To the rest it was ‘just’ another W124, one of the last great Mercedes-Benz saloons in the days when engineers still outranked accountants at Stuttgart. Electric Recaro seats, cruise control and air conditioning were standard when the car went on sale in the UK in 1991, costing a massive...
This Mercedes-Benz 500E is currently for sale on eBay for £5,995. That might seem a high price for a W124 saloon, even if it does have a 5 litre V8, but delve into the conception and production of the 500E and you'll appreciate that it's actually a bargain. The 500E is perh...
For Mercedes-Benz, the immediate aftermath of the 1973 Middle Eastern oil embargo was not as dire a situation as it would be for its rivals, largely because the bulk of its global output was of more economical, smaller capacity petrol, and more significantly, diesel vehicles — a factor of ...
I run a 600, 000 km W124 as a daily driver, have done for almost 20 years. Keeping it on the road isn’t as expensive as everyone thinks. With the right people looking after it, a W126 wouldn’t be any more costly. Kj in Oz Reply kiwibryce Posted January 7, 2015 at 12:09...
‘70s, when Mercedes essentially split their low-to-mid-range saloons into the C- and E-Class (W201 andW124). A big separate trunk will do very well and will be acceptable in all markets. I see a strong continuum from the Fintail to the W123, as if the wind ha...