This was also not a new feature with the '80 models, as our '61 190D had it as well. On the 190D, the front light for this function was up on the fender near the windshield. Suspect that the MB's have had this feature at least since the first of the Ponton era.

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1961 190Db retired
1968 220D/8 325,000
1983 300D 164,150