1976 Mercedes-Benz w123 development - design, testing, pre-production 

OldBenz I've visited the site and it's quite good

My mechanic tells me that my 2002 C220 is the last of Mercedes's long lasting cars. :) Holding my fingers!

Noam Lavi yea you can always drop a used motor in when they die. The 5 speed automatic is basically bulletproof in that car. I had a ‘98 C43 amg, and it was very well built. A guy bought it from me and did a C55 conversion on it.

Love my 83 300d

I agree with you hamskyxxx- Mercedes in the 1970's had BANK VAULT solidity. And in those days Mercedes had NO competition. Now they have BMW, AUDI, TELSLA and others to compete against.

What made them lose the ability?

Power off mind.

btw.: I had lots of cars since but my fathers 240 D was inimitable; one of the last quality products of MB. It ended with the first C-Class and the reign of the Management-Dilberts over the Engineers

lol great story man! :D

А я в настоящее время пытаюсь восстановить эту чудесную машину Мерседес 200д 1984г.

I agree, but then no other car maker would have competition lol

это точно! тогда мерс был настоящим!

@@user-lr2xi4kh6n последний мерс w140 потом пришло время мыльниц с проводами

I would sell a lung, kidney, and testicle for a new-off-the-line W123 300TD if it was made to the same quality!

superweh super lame, not like they weren’t safe cars. I daily a ‘88 560sel, and its definitely a sturdy safe car.

@superweh haha it would. Emission crap was made because expectation of life time of modern cars are short. Safety? Most modern cars are lass safety than this one.

@@nemonooitwhat about cheap Chinese cars?? They don't meet nothing

i would buy

Hello friend, are you from Maruecos ?, there are many of these cars still, they say😃💪

@@franciscopereira9735 all Arabian countries. But yes mostly Morocco

@@seddam Ok greetings friend from Paraguay. I had a 300D when I was 20, I always remember it fondly😊

VINI8231 8world famous best car in the world. Thak you.

I fully agree! They're still driving everywhere in the world...

W123 200D/240D/300D best car ever made from the 20st century.

Agreed, but to clarify best family car in the world. Porsche is still the best overall car I. The world

Farina Marcina , maybe for you he best is Fiat Panda or Chevrolet kalos ;)

Francisco Pereira. I never drove a W123 before. I own two W124s and love the way they look and drive. I like the way W123 looks as well.

I have had a W123 Turbo for several years, it was only stolen years ago, I miss it a lot.😢

That's what i'm scared of with mine. These things are so easy to break into and start up without a key. Hopefully the thieves aren't familiar with glow plugs ;)

w123 300d over 1.2m km still driving like new.

👏👏👏💪 👌

It is true😔of the best that Mercedes did was the w 123💪Me every time I see one on the street 😥 I had one when I was 20 years old

The 190e and s class up until the w220 were really solid too

So True!! In those days they did not design things to a "price point". They did not spare any expense, just developed the ABSOLUTE BEST they could!! in terms of engineering and functionality. Every single piece in that car had a functional purpose!

@@lotusjaggarage2989 w220 was weak compared to w140

2-123...240д и 230е....(они...лучшие)

From all the W124's I see around including mine... I do believe that would be the last of the one series E classes designed to last forever and a day.

И красотой

Remembering 1992 this WAS Mercedes.

it's a she, the queen of cars

👏👏👏👏👏👏👌

Christopher Racine very kewl story!

Diesel, too slow though. I have a 280E, will go 120mph+ on the freeway easily.

Christopher Racine , well said! The 5 cylinder turbo i bought for a daily driver in 2015 feels amazing as it shifts through the gears. I found a good one with 221,000 miles so i passed on a newer car to replace my 1985 Audi 5000 and went with the best! After a couple years i did get a newer 2nd car but the 300d is running perfect

Respect!

@@saintpreferred9223 My '83 300D Turbo is NOT slow at all. I'm the 2nd owner of this awesome diesel and I have it running the best as ever even with 389K miles. This 617.952 is running better as the miles add up. For my car(s) the key to have these OM617A Turbo Diesels run so well even after 40+ years is to keep the vacuum system working well. How the engine works with the AT via vacuum really changes how these cars drive at any age. Not to mention changing the oil every 3K miles as well. My car has great pickup and has no problem passing others on the freeway or on hills. The only thing I did to it was to increase the fuel pressure going into the IP (which is stock) . I love these cars. I've owned 4 of these W123's (only one now) and am looking for another... . This white '83 was my first and is my DD. Love it!

I reckon Jaguars are pussy cats!!

Ive got both and can tell you the Mercedes will outlive the jaguar mechanically but the rust is much worse on the w123

that's hilarious

👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 😃💪💪

+lmn28021992, but we don't know if they ever got to the top. I'm on my third 'Benz (W124 230E) and from a Mechanical Engineering background, I seriously doubt I could pull another car up a mountain pass with the radiator disconnected without blowing a head gasket or seizing the engine. One mustn't believe everything one sees.

with a steel head should be less prone to destroy a headgasket unless really hot

@@Visionery1 well that is a fair point! I was also extremely surprised at this test. Perhaps they were trying to see how long the engine would last before it blows/ seizes? I have a 2013 w204 Benz. Great car feels like a tank but not like these old ones that appear to be very well engineered

They were changing the thermo switch. Probably not decided which one to use exactly.

True. German engineering is not the same. But even back in the day there were lots of migrant Turks on the MB assembly lines. Now the problem lies in the deterioration of German society as a whole...

Even with the resurgence of ethnic and monocultural nationalism, cars like this will not be produced again by any country. Only in the late 20th-century West could this happen, and only in Germany.

SuperDenisGl владею 123им 83г.в лучший мерс всех времен!

Olegas Gamajunovas уже нет,все гниет

alperrrrrrrrr El diseño de la serie W123 se lo.debemos al Prof. Dr. Ing. Hans (Echerembert), y al gran diseñador Bruno Sacco. Que Dios los bendiga siempre.

Wonder the same

Gilberto Peña Echerembert no lo tenìa. A Sacco si. Hoy, los interiores deformes, con enormes ipad encajados a lo bestia en el centro del tablero dan asco

Vegas Channel y de materiales malos. Ves un Mercedes de los 70 u 80, y ya solo verlo, te da una tremenda sensación de robustez y calidad. Y cuando empiezas a tocarlo, y luego ver el kilometraje, te sorprendes.

And Friedrich Geiger, who designed also many Mercedes cars since 1930's!

Gilberto Peña De dónde eres Gilberto,saludos desde Asunción,yo soy un fanático del w123 tube uno y fue robado de mi hace años😢

Please! Me sumo a la charla. Aca alfredo desde uruguay

Soy de Venezuela.

Ok Gilberto, saludos desde Paraguay,yo ansio volver a tener un 300D algun dia😊 💪

152.000 km:)))) my 240d is already 510.000 and the coupe 350.000.Your car is really new:)))

427,000 on mine ;) 300D Turbo

Pff my 240D has 122000km... its the 72hp version from 1978.... great car

Dont ever sell it If they ever Ban diesel cars you can still run on vegetable oil with a few pump tunes.

with ful Ledde !

That’s what they thought space ships looked like back then.

@ w212 is a piece of shit with shitty engines.

Nobody build car like this anymore, hyper production all around, it doesn't make sense anymore...

The w123 was the last Merceces that was Mercedes, those that came later, are no longer Mercedes💪😄