In 1985, British magazine Autocar dubbed it "its own class." The Mercedes-Benz W124 300E, born in 1984, set the standard for comparison and arguably became the benchmark of its time. What defined this automotive icon of the 1980s? How did it stack up against its mid-decade rivals? Let's turn the pages of old magazines and revisit the history of one of the most remarkable cars of the 1980s. #Mercedes #W124 #1980s #MercedesBenz

0:00 • 1984
0:10 • The Beginning of the Mercedes-Benz W124 Story
9:39 • Testing the Mercedes-Benz 230E in West Germany
12:11 • Mercedes-Benz W124 230E vs. Audi 100, BMW 525e e28, Renault 25, Opel Senator
22:27 • Mercedes-Benz 300E vs. BMW 728i e23
27:47 • Mercedes-Benz 200 vs. Ford Scorpio, Audi 100, Opel Rekord, BMW 520i e28
28:41 • Statistics of the 1985 German Automotive Market
29:47 • 4matic • Mercedes-Benz's All-Wheel Drive: Design and Features
35:24 • Testing the Mercedes-Benz 300E in the United Kingdom
42:23 • Long-Term Test of the Mercedes-Benz 300E covering 80,000 Kilometers: Problem-Mercedes?
47:50 • The Mercedes-Benz S124 Estate - Who Needs It?
52:55 • The Mercedes-Benz C124 Coupe
57:01 • BMW E34 - To Be Continued...


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