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How many Mercedes-Benz Cars SL-Class vehicles were sold in Australia in 1996?

See how many Mercedes-Benz Cars SL-Class vehicles have sold, when it peaked and how it compares across Australian new-car history.
Latest dataset: August 2026
Version 3.02
1996 ×Mercedes-Benz Cars ×SL-Class ×
Mercedes-Benz Cars SL-Classs sold
179
1996
Peak year
1996
179 sales
Share of Mercedes-Benz Cars
3.8%
of all Mercedes-Benz Cars sales
CarExpert context

Editorial Summary

In 1996, Mercedes-Benz Cars SL-Class recorded 179 new-vehicle sales in Australia. That represents 3.8% of Mercedes-Benz Cars's sales in 1996. It was the highest annual result in the loaded history. That was 148.6% higher than the previous full-year result.

2026 vehicle info

Real 2026 vehicle data for Mercedes-Benz Cars SL-Class.
2026 price$463,900
Body typeConvertible
PowertrainCombustion
Fuel typePremium Unleaded
Drive4x4
TransmissionAutomatic With Manual Mode
Seats4
Fuel use14.6L/100km
Warranty60 months / Unlimited km
Size (L×W×H)4,705mm × 1,915mm × 1,353mm
Mercedes-Benz Cars SL-Class · Matched internally as Mercedes-Benz SL

Historical sales trend

Full-history view for this slice across 1991–2026 (1996 · Mercedes-Benz Cars · SL-Class).

Sales by year: 1996 · Mercedes-Benz Cars · SL-Class

Year-by-year totals for 1996 · Mercedes-Benz Cars · SL-Class.
YearTotalvs prev
1996179+148.6%
199572+18.0%
199461+281.2%
199316—
Data Notice

Data use and verification

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Purchase data

Mercedes-Benz Cars model context: SL-Class

A model-specific replacement for the state map: where this vehicle sits inside the Mercedes-Benz Cars range for 1996.
Rank in Mercedes-Benz Cars#4
SL-Class sales179
Share of Mercedes-Benz Cars3.8%
1
C-Class
2,19846.6%
2
E-Class
2,01842.8%
3
S-Class
1954.1%
4
SL-Class
1793.8%
5
E-Class Cpe/Conv
911.9%
6
S-Class Cpe/Conv
220.5%
7
SLK-Class
130.3%

Key notes: 1996 · Mercedes-Benz Cars · SL-Class

Extra context to keep the top cleaner.
Selected model total in 1996: 179
Mercedes-Benz Cars total in 1996: 4,716
Model context uses Mercedes-Benz Cars range totals because state-by-model data is not available in the source.
Historical year-end data from imported workbook sources.
Clean URL: /1996/mercedes-benz-cars/sl-class
Data from 1991-2026. Please note data for 1991-1997 is partial or incomplete and may not include all makes. Latest data is from August 2026.