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Color Code: 172 G – Anthracite Grey Metallic. 1969 300 SEL 6.3. Photo: Dave Tobin
Color Code: 172 G – Anthracite Grey Metallic. 1985 500 SEC (European model, grey market import). Photo: Dave Tobin
172 G – Anthracite Grey Metallic. 1987 420 SEL. Photo: Dave Tobin
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[…] 199, first became available in the U.S. for the 1985 model year. This color is often confused with Anthracite Grey Metallic (172G). In bright sun, Black Pearl Metallic looks a lot like Anthracite Grey Metallic, but in the shade or […]
I’m looking to buy a medium grey (over red interior) 280 SL. What is the difference between 172 G and 728 H?
Good question Keith… I happen to be working with a car right now that is Grey Beige Poly (728 H). I would say 728 has more gold in it. Anthracite (172G) is very much a dark metallic grey, what one might call ‘gun metal grey’. While 728 is more of a ‘pewter’ color… actually, similar to the photos of the Desert Taupe Metallic 560SL I have pictured in the color library. I will email you a couple of photos of 728 so you can see for yourself, I just haven’t added that color to the library yet, in fact, this is the first 280SL I have ever seen that color.