Definitely a different car unless his is dull orange now. Does he have a rollcage in his? This one clearly did. Good for him if his parents will give him an ML55 and I'm impressed that he would "massage" it! My first car was a 1954 Studebaker coupe(yes, I really am that old) that I bought for $50 in 1968 and that ran for three months before the engine blew up.