Out of curiousity, I've been wanting to find out how many 300D's were produced in 1987. I've read in many ads people claiming they are rare but I take it with a grain of salt. I've been able to get production figures for my 123's but I can't find a thing on the 124's. I don't want to buy a book just to find this out.
Anyone out there know?

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84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

Well, I'd say what makes it "rare" is that the 603 was only available in the 124 for one year, whereas the 123/617 combo was available for 9 (?) years. So right there it's going to be a lot less of them. I can't remember the exact number produced for our market, but it isn't a whopping total. I wouldn't call them rare, but I'd call them rarer. The percent left on the roads is probably pretty high (like with many old diesel models), because they're nice cars and people tend to hang on to them.

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

I've heard from many that the 300D with was only available in the '87 but I've seen US '86 year model brochures with a 300D in the model line up and even my CD manual shows an '86.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

Some of them were manufactured in 1986, but sold as 1987 models. My car's "birthday" is December 8, 1986. I think there were actually a handful that were sold as 1986 models, but it was literally a trickle of cars ... I wouldn't swear by that, but recall seeing it somewhere.

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

Anyone else have any ideas?

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

Low. How many do you see? That should answer the question. I've seen maybe three around my area and one's for parts.

There were less SDLs too, I think I read 13K total... and 5K in the '87 year only. Numbers around those.

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

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