Shouldn't it have come back as a new E-class? I mean, the W114/115 evolved into the 123, that evolved into the 124, and so on and so on until the W211.

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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.