Number of W126 300SDs produced by year, from www.w126.com
1979: 4
1980: 4857
1981: 16595
1982: 18122
1983: 20291
1984: 12546
1985: 6311

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.