V8 Mercedes-Benz W124

[KarlC]

That's a wikipedia page which can be edited by people like you and me. Technically it's still a debate, but if you ask the people who worked at Mercedes from 1992-1995 chances are they will tell you what I just told you, which is that the latter ones were made in house by Mercedes. The only reason they went to Porsche was because Mercedes did not have enough room for assembly, in fact Mercedes asked AMG before Porsche but AMG wouldn't have been able to produce them quick enough with their small building. Between 8 and 12 were completed daily. There is a reason for Wikipedia not being a credible source for research papers in school.

Yea lots of bits of wrong info about these rare cars out there, sorry you have been mislead, I've had 3 of them now so I've seen this before.

Maybe this will help from the Porsche Museum, all 500E / E500 where build 1990 - 1995 at the Porsche plant......

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[axelillo_PR]

Great info, now I want one

[DoWant]

I think I might've dealt with the guy pouring oil in the pic. Damir?

[190Evan]

I was under the impression that they had wider before I bought one and then I did, and the fenders are the same as the 300e fenders. The guy who said "V8 sucks" has most likely never had the luxury of daily driving one of these cars. It's amazing and I can't express enough how amazing it is having a hand built v8 over a machine built american LS motor.

[loekaaz]

200-to-320 have the same body. (standard body)
400-420 have same body (though with a wider trans tunnel to fit the big v8 trans)
500's have same body as 400/420 (+wider fenders)

So thats also the reason why v8 W124 sportline/500E/E500 seats won't fit directly into regular w124's. The rails on the seats are narrower.

Oh and pics dont work anymore. Pls fix them

[190Evan]

Oh and pics dont work anymore. Pls fix them

Use photobucket!