What I meant by "better design" was more reliable, easier to maintain, lots of parts available . . . the populous has purchased alot of these, repeadedly, and are satisfied with the car . . .

That is what I meant . . . or maybe phrased another way . . . if MB made some more of these 123 like they did in the early 80's do you think there would be a waiting list for the 2010 models?