When Mercedes came out with the 140 chassis in '91, I wasn't too fond of it, but since grown to like it. Like ome have mentioned here, it was the last of the big Benzes. These cars are tall and wide. Eitherway, I know they made diesel versions and was wondering in what years and were there any problems. Did they continue to use the "rod bender" engine from the 126 series? My MB independent garage is selling a S320. I know it's not a diesel, but I walked over to it for a closer look. It appeared to me that the side windows were real thick. Didn't Mercedes come out with double pane glass for the side windows? Those must be very expensive to replace. Maybe when we are done paying for our Passat I might step up a "few" years in my diesel Benz ownership.

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1999 MB SL500 (110,000 mi)
2004 Volvo V70 2.5T (220,000 mi)
2014 Tesla Model S 85 (136,000 mi)
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