If you like your cars rare, forget a new Ferrari, Lamborghini or Aston - they're as common as potholes on a B-road. No, what you want is a W124 Mercedes convertible (all right, all right A124, if we're being picky).
Now, before you think we've gone mad in some way, we do mean a very specific type of W124 -
An E36 AMG Cabriolet
. And by rare, we mean really rare. Mercedes made fewer than 200 E36 AMGs in total, of which only 14 were right-hand-drive soft-tops. And this is one of those.
So owning it would make you part of a seriously exclusive club. But if £20,995 still sounds like quite a lot for a 17-year-old Mercedes convertible with 111,000 miles on the clock, consider this: a 272hp, 284lb ft 3.6-litre straight six.
That's 'only' enough for 0-62mph in 7.2 seconds, but the cruiser-turned-bruiser will keep going until 155mph, which is a fair old speed for one of these.
Amazingly, the guys selling this car are also selling a 'complete collection' of E36 AMGs so, if you must have a fixed roof over your head, you could pick
this E36 AMG coupe
(positively common as one of 24 RHD examples, hence the £11,995 asking price, we suppose).
Alternatively, you could go for the saloon version (an even greater bargain at £10,995, and one of 12 RHD cars built). Sadly, the estate doesn't appear on Avantgarde's stock list, so we can only presume that it's been sold. But then you can't have everything in life, we guess...
MERCEDES E36 AMG CABRIOLET
Engine: 3,606cc straight-six
Transmission: 4-speed auto, rear-wheel drive
Power (hp): 272hp@5,750rpm
Torque (lb ft): 284@3,750-4,500rpm
MPG: 27.1mpg at 56mph
CO2: N/A
First registered: 1995
Recorded mileage:111,000
Yours for: £20,995
Check out the other AMG Mercedes we have for sale on PH here