Thought this was a really cool full history of the Mercedes diesel

http://www.daimlerchrysler.com/dccom/0,,0-5-466459-1-468998-1-0-0-466468-0-0-135-7145-0-0-0-0-0-0-0,00.html

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1982 300SD Light Blue
2002 Honda Accord SE
1974 Toro Wheel Horse Tractor
2000 Toyota Tundra Pickup

1974


The Mercedes-Benz 240 D 3.0
Ya know, you would think that the manufacturer of the daggone car would be able to get their product specifications right.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

I'll bet the 240D had a 3.0 5 cylinder in Europe, never imported to USA. The site also lists an S400 and others not seen here...

Best Regards,
Jim

Actually, I like the looks of that 260D. I'd like one of those.

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)

I like the TurboDiesel badge on this early 300SD. I wonder why production models didn't get this type of badge?

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

I stand corrected.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

That badge would catch some serious $... I want one

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Think Alternative Energy!
300CD '80 (now gone but not forgotten...)

I wouldn't mind that 230 HP 5 cylinder in my 300D.

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

1985 Mercedes-Benz E 300 D. The first standard-production car with a diesel particulate filter comes onto the market – in the USA.

2004 Mercedes-Benz E 320 CDI
In the A, C, E and S-Classes over 20 diesel cars are available with a diesel particulate filter.

What has the world come to?

I wish they would say exactly WHAT things they did to the C111-III.

I agree! That would be one sharp "fishing" car! I have looked at Jeepsters but I think the 260D would be the cats meow.

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Sam

84 300SD 350K+ miles ( Blue Belle )

a nice new convertible diesel coupe wold be welcome, right?

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[1981 300 td tdidi 165500 dark brown/palamino-Brownie-mine-3k miles of ownership
1983 240d 162+++ Anthricite grey w/ henna red interior and hella lights-wifes car-Red

the above two cars are for sale
and can be seen on the cars for sale thread here. pix also available.


240d-144+ Manilla Yellow w/ palmino interior-greasecar kit-Blondie-the college kids car

23" gt 21 speed still on original tires-still got the nubs
21" khs tandem

At the Geneva show this winter, MB showed an SL400 CDI, with a 315 hp diesel V8 and a sub-6 second 0-60, and an SLK 320 CDI, with a 286 hp tri-turbo version of the new diesel V6. The SL was called "Vision", which usually means it'll be produced. We'll see.

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81 300SD
08 MDX Tech
93 525i

05 F650GS

An SL400CDI would be so cool! It would be even better after AMG or Brabus got a chance to play with it a bit!

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Why don't we get the V-6 diesel?

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

That way you could put the top down and bask in the aroma of diesel fumes! (We had better be careful of the mad scramble!)

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Sam

84 300SD 350K+ miles ( Blue Belle )