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The Mercedes-Benz W123 is a range of executive cars produced by German manufacturer Mercedes-Benz from November 1975 to January 1986. The W123 models surpassed their predecessor, the Mercedes-Benz W114, as the most successful Mercedes, selling 2.7 million units before production ended in the autumn of 1985 for the saloon/sedan versions and January 1986 for coupés and estates/station wagons.
The Mercedes-Benz W114 and W115 are the internal designations Mercedes-Benz used for a generation of front-engine, rear-drive, five-passenger sedans and coupés introduced in 1968, with three-box styling by Paul Bracq — succeeding the W110 models introduced in 1961; and manufactured until model year 1976, when the W123 was released.
Having owned a W123 and a W124 for, respectively, 12 and 18 years, I tend to believe that overall the W124 slightly better than the W123. If the shock absorbers of a W123 are not in good condition, it becomes a very lousy drive on wet roads, whereas the W124's multi-link rear suspension is much more forgiving.
By March 2011, Consumer Reports revised its reliability ratings for the 2001 and 2002 S-Class to "average". Forbes described the W220 S500 as "built remarkably well." [14] Early W220s in 1999 were recalled for issues with the trunk spring and the hydraulic fuel line; there were no recalls for the 2005 or 2006 model years.
A double cab version was offered in the latter two configurations. Three wheel bases were available, with gross weight ratings ranging from 2.55 to 4.6 tonnes. Mercedes-Benz-built gasoline or diesel engines were available as powerplant options for the rear-wheel drive chassis. The best known 4x4 Versions of the Mercedes-Benz TN/T1 were made by ...
The M123 engine family was a straight-6 automobile engine from Mercedes-Benz, used from 1976 to 1984 in the W123 series models 250 and 250 T. It replaced the 6-cylinder engines M180 in the 230 and M130 in the 250 (2.8 liter) versions from the W114 series.
The Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 (marketed in North America as simply the Mercedes-Benz 6.9) is the high-performance version of the W116 S-Class saloon. It was based on the extended-wheelbase version of the W116 S-Class platform, introduced in 1972, but equipped with an M100 V8 engine from their flagship Mercedes-Benz 600, uprated to 6.8 l, and featuring full hydropneumatic suspension, licensed ...
A Mercedes-Benz W116 with the "INDONESIA 1" plate. The car was used by former presidents Suharto, B. J. Habibie and Abdurrahman Wahid.. The Mercedes-Benz W116 is a series of flagship luxury sedans produced from September 1972 [2] until 1980. [3]