Remember the indestructible Mercedes diesels of the 1970s? This is one of them, and it's one of the best we've seen in use.
Of course, as these are the 1970s we're talking about, a little something got lost in the translation.
In the European market and everywhere else really the W115 featured elegant, vertical twin-filament headlights. But US models received something quite different, with single sealed-beam headlights integrated into the vertical housing, with additional amber turn signals just below. The US model also received revised bumpers, as well as prominent rectangular turn signals for the front and rear wings.
In all, the W115 probably got off easy, if one were to soberly survey the cast of other European cars also undergoing federalization at the time, such as the Peugeot 604.But one thing that waspart of the W114/W115 range, as popular as it was back in the day, was the station wagon body style.For years European specialist companies hand built such things to order for well-funded buyers, in addition to variants like stretch limousines, hearses, and ambulances.
In the 1980s its successor would spawn the W124 E-Class, while Mercedes would launch a smaller sedan to take its place, known as the W201, that would become the C-Class. So quite a few of the smaller and midsize Mercedes sedans that we grew up with in the 1980s and 1990s can trace their lineage to the W114/W115 cars.today? Let us know in the comments below.
Jay Ramey grew up around very strange European cars, and instead of seeking out something reliable and comfortable for his own personal use he has been drawn to the more adventurous side of the dependability spectrum.
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