“W123” is Mercedes’ internal designation for its “E-Class” from 1976-1985. My grandmother had many choices in 1979. She could have purchased the basic 240D diesel, 300D diesel, 280E sedan, 280CE coupe ...

Anywhere on the planet south of about the Bosporus you'll find dusty tracks choked with Mercedes W123s. Because of the ubiquity of the Mercedes - and the memory of pungent, potholed taxi rides through ...

Something Mercedes-Benz would have never done: a couple of fastback coupés for the W114 and W123 model series. During the late sixties and the seventies, Mercedes-Benz never took the risk to leave the ...

In the four years he has owned it, Hamza Abigaba says the most he has spent on servicing his Mercedes W123 is Shs160,000. This replaced engine oil, oil filter and greasing, a regular recommended ...

It is the Mercedes I used to draw in my school textbooks as a kid. The twin headlights in a single pod, the vertical chrome Mercedes grille, the ‘V’ bonnet. And later, when I just started driving, I ...

The W123 Mercedes E-Class doesn’t typically tend to get as much love as later generations when it comes to tuning. That likely has to do with limited aftermarket support, but when a modified one does ...

Buried in water and mud in an underground car park, waiting to be rescued. That is how a Mercedes-Benz W123 spent a few days after catastrophic storms hit the east coast of Spain. Surprisingly, the ...

The Mercedes-Benz W123 remains a car worth celebrating, and Martin Buckley has done just that and more in this beautiful book. Check out some pictures of the must-have volume below. Self-published by ...

If vintage Benzes is your thing then you know how rare is to come across a W123 Lang in such a nice condition. These cars were built to act as airport taxis, hotel service limos and such, featuring ...

In this episode of Restore It, I finish the welding on the Mercedes W123, focusing on both the bottom right and bottom left of the front windscreen. The condition of these areas was worse than ...

The seller claims this home-brew pickup conversion is in relatively solid shape. Given the ruggedness of the 300TD estate wagon, we're inclined to believe him. That gate isn't just for looks. It's ...

Paul Hudson gets behind the wheel of a 27-year-old Mercedes-Benz W123 saloon that's in near-showroom condition. This Mercedes-Benz 230E is a 1986 model, and is one of the last ever built Credit: Photo ...