The 210 was the first car produced after the influence of Daimler-Chrysler. However my opinion is that the 210 is really a 124 version 2.0. Same series indirect injected engine with the addition of drive by wire. Subsystems run off CAN bus, that's either a blessing or a curse depending on how you look at it.

Chrysler had no influence on Mercedes products, it worked the other way, in what I like to refer to as the "Teutonic Takeover". There were some quality improvements and engineering transfer, but basically Chrysler was plundered and then the carcass was sold off to Bob "Home Depot" Nardelli.

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'83 300D, 126K miles.