Where did you get this information?

the only E300 that Edmunds tested was the 1998 at this link

http://www.edmunds.com/apps/vdpcontainers/do/vdp/articleId=44173/pageNumber=1#1

And they state:

"We drove the E-Class cars all over the Texas countryside, and in addition to great fuel economy, we found that the vehicles offer surprisingly powerful performances. Zero to sixty times were not officially tested out of respect for our MBNA driving partner, but we were surprised to find that the diesel-powered car gets up to speed as fast as most gasoline-powered cars; Mercedes claims 8.5 seconds, and we have no reason to argue. The gas powerplants, surprisingly, are not much faster."


That is the only review I have ever seen on edmunds of the E300D if you can provide a link where it shows they test a 99 it would be great.

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2005 SL65
1999 E300
1995 E300
1994 SL320
1988 560SL
1987 300TD
1982 300D
1955 300SL

http://www.edmunds.com/used/1997/mercedesbenz/eclass/217/specs.html
http://www.edmunds.com/used/1999/mercedesbenz/eclass/12694/specs.html

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2004 VW Jetta TDI (manual)

Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL

What exactly do you consider to expensive? How much are you trying to spend for the 97 or older diesel and what restriction do you have like mileage, equipment colors etc?