Mercedes-Benz Fascination W123 Coupe Documentary (English)

[SteelCity1981]

high strength roof pillar. Cars only a few years ago started doing such things! People want to talk about volvo being an pioneer for safety yet they tend to forget Benz was always in the forefront of safety.

[derjew]

an 1984 saved my life.

[Bouzoukiellas]

Whats the name of this song at the beginning?

[AlboThuggaa]

i would rather buy one of these benzez than an S 500, 550 600 or amg benz, they are plastic and too much computers cars are meant to be DRIVEN not for computers in them or other dumb gadgets! Mercedes was Mercedes when they built these TANKS not when they built these plastic luxury benzes and once u hit a pot hole at 40 mph ull feel like u hit a war road.

[ilivedowntheroad]

I miss my grandfathers W123 230E...

[jlzz1]

love it my dad had a 1976 280 sedan lpg and he gave it to my brother cant wait till im 18 and have my drivers licence :) im from europe yes you have to be 18 :(

[jasonvoorhees1428]

i have the 240D sedan version, in orange colour :d best original colour 

[p200mmx]

They forgot to mention the 300cd with 5cil diesel from the 300d

[jwatwater]

I alweighs found the trunks to long on this...

[blues03]

Gotta love that old school music

[vetex007]

I saw one today driven by a 20 year old and I thought to myself what a cool car.

[hhtmclaren]

Mercedes has come a long way. From Karl Benz's model to the latest E-class BlueEfficiency.

[georgenorthwood]

I've got a silver 84 230ce had it for 7 years, a pleasure to drive and very reliable and responsive when it needs to be, the car has character unlike the cars we see on the roads nowadays.

[aa2398a]

Love this car; im a proud owner of an 84 euro version 300D with the 5 speed manual

they will outlive you

[SteelCity1981]

Having an airbag in a car back in 1982 was like having GPS system in a car in 1995.

[Beolex]

@SteelCity1981

not to mention 4-wheel disc brakes, even the W114/W115 had them!

[positivereaction7]

SUPERB CAR .....LOVE THIS CLIP

[Seattlecarnut]

They forgot to mention the 300CD. Unless it wasn't available in Germany, and much of Europe with the 3.0 litre diesel engine.

[DamnStraightM35A2]

@Seattlecarnut

It wasn't.

[Seattlecarnut]

@DamnStraightM35A2 That's too bad. Why was it never offered in Germany with a diesel engine? Particularly if they offered a diesel in the sedan and touring models.

[DamnStraightM35A2]

@Seattlecarnut

Because at the time in the US, we had government Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards to adhere to. By selling more diesels here and therefore getting better corporate fuel economy (all cars sold averaged together MPG-wise) Mercedes had to pay less fines (because most of the cars they sold did NOT get good fuel mileage).

There were no such standards in Europe at the time and a diesel coupe was probably considered undesirable.

[Seattlecarnut]

@DamnStraightM35A2 It's too bad that diesel is more expensive to use than it was 30-40+ yrs ago.

[Seattlecarnut]

The sedans seem more practical for those with a family or taxi cab driver. But if you have small children and don't want them to try to get out of a moving vehicle, buy a coupe.

[DamnStraightM35A2]

i actually like the look of the sedan's better...and they never mentioned the USA only 300CD

[dvavosmavole]

No jo, klavírní kupé, to je nádhera