The Mercedes-Benz 500E Is the Original Porsche Sedan 

“And they get some of the coolest cars” *PRIUS BEING GOLD WRAPPED*

"I've borrowed this T-shirt from my nephew's closet here at the San Diego area ..."

14:40 You totally missed the significance of the monowiper on the windshield. It was an MBZ innovation that swept 80% of the windscreen and stayed inline with the airflow, thus preventing it from lifting up off the windshield at speed. Marvelous engineering that deserves more respect in your review.

This is one of the coolest cars ever made, absolute classic.

Imagine the guy who got his prius gold wrapped is somewhere on the road going 50 mph in the left lane

“Elite finish gets some of the coolest cars” *cue golden prius*

My ex-girlfriend had a 400E. It had a 268 horsepower 4.2 liter V8, and it would go like hell for a car of it's size and weight. Rare car, but not as rare as the 500e. It was one step down from the 500e, and still cost $55,000 new. Just an awesome car to drive. Back then, 'luxury' meant build quality and performance. Now, 'luxury' means, "It has the biggest touch screen in it's class!"

Timeless designs!! One of the most beautiful cars ever

Everyone: "Child" Doug: " *LiTtLe MaN* "

I just want to know who would wrap a Prius gold.

For my standards, 0-60 in 5.9 seconds would be a 10/10 lol

Last time I revealed my “little man” in public I got arrested.

This design never gets old to me. Love the car! One of my favs.

"I've borrowed this 500E from a viewer in Kansas..." Carry on, my wayward son.

I had a 300E 4Matic from the same era and Doug barely even touched on the best thing about these cars. The quality is amazing and no other car feels as solid on the road.

From the late 80's to the early to mid 90's is when Mercedes cars were built like a brick shithouse. They just did not break. I owned two.

Imagine Doug being your Uber passenger, while he roasts your whole whip.

The 500E is still one of the greatest cars I have ever experienced. My father had one, his partner in the office had one (still has it) and an NBA player in town had one too, all three were the two tone gray. My uncle also had a 400E which was cool too. I still remember one day we took out a Corvette in the 500E, good times.

It's not a Porsche sedan. Wasn't conceptualized, designed, engineered, built, inspected, or sold by Porsche. Their involvement in this was way more modest than people think. This is a Mercedes to the bone.

This chassis is legendary. Also the 190 (C Class)

M1: coke dealer 1 M2: coke dealer 2

Dude. What if Porsche intentionally made it too wide so Merceds would hire them to build it.

this is iconic model in Russia, since every serious criminal used to drive that car in 90th

Ghosts leaving the rear center storage compartment when he opens it up at 13:18

Doug the type of guy to drive a Honda Civic in reverse on backroads so that it’s rear wheel drive

“When you’re trash but better than everyone else” - Gold Prius 2020

Imagine gold wrapping a Prius...

I owned one of these - absolutely superb car and excellent build quality. In Europe most people had no idea that it was any different to a 200E Frankfurt Taxi. Lovely vehicle

I love how you're going back to truly weird and quirky cars, that was one of the things that stood out in the very beginning as well

"Prius wrap" They do everything literally everything

The one wiper was a great idea. I had this on my older mercedes. If you notice the wiper pivots up and down slightly when it goes back and forth. The idea of that from what the dealer told me was this action of the pivoting was to keep the blade clean of debris while operating. I have to admit it did get rid of a few pine needles in my past ownership.

One of the best Mercs ever built in my opinion

The windshield wiper is amazing.. it extends to cover the whole window.. every car should have this

“And they get some of the coolest cars” Yes, that chrome gold Prius made me so damn moist.

Doug is like Sheldon from big bang theory but with cars😂

I absolutely love how these look from the exterior... they are so nice looking especially with the flares. I love MB but this beats the new stuff hands down to me in the looks dept...

I’ve borrowed this Mercedes from “Elite Fish”

“What should I do with all this money I saved driving my Prius?” *Paints Prius gold*

The perfect sleeper car: get a beige wrap and put a Taxi sign on the roof

The 500E is amazing, and despite being in the same vehicle class as the e34 M5, I can’t compare the two. I like them both equally for totally different reasons. The 500E is like the perfect highway cruiser with its healthy V8 and automatic, and the M5 is all about fun with the amazing I6 and manual box. Love em bothZ

That chrome gold prius made me want to gouge my own eyes out

“An even quirkier quirk” I love Doug 😂😂

The W124 : my all time favourite Merc!

“Little man reveal mode” can land you in prison 😂

0:47 Who is getting a gold chrome wrap ON THEIR PRIUS

13:16 and the greatest quirk: the spirit of the Panamera escapes the center console.

This was my Grandfather car, i remember when i was still in primary school, my Grandpa always took me to the mall with this 500E, legend

15:14 The Mono-Wiper for the windshield had the advantage to clean more of the area than two wipers are able to. It's cleaning about 95% of the windshield while two wipers do about 85-90%. They only stopped buliding it for cost reasons, the engineering and manufacturing is much more expensive. One wiper for the 124 cost about 650€ (720$).

*_"I've borrowed this 500E from a viewer in Kansas..."_*

"Quirkier quirk" - Doug Demuro, 2020.

With that little small remark "Until the light turn green..." , you almost made me cry. Brilliant and so true.

I love this car. I had a 280E but I always wished I could find an 500E somewhere

If Doug Demuro designed a car it would have a “little man reveal” switch

Doug the type of guy to own a customized Ikea shopping cart.

There is one more way to tell a 500E apart besides the slightly wider fenders: the regular W124 has the fog lights built into the front lights while the 500E has the separate below the bumper

If you want total enthusiasm, this is your man. He is just so fun to listen to...you can tell his loves what he is doing...and it shows. Way to go Mr. Doug DeMuro

13:17 looks like a ghost leaving the compartment

0:38 "I've borrow this 500E from elite FISH"

Me: I found my next special occasion car Doug: These things are approaching $50K+ Me: oh never mind 😂

The most important factor of the 500e is that they new it was going to be an instant classic. They only imported 1500 cars into the US. Values increased because there are less prime examples in operation.

Let's be honest: that was more like Mercedes doing Porsche a solid.

I hope you can find a 560SEC to review. That is one of my favorite MBs from this era

This cars style and design are timeless. My best friends mom had one in middle school. Thought it was the best car ever. Kind of want one now. Thanks Doug for reviewing.

Love an old cool Mercedes like this with all the features. Don't see to many like this anymore. Nice video.

Doug the type of guy to upload 23 seconds ago

My favorite e class of all time. The classy Design

i drove one of these with the 250 5 cylinder diesel, with the CD changer and the cool red and green LEDs on the driver door and trunk lid from the remote in Vienna Austria for two years as a Taxi driver when I was young. What should Isay?Man... I loooooved it . :-D Keep up the good work Doug, big fan for many years, cheers from Europe.

I’m learning about all Mercedes finally bought me here lovely whip!

Love how Doug is talking about the first Porsche sedan... then while showing the rear sunshade (10:31) a Porsche Panamera pulls into the gas station. Perfect for this vid :)

Doug: "this midsize sedan doesn't have a glove box!" I am: "damn, that definitely minus 1 point in DougScore"

I just love when companies can help each other like this. Just because they are rivals doesn't mean that they are enemies. Huge respect to Mercedes-Benz for helping Porsche. 😍

It was this video that gave me Doug overload - I just can't take it anymore!!!!

Bad guys used these in first “Taxi” movie 1998 Badass

No one: Doug: "That is not a sugared donut on this button"

This vehicle was ridiculously expensive at the time. I had a friend that ordered one new and did that instead of buying a house.

This is one of my favorite mercedes benz ever, this is legend

Doug is the type of guy makes car engine sound from his mouth when driving a Tesla.

Well, the wiper was actually very cool at the time. It was one of the most elaborate wipers ever made. In fact you failed to mention that it had a mechanism that makes it extend in the corners and retract in the middle for maximum coverage.

Awesome review Doug! And at 20:27 you utilized my '01 W210 E55 AMG photo I took at Deerfield Beach, FL back on 2008 for your still pic example. I'm humbled. :)

I think it's Nostalgia, I remember these cars in Europe and the US as a kid and always wanted one, well I did have one - a die cast model, but not the same...

"E" stands for "Einspritzer" which is equal to "i" for injector. Diesel engine cars were accordingly marked with a "D" e.g. "300D". In 1994 they created the "E-Class" based on that letter and therfore they put the "E" in the front. BTW, the "C-Class" was originally a "190E".

“The engine is famously reliable” *laughs in hooptie fleet language*

Great review ! Love your work man ! ❤️

The 500E was also only available in LHD, and Rowan Aktinson (Mr Bean) had one in the UK for years as a daily driver.

M1 for the spouse, M2 for the mistress...

A person: wraps prius gold 10:29 Probably same person: Let me put some red wheels on my Panamera as well

My uncle has one and I can say it is such a nice car 😍

"nobody was putting v8 engines in mid sized sedans" American cars from the 50's to 90's "Am I joke to you"

Thank you for covering this car, it's my favorite sedan of all time - obviously, as I am driving a W124 coupé :). I kinda doubt that MB did not have a way to put a V8 into this car since AMG put a V8 in the Hammer years before and it also had flared fenders. Therefore, MB certainly knew how to do it if they really wanted to, they just had to take the AMG vehicle as a blueprint. I cannot believe that the electric driver-side mirror is missing in this car, this was an option for years (the joystick in the middle became a left/right switch-joystick) and at some point became standard equipment as far as I know. I would have guessed that it was standard equipment in a 500...crazy. The phone in this center console does not seem to be the default way of using it, there used to be a phone carrier assembly on the inner wall of the passenger side to carry the phone, it was a Nokia at the time. The assemly in this car seems to be US-spec? The climate control in this car is typical for US-spec, it is the automated climate control and it was not as good as the normal one, because this one only has single-zone climate control. The normal one would have two dials for speed and positioning and two separate wheels for driver and passenger to control the temperature. The name change happened in June 1993 by the way, not 1994. Interestingly enough, around here in Europe nobody really cares a lot about the Porsche thing, it is just a fact but the car is not more valuable because it, it is more valuable because it is a very good Mercedes and all good older Mercedes get more expensive over time. Also, I don't know how anybody would think that more horsepower means "sports sedan". It is not a sports sedan, it is a luxury sedan and it is not supposed to be a Nürburgring racer. If you want sports sedan, get an AMG. And talking about interior materials, I have sat in modern Mercedes cars and the W124's interior quality is so far superior to anything new in the same class it isn't even funny. Everything you touch in a well-equipped W124 feels so good and so strong and high value, even the few plastics.

doug the type of guy to park in the "employee parking only" section when he is in fact not an employee

Interesting thing about the single windscreen wiper was that it was engineered to throw the arm out towards the edges of the screen to get maximum area wipe - so clever and mesmerising to watch!

My 1984 230CE also has that right-side power mirror. Makes sense, as the driver can't easily reach it, whereas the left mirror is within easy reach.

My dad had a 1992 400E Renntech and I miss it everyday

...The Mercedes Sedans of the 80's and 90's were AWESOME....Especially with AMG versions by it's side...

My father owned this car from 1998 to 2009. I enjoyed the feel of the car on road trips. In Nigeria, we call it the V boot. Sweet memories.

I have a 200 E from 1992 too and it's pretty comfy and the feeling while driving is just great. Easy steering and nice steering wheel! Way better than most new cars.

Pure TANK and awesome over-engineering! One of the best cars ever made.

This is the best Mercedes ever. Russia love 500E.

Love how a Porsche Panamera creeps in the shot when Doug shows how the rear sun shade operates :)

Well Back in 1985, we had the 380sel. and then we bought the 420sel. and love all of both of them. I remember one time a 1970 riviera passed me in the pan handle of Florida, then I pass by him as there was no tomorow on the road and the curves. amazing, at 81 mph. then we hit hwy 19, and we both car ran side by side, take a guest who won. at 155 mph, and I just got my licenses and driving a Brand New Mb 380 SEL, it was so great to beat the American car with just pressing the pedal. I was just 18 at the time. What a remarkable. time.