I recently bought a 1985 300D Turbo. The date of manufacture stamped on the plate is 5/85. I would think this is close to the end of the run for the W123. Can anyone tell me the official production end date for this "perpetual model"?

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1983 300SD - OLLIE
1985 300D-HILDA (SOLD)
2002 VW Jetta TDI - Puddles
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Diesel passt mir leid!

The last W123 300DT was manufactured in 8/85. And on an interesting note, these W123 wagon models (200T, 230TE, 280TE, 240TD, 300TD, 300TDT) were manufactured until 1/86.
-Joe

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

H-town:

Thank you for the info. I saw somewhere that there were over 3.4 million W123s produced. I had no idea the production number was so great since they were fairly uncommon in the Midwest (where I grew up). This was a world car, though, and it seemed to sell well in California, Texas, and Florida. . .which makes sense. . .these states have a greater concentration of wealth.

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1983 300SD - OLLIE
1985 300D-HILDA (SOLD)
2002 VW Jetta TDI - Puddles
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Diesel passt mir leid!