---
title: "Michael Schumacher’s Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG Wagon Up for Sale"
description: "At more than $130K, it's likely to remain listed for a while."
date: "2016-07-18"
modified: "2016-07-18"
authors:
  - name: "Ben Keeshin"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/ben-keeshin"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/vintage/4461/michael-schumachers-mercedes-benz-e55-amg-wagon-up-for-sale"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "For Sale"
  - "Mercedes-Benz News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "E-Class Wagon"
  - "luxury"
  - "Mercedes-Benz"
  - "Wagon"
  - "Wagons"
---

# Michael Schumacher’s Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG Wagon Up for Sale

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Spending more than $133,000 on a used-up, two-decade old Mercedes station wagon with around 123,000 miles on it might seem ridiculous. Then again, most Mercedes wagons aren't [Michael Schumacher's 1998 Mercedes E55 AMG](<https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/buying-maintenance/news/a30000/mercedes-e55-amg-wagon-michael-schumacher/>).

A [dealer in Berlin, Germany](<https://cts-mobile.de/cts/en/index.html>) is hoping the Formula One driver's famous name will allow them to sell the wagon for more than ten times the normal price of a late-Nineties, [W210 Mercedes E55 AMG](<https://gebrauchtwagen.autobild.de/details/291548140/#kontakt>). So is a title signed by a storied F1 driver enough to turn an old workhorse—albeit a 355-horsepower one—into a collector’s item priced like a [new Mercedes-AMG GT S](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/2773/critics-notebook-mercedes-benz-amg-gt-s>)?

Let’s start with the car itself. In its favor, [Michael Schumacher’s Mercedess E55 AMG](<https://www.motor1.com/news/65367/mercedes-e55-amg-owned-by-michael-schumacher-for-sale/>) is about as special as they come. It has the full AMG upgrade, meaning a stiffer suspension, 5.5-liter V8 with 355-horsepower and the classic Monoblock rims. It’s also full of circa-1998 tech: voice-guided navigation, car phone, and old-school memory seats. The interior, specially ordered through Mercedes's design division, features silvery walnut trim and black-and-white leather.

So, it’s a nice older luxury car with decent power. But then you have to add in the subjective premium lent by [Schumacher’s alleged ownership](<https://mercedesblog.com/michael-schumachers-mercedes-for-sale/>). (Calls to the dealership in Germany were unanswered, perhaps because it currently is evening in Europe.) In the dealership's defense, the E55's dashboard *does* bear two Scuderia Ferrari stickers, hinting at its purported provenance. Short of further evidence, then, each sticker effectively adds $55K to the car’s value.

If the car really is Schumacher’s, it would be a deal—that is, relative to the other ex-Schumi AMGs that have come up for sale in the last few years. Recently, [*Classic Driver* listed his 1986 Mercedes SL AMG](<https://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/mercedes-benz/sl/1986/366940>), with a 6.0-liter V8 and color-matching AMG Monoblocks, for a little less than $330,000. If you’re a millionaire Schumacher fan, go for it. Otherwise, those of us content to show our fandom via commemorative hats can head to Craigslist for an [$8,000 version of the Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG](<https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/cto/5668499250.html>).

## Author
Ben Keeshin is a former staff writer for Maxim, and before that, contributed writing to the digital sides of Road & Track and Vanity Fair.

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