The w211 CDi is marketed as the finest diesel car MB has ever made. Diesel owners, including myself, will just have to wait and see. I still think someone ought to reevaluate their judgment if they claim (as some of my friends do) that they find their w123 interiors more attractive.

People tend to love what they have and have the tendency to crap all over stuff that they don't have or cannot afford, so much so that they call their own stuff the very best and everything else $hit. And. Don't tell me that folks with w126s drive it because they believe that it is and will forever be the best MB ever made. How many people who drive SDLs/SDs today bought the car brand new? Yes, diesels last forever, but most I know buy diesels because they are cheap a$$ thrills. You cannot tell me that if a new w220 S500 costs $4,000, you will pick the 1978 240D or 300D?

I have yet to meet a guy with the $150K on hand and about to walk into a MB stealership to order that S600 or S55 AMG, and rationalize with "you know what, that S55 or S65.. that's really $hit.. especially with all those negative reports... the rear looks like a Toyota.. the front looks like a Kia.. what I really want is a 1970s 240D with manual window cranks and door locks... after all its probably 25 times cheaper.. has superior engineering! ... and provides more value" :p