As for the tooling, that is often sold off or taken abroad. SSangYong uses the old W140 tooling to produce a car it calls the Chairman in Korea; MB itself manufactured the W124 in India for sales on the sub-continent long after 1995.


jjrodger ,

Actually, Ssangyong used the old w124 platform to build their chairman models, though the floorpan was modified, i.e, stretched.

Sat in one of this before, the handling is similar to the W124, albeit a bit flabby, but the interior was typical korean, does not feel anywhere like a mercedes.....

Sorry chaps, I digress..............