"and that is a lot of car for a 3.2L six to lug around"

Uh, didn't the Euromarket 140s get a variety of engines even smaller than the US 3.2L - and they run at 100 MPH plus quite often? Don't the diesels have even less HP in the 140s than the gas engines?

I've driven several S320s and found performance of all of them to be quite acceptable - better than 100 MPH with around 8.5-9 sec 0-60 times by my watch ...

This would appear to be sufficient, if not the best, performance ...

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George Stephenson
1991 350 SDL (200K and she ain't bent, yet)
former 2002 E320 4Matic Wagon - good car
former 1985 300 CD - great car
former 1981 300 TD - good car
former 1972 280 SEL - not so good car
a couple of those diesel Rabbits ...40-45 mpg