were any of these cars offered with ABS?

Also, I read the benzworld forum thing, and am aware that some consider dieselers like us to be second class for whatever reason. Especially those of us who have 20 yo cars. But why? The only difference between us and them, the ones with the '80s gas cars, is the diesel engine. Everything else about the cars are the same, no? I also thought that diesels were more expensive engines than gas, due to the more robust construction and so forth.

I have always like the look of the w123 cars, and even like the look of the DOT headlights. When I see a nicely running and/or looking car like this, I have respect for the driver, not pity. These are some cool cars.

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'85 300D 450k
'93 190E 2.6 170k(killed by tree)
'08 Ducati Hypermotard 1100S 6k
'06 Ducati S2R800 14k(sold)

I think W123s had ABS available in other countries, as well as a driver's side airbag.
-Joe

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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.

ABS was aparently offered on some of the wagons in Europe.

ABS was also offered on the W126 which shares the same front suspension (spindles anyway) so that system should theoretically bolt up.

But the trouble is the ABS cars had a sensor on the differential (it was only three-channel ABS) and those diffs are only available in really tall ratios. So unless there's a good way to put the sensor ring on the other diffs, the number of cars that could be retrofitted is pretty small.

Ted

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1983 240D automatic, Orient Red, 174K
1983 240D manual, Biscayne Blue, sold at 341K