It seems fine to me. Your car build date is (5/94) May of 1994. It usually takes Mercedes-Benz to ship a car between one to three months.

Lets say your car was manufactured in late of May 94, it took a month or two to be shipped to the States plus one more month or so to be shipped from arriving port to your dealer. It would have definitely arrived at your dealer's showroom by early August. A clear 1995 model for sale purposes.

As commented by M.B.Doc, dealers (especially in the U.S.) do crazy things about year models. In Germany is much more straight forward. Cars manufactured from 01/01/94 to 12/31/94 would be considered 1994 models, period.

Your car must definitely have the W140 midlife facelift, effective in Germany from early 1994 and in the States on model year 1995.

One more interesting feature about M-Bs: their upgrades (on design and more dramatic on technical updates) take place whenever they want to. They do not wait for model years or anything else to be introduced. That is why you see that certain spare parts are listed to and from engine and/or chassis numbers instead of model year.

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A. Rosich
CL 500, 1998
S 500 L, 1998
E 320 T, 1995 [Sadly sold ]