2008 Mercedes-Benz SL — £10,995 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 12 June 2026 | Foxhunter Trading Estate, Whitley Bay
£10,995
64,500 miles | Petrol | Automatic | Convertible
Listing Quality
82/100
Good
vs Market Average
+23%
Above Market
Value Retention
45/100
Moderate Depreciation
Our Verdict
82 /100

This 2008 Mercedes-Benz SL is listed at £10,995 by Oakwood Specialist Cars in Foxhunter Trading Estate. It has 64,500 miles on the clock. At 23% above the market average of £8,923, this is priced on the higher side compared to 5 similar listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £2,260/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2008
Make Mercedes-Benz
Model SL
Body Style Convertible
Colour Silver
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Automatic
Mileage 64,500 miles
Engine 3.5L
Highlights
3.5 SL350 Convertible 2dr Petrol 7G-Tronic (236 g/km315 bhp) 19" ALLOYS + AIR SCARVES + LOW MILES + FSH
All Features & Equipment (53)
3.5 SL350 Convertible 2dr Petrol 7G-Tronic (236 g/km315 bhp) 19" ALLOYS + AIR SCARVES + LOW MILES + FSHTop speed155 mph0 to 606.2 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)265Engine power (BHP)315Extra Urban (mpg)38.2Urban (mpg)19.8Combined (mpg)28.5Cylinders - bore (mm)93TransmissionAutomaticNumber of gears7Cylinders - stroke (mm)86CC3,498Cylinders6CO2 (g/km)236Standard Euro emissionsEuro 4Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantExternal Temperature DisplayMirrors InternalHeadlamp WashHeated Washer JetsMirrors External (Electric Heated/Folding)Spare Wheel (Space Saver)Windscreen WiperHeight1317mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4532mmWheelbase2560mmWidth2033mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up) litresLuggage capacity (seats down) litresNumber of seats2Gross vehicle weight kgMax loading weightkgMax towing weight (braked)kgMax towing weight (unbraked)kgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresMax roof loadkgAir Bag DriverAir Bag PassengerAir Bag SideAlarmAnti-Lock BrakesCentral Door LockingElectronic Stability ProgrammeHead Air BagsHead RestraintsImmobiliserPower-Assisted SteeringThird Brake LightTyre Pressure Control
Above MarketListed at £10,995 vs market average of £8,923 (+23%)
Market Low
£3,985
Market Average
£8,923
Market High
£12,950
Comparables
5 listings

Based on 5 comparable Mercedes-Benz SL listings.

Age Depreciation
Holding Value
£47/year
Mileage Impact
Moderate Depreciation
£1,154/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Moderate Depreciation
£2,260/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £8,640 (+£2,355)
Mileage-predicted: £12,956 (£-1,961)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,107/yr | 10k mi/yr £-2,260/yr | 15k mi/yr £-3,414/yr

Based on 104 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

82
Overall Listing Quality
Good — this listing is well-presented and informative.
Information & Buyer Appeal
Does this listing give buyers enough information to make a decision?
23/25Good
Photos
51 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
53 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
6 specs provided
5/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
19/25Good
Clear pricing
£10,995
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
51 photos
5/5
Key selling points
53 features highlighted
4/4
Detailed specifications
6 specs provided
2/4
SEO Quality
Analysed from the actual dealer listing page HTML
22/25Good
Page title tag
Mercedes-Benz SL 3.5 Sl350 Convertible 2dr Petrol
4/4
Meta description
2008 Mercedes-Benz SL 3.5 Sl350 Convertible 2dr Pe...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
98% of 105 images have alt text
3/3
Clean URL structure
SEO-friendly URL
3/3
Heading structure
1 H1 tag(s)
3/3
Indexability
Page is indexable
2/2
AI Discoverability
How findable is this listing by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and other AI search engines?
18/25Good
Schema.org Vehicle markup
Vehicle/Car structured data found
6/6
Static HTML content
Vehicle data present in static HTML
5/5
Semantic HTML structure
Generic div/span markup — harder for AI to parse
1/4
Content depth
7531 words of text content
4/4
AI crawler access
Cloudflare detected — may block GPTBot, PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot
0/3
Bot-friendly
Assumed accessible — robots.txt not checked
2/3
How our review page compares
This Car-Search.ai listing review page scores 95+/100 on all four categories. It includes Schema.org Vehicle + Review structured data, semantic HTML, per-page meta descriptions, Open Graph tags, canonical URLs, static HTML rendering, market analysis, depreciation vectors, and rich narrative content — fully accessible to Google, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and all AI search engines.

Independent review — we are not affiliated with the dealer.

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About the Dealer

Oakwood Specialist Cars

Foxhunter Trading Estate, Whitley Bay NE25 8UG