Yorkstar Motors – December 1969 Price List

I recently came across a price list from Yorkstar Motors, dated December 1969.   Yorkstar motors were at that time the main dealer in Sydney and I think they had something to do with the overall importation of the cars.  This era Australian delivery cars have a Yorkstar motors tag on them regardless of where they were sold.

Unlike in later years, nearly the whole range was offered in 1969.   It was only have the ADR regime became stricter in the mid 60s that Mercedes-Benz started to limit the vehicles they offered in Australia.   This was probably due to the cost of compliance.

The only models missing off the list were the 200 and 200D W115 models, and the 280SE 3.5 Cabriolet, which would be sold in later years.   The entry level W115 cars were probably considered too slow and really for the taxi market.  Mercedes were not a supplier of Taxis in Australia.   Locally built cars dominated the Taxi market.

One thing that jumps out to me is how much more expensive the 280SEL is over the standard 280SE.  No wonder they didn’t sell many of them.   While cars like the W109 were much more expensive than the W108, you at least got major differences to show for it.   The 280SEL was a simple stretch of the 280SE.   From what I gather, the body shells were modified manually, which might explain the higher price.

It is also interesting how much of the range was offered with the choice of an automatic or manual transmission.   It is extremely rare to find a manual transmission car from this era, outside the SLs.   Even the SLs are mostly automatic.   It was only the M100 cars that were not offered with a manual.

For other Australian price lists, please see November 1966 and July 1991.

YORKSTAR MOTORS PTY. LTD.

PRICE LIST
EFFECTIVE 1st DECEMBER, 1969
MERCEDES-BENZ PASSENGER CARS
ModelPrice (Manual)Price (Automatic)
W115
www.classicjalopy.com
220$6.405$6,983
220D$6,680$7,258
W114
www.classicjalopy.com
230$6,858$7,436
250$7,361$8,205
250C$8,664$9,222
250CE$9,052$9,630
W108
www.classicjalopy.com
280S$8,656$9,234
280SE$9,386$9,964
280SEL$11,288$11,866
W113
www.classicjalopy.com
280SL Roadster$11,163$11,741
280SL Coupe$11,340$11,918
280SL Coupe 2+2$11,422$12,000
280SL Coupe/Convertible$11,718$12,296
W109
www.classicjalopy.com
300SEL 3.5$13,908$14,486
300SEL 6.3N/A$20,850
W111
www.classicjalopy.com
280SE 3.5 Coupe$15,306$15,884
W100
www.classicjalopy.com
600N/A$31,669
600 PullmanN/A$35,153

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