I had always assumed the change in badging on the W124 (eg. to E320) coincided with the final styling update in 1993 (ie. grill surround, bonnet/hood, clear blinkers, painted bumper inserts, etc.). I was very interested recently when two club members each purchased a final update version of the W124 coupe and both were badged 320CE, not E320. In Australia, the 320CE (and 320E) were normally of the appearance of the 1989 update. Apparently, the very first of the 1993 updates here still carried on with the old badging for a short period (a month or two). Just a little more confusion to the sometimes inconsistent MB badging. This also reinforces the argument of those who state that a pre '93 version looks incorrect with late badging. Someone recently suggested a 500E owner change his badge to E500. Why?

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107.023: 350SLC, 3-speed auto, icon gold, parchment MBtex (sold 2012 after 29 years ownership).
107.026: 500SLC, 4-speed auto, thistle green, green velour.
124.090: 300TE, 4-speed auto, arctic white, cream-beige MBtex.
201.028: 190E 2.3 Sportline, 5-speed manual, arctic white, blue leather.
201.028: 190E 2.3, 4-speed auto, blue-black, grey MBtex.
201.034: 190E 2.3-16, 5-speed manual, blue-black, black leather.

The 89 - 93 all looked the same her in the "States".
Final styling update here, occured with the 94/95 year models. These cars would have been manufactured from mid to late 93 to mid to late 95. Here in the states, all of the last models were EXXX and not XXXE, ie E500, E420, E320(sedan,coupe,conv) etc.

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Regards,

Albert
aldedmon@yahoo.com