It doesn't help any, when the last James Bond film to feature Mercedes in Tomorrow Never Dies were two W126's chasing a brand new BMW 750iL. This was in 1998, long after the W140 came out.

Yes, people think I am driving a brand new S-Class.

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1987 300SDL (324000)

1986 Porsche 951 (944 Turbo) (166000)

1978 Porsche 924 (99000)

1996 Nissan Pathfinder R50 (201000)