"Frank Kemper" > wrote in message
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>
> IIRC the hardtop is included with the car at no extra fee (which seems
> okay for a 250.000 Dollar car and the fact that the Mercedes SL does not
> need a separate hardtop). AFAIR the R129 Mercedes SL was also delivered
> with a free hardtop.
>

Did the Z-8 really sell for U.S. $250,000.00 in your neck of the woods? In
the U.S., both the regular Z-8 (thru 2002) and Alpina (2003 only, IIRC)
carried a MSRP of around $130,000.00. I believe low mileage examples are
now selling in the $110-115k range.

Tom