Mercedes-Benz SLC-Class

New registrations in Europe

24,938 new Mercedes-Benz SLC-Class cars registered in the EU, Norway and Iceland between 2016 and 2021, from the European Environment Agency's CO₂ monitoring of every new car. In 2021 the largest markets were Belgium (18), France (9), Germany (4).

Averages are weighted by registrations; CO₂ is the type-approval value (NEDC until the WLTP switch). European Environment Agency, CO₂ emissions from new passenger cars · re-use permitted with acknowledgement

Year by year

New in Europe: registration year (European Environment Agency) · UK: year of manufacture, end of 2025 (DfT/DVLA) · MOT: year of first registration, tests in 2023 (DVSA) · Finland: year of first registration (Traficom) · a year gets its own page when at least three of these cover it

Crash-test ratings by year

NHTSA 5-star results for 4 model-year variants; not yet fully rated. Rollover risk is the estimated chance of rolling over in a single-vehicle crash.

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (5-Star Safety Ratings), api.nhtsa.gov · US federal work, public domain

In New Zealand

1 SLC-Class cars are on the New Zealand register; 0% arrived as used imports.

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, Motor Vehicle Register (March 2026) · CC BY 4.0

In the Netherlands

340 SLC-Class cars are on Dutch roads; 61% arrived later as imports, and 64 still have a recall open. Open a year for APK defects, odometer checks and colours.

RDW Open Data: registered vehicles (CC0) · list price is the manufacturer's catalogue price when new

In Finland

36 SLC-Class cars were in use in Finland on 30 Jun 2026: 97% petrol, 3% diesel. Mileage is the odometer reading at the last inspection.

Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency), open data on vehicles in use, 30 Jun 2026 · CC BY 4.0

Road collisions in Great Britain

From 2021 to 2025, 29 SLC-Class cars were involved in road collisions in Great Britain that injured someone and were reported to the police. 1 of those collisions were fatal and 5 caused serious injuries. As with any count, models with more cars on British roads appear more often.

Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data 2021–2025 · Open Government Licence v3.0 · how we count

In the United Kingdom

7,999 SLC-Class cars were licensed for the road at the end of 2025, by year of manufacture.

Department for Transport and DVLA, vehicle licensing statistics (table VEH0124) · Open Government Licence v3.0

MOT test results in Great Britain

522 SLC-Class cars took their annual MOT test in 2023; 92% passed first time, against 88% for all cars of the same ages. Older cars fail more often, so compare a year with the same year of other cars.

DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023 (Department for Transport) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · first tests of cars only; a fix made at the test station within the hour still counts as a fail