ThrowBack Cars In Nigeria: Mercedes Benz W124 Review.

The W124 is a mid-sized vehicle platform. Due to the high cost of German engineering and build quality, the W124 was designed to last many miles, with awards actually given and worn by high mileage versions. W124 is the Mercedes-Benz internal chassis-designation for the 1984 to 1995/96 version of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class, as well as the first generation to be officially referred to as E-Class. The W124 models replaced the W123 models after 1984 and were succeeded by the W210 E-Class after 1995.

Manufacturer
Mercedes-Benz (Daimler-Benz)
Production
November 1984 – July 1995 (sedan)
October 1985 – June 1996 (estate)
April 1987 – late 1996 (coupé)
March 1992 – July 1997 (convertible)
Model years
1985–1996

2,562,143 built
Assembly
Bremen, Germany Rastatt, Germany Sindelfingen, Germany Zuffenhausen, Germany, East London, South Africa Pune, India (TELCO) Toluca, Mexico, Karczew, Poland Johor Bahru, Malaysia (OASB).
Class Mid-size luxury / Executive car (E)

4-door sedan

5-door estate

2-door coupé

2-door convertible

6-door limousine

Layout
Front engine, rear-wheel drive / four-wheel drive

Transmission Automatic
4-speed 4G-TRONIC, 5-speed 722.5
Manual - 4-speed, 5-speed.

Some main innovations of the W124 series were related to occupant safety. Derived from the Mercedes 190 (W201), with which the W124 shares the basic layout, its likewise angular body was designed to withstand an offset-crash in a concrete barrier at some 35mph (56km/h) without serious harm to the occupants and a largely undamaged passenger cabin, a windshield that stays in place and doors easily opened without special recovery tools.