Will move to south america and will take a MB diesel. Which is the "best" most reliable MB dieselas well as the best chassis combination ?

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Thanks, Juan

Will be a good bet.

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1985 300SD
1983 300D
1984 190D
2003 Volvo V70
2002 Honda Civic

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Clearly a Turbo W123 300D.

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Adam Lumsden
(83) 300D
Vice-President of the MBCA International Stars Section

A 240D with manual tranny, manual windows, and manual AC controls. Much less to break, and as reliable as it gets. Sound familiar cement man?

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'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

The 123 is clearly the vehicle of choice. However, in the interest of simplicity down there, and with the understanding that you probably don't need 125hp to merge onto freeways, I would encourage you to consider a 240D or 300D, n/a.