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Originally Posted by crazy4diesel
No, the T in the 300TD stands for "touring" which for some strange reason to some oddball German marketing guy meant wagon or as the Brits call them estate cars. Hence all the non-turbo gas engine wagons were called XXXTE.
The letter T never indicated Turbo. Otherwise, all the SD would have been STD, and SDL would have been STDL...and 300D sedans would have been 300TD...etc.
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Yes and no. All w123 wagons are "TD or TE" regardless what engine is installed. There are 230TE 280TE 240TD and 300TD (as well as a few others ...). So he is correct in saying a wagon with a 617-95X is called a 300TD which you seemed to want to correct him on. If it had a 617-912 it's still called a 300TD. The year will determine if it has a 95x or a 912. The 1981 model year can have either so for clarity it would be good to indicate 95x or 912- even though it has little bearing on value.
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Originally Posted by tyl604
No. You missed my point. A lot of folks post the wrong designation on a turbo diesel sedan and we think it is a station wagon; when we look closer, it is often a sedan. So if someone posts 300TD, we know what it is. If someone posts 300DTD, who knows?
I thought all 300TD's were turbo?
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'79/'80/'81 could all be non turbo in the states. In other markets the non turbo could be any year.