Explore Klipnik’s comprehensive buying guides, comparisons, and reviews on used Mercedes-Benz vehicles, including the best years to buy and those to avoid.
If you’ve been following the used car market, you might be feeling a little discombobulated. After several years of pandemic-related inventory shortages and price hikes, the cost of the average used car has finally started to…
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For December 15, 2023, our used car find is this 2002 Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG with 53k miles and a single California owner. It’s offered by a private seller on Craigslist in Los Angeles for $19,500 or best offer. Here’s what makes…
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For November 24, 2023, our used car find is this well-kept 2010 Mercedes-Benz C300 sedan with a rare six-speed manual transmission. This example is offered by a private seller on Craigslist in Orange County, California, for…
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What matters most when shopping for a used vehicle? Buyers typically consider how it drives, how safe or fuel-efficient it is, or how much it costs to maintain. But there’s another factor that can greatly influence each of these…
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For January 18, 2022, our used car find is this unusually nice 2003 Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG sedan with just 66k miles. It’s offered on Craigslist by a private seller in the Eugene Oregon area for $25,000 or best offer. Here’s…
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AMG gets lots of press for souping up high-end Mercedes-Benz models, such as the autobahn-storming, 621-horsepower CL65. But the engineers at Affalterbach also have a long history of tinkering with cars from the lower rungs of…
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The E-Class may not be the most iconic car to come from Mercedes-Benz. That honor likely belongs to something a bit more extravagant, such as the 300SL Gullwing. But that doesn’t make the E-Class any less significant to the…
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For December 20, 2021, our used car find is this extremely well-preserved, two-owner 1981 Mercedes-Benz 300D sedan with just 84k miles. It’s offered on Craigslist by a private seller in the Richmond Virginia area for $11,750 …
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If you’ve been shopping for a used off-road SUV lately, you’ve probably noticed something. They’re expensive. Especially models that have a strong reputation for tackling the trails with aplomb. But you don’t have to spend the…
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One of the very best modifications you can make to a W123-series Mercedes is swapping its original 14-inch steel wheels for aluminum versions of the same. The aluminum rims (pictured above) are the same dimensions as the original…
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The Sonderklasse — German for “special class,” or “S-Class” for short — is the ultimate Mercedes-Benz sedan. Each iteration, dating back to the 1950s, has been a showcase for the automaker’s best design, features, and…
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It’s been a little more than three months and almost 2000 miles since I picked up the Colorado Beige 240D from its original owner in California, so I thought it might be time for a fuel economy update. In that time, I’ve driven…
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Once I got the 240D home to Seattle, it was time for a good sorting. This is something I do with pretty much every used car I buy: take it to the best specialist in the area for a complete evaluation — from hood ornament to …
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For August 1, 2021, our used car find is this 2004 Mercedes-Benz E500 4matic wagon with 98k miles. It’s offered on Craigslist by a private seller in the Portland area for $7800 or best offer. Here’s what makes this one…
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For July 20, 2021, our used car find is this 2002 Mercedes-Benz CLK55 AMG with just 65k miles. It’s offered on Craigslist by a private seller in the Bay Area for $12,800 or best offer. Here’s what makes this one special….
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