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 500SD
     Posts: 782
 Join Date: Feb 2004
 Location: Welling
 Mood: Must fix Superlight...  Must fix Superlight...
  
    
     The European ones were basically SLs with silver paint but the US ones got the improved '98 model year engine.  Different (better) primary drive ratio, internal oil lines, minor internal changes etc.  Nothing worth getting your knickers in a twist over though...
 
 From a personal point of view (and I guess I'm biased) the FEs silver paint  doesn't suit it as much as the SLs red or yellow, specifically the decals.
 
 Darren