Actually I kind of see it differently.

When the high mileage awards were being issued in the seventies, 250,000 Kilometers was a more difficult milestone for cars in those days. It was not all that common for ANY car to make that kind of mileage in the days of carburetors. The diesel MB's made it with no trouble so they seemed to be the most common recipients.

Once fuel injection came along on gas engines of all makes, 150,000 miles ,even on a ragged old Chevy was, and now is,VERY common. A diesel or even a gas Benz of the eighties could reach 250,000 Km even if it wasn't very well cared for. IMHO the 250,000 Km badge should have been dropped altogether and these badges not handed out until a half million Km or more. I say this in spite of the fact that my 300E would not have sported a badge for the last ten years or so awaiting the half million mark.

With 250,000 Km being so easy to reach in a modern car of any make, the value of such an award is not nearly so great as it was in the early days of these awards.

My $0.02,