!!
Tassos Silly and RIdiculous.The REAL Tassos.