...still some 123 Taxis around. All kinds of engines (240 D, 200 D, 300 D), manual and auto.

There is even a W 115 still alive in Cologne, they used to have a W 111 taxi until it had a head on crash last year.

It is interesting, that cab drivers still don't like the W 210 and keep the resale value of the W 124 pretty high.

Here in Esslingen there is a fleet of long term test cars of Daimler Chrysler. It is nice to choose at the taxi stand between a W 220, W 211, S 203 and several A-Classes, normal and long wheelbase.

Kind regards
Eberhard