1976 Mercedes-Benz w123 development - design, testing, pre-production
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Mercedes w123 is a legend. The legend of reliability, comfort, safety and style. This video shows the process of creating this car - design development, prototyping, prototyping and testing, bodywork, suspension and transmission, pre-production assembly. So a legend was born!
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OldBenz I've visited the site and it's quite good
I had two W123s. Mechanically sound and very very reliable. I still admire them, just like the band in this video who played the same tunes for over 20 minutes without showing any fatigue. 👍🏻
No Cads, just an engineer with a ruler and a pencil, respect.
I enjoyed having my '85 280E!! It's comfy as a sofa without making the car roll like a dice, absolutely well built for its age (or any era 4 that matter) and has a calm driving character despite still having 4MT (most cars then probably transferred to at least 5MT)
In German: Eines der erfolgreichsten Autos von Mercedes-Benz, zu Recht. Das Video ist klasse auch die Musik "turnt on".
Этот...123!!! спас жизнь моему сыну!(уходил от лобовухи не по своей вине) снёс бетонный столб! и своим ходом!!! за 20км! заехал в гараж! Повреждения...минимальны,2-фары,капот,бампер,крыло! Радиатор!!! остался цел!(он выпрыгнул с защёлок) я приклоняюсь перед МЕРСЕДЕС! (123)!
Benz designed the model with whiteboard, paper, pen, rulers, and compass - that's the same way I learned math in elementary school, but it's a car.
Всевышний сжалился над людьми, и подарил им Мерседес.
Интересные вибро испытания,отвалится чего,или нет!Но совершенно верные,так достигается надежность
evgeni o потому что тогда были инженеры
Ça c est de la voiture. Bravo Mercedes benz. U Maroc les taxi utilisé encore c est Mercedes
I think Mercedes can still sell them if they start the production again
I would sell a lung, kidney, and testicle for a new-off-the-line W123 300TD if it was made to the same quality!
superweh super lame, not like they weren’t safe cars. I daily a ‘88 560sel, and its definitely a sturdy safe car.
@superweh haha it would. Emission crap was made because expectation of life time of modern cars are short. Safety? Most modern cars are lass safety than this one.
@@nemonooitwhat about cheap Chinese cars?? They don't meet nothing
i would buy
I have stock W123 model 200, year 1980, it's 42 years old now and I use it daily, it's just unbelievable car, comfort, durable, enjoyable to drive, yes it's one of the best sedan ever made in history.
The best mass produced automobile of all time. This video is pure sex!
I don't know when I first saw the W123 Mercedes-Benz. I remember admiring the appearance of the car. I find it more attractive than anything currently produced by Mercedes.
Глубочайшее уважение конструкторам и разработчикам продуктов в данной эпохе времени а не конченым маркетологам которые считают деньги сегодня!
это точно! тогда мерс был настоящим!
@@ДимонДимоныч-п1ц последний мерс w140 потом пришло время мыльниц с проводами
The last car designed for eternity + 1 day.
From all the W124's I see around including mine... I do believe that would be the last of the one series E classes designed to last forever and a day.
These dudes spent so much time designing, over engineering and testing this car they didn’t even get time to have a hair cut - and this video is proof
You couldn't get much closer to absolute unequivocal perfection than the W123. No wonder why my dad's 300TD is at 431,000 miles and counting
They should never have stopped making these.
I agree, but then no other car maker would have competition lol
Gone are the days Mercedes made cars like this that could last a century.
My mechanic tells me that my 2002 C220 is the last of Mercedes's long lasting cars. :) Holding my fingers!
Noam Lavi yea you can always drop a used motor in when they die. The 5 speed automatic is basically bulletproof in that car. I had a ‘98 C43 amg, and it was very well built. A guy bought it from me and did a C55 conversion on it.
Love my 83 300d
I agree with you hamskyxxx- Mercedes in the 1970's had BANK VAULT solidity. And in those days Mercedes had NO competition. Now they have BMW, AUDI, TELSLA and others to compete against.
What made them lose the ability?
1978 I started a apprenticeship, the boss of one departement introduced proudly his new W123 one day which only few could afford actually; my father had also one in the same colour so I decided to go home at lunch and I returned with my fathers car, drove inside the company and stopped directely infront of the window of this fellows bureau ! I left the car sat on the fender and waved to him , he looked out, jumped from his chair with wide eyeballs and run outside in order to eat me alive :) :), luckily he grasped what was going on just infront of me. That story gave a good laugh in the company but it was a little dangerous for me since I was only a 18 year old trainee mucks one of the bosses, but the fun of it was worth it
btw.: I had lots of cars since but my fathers 240 D was inimitable;
one of the last quality products of MB. It ended with the first C-Class and the reign of the Management-Dilberts over the Engineers
lol great story man! :D
А я в настоящее время пытаюсь восстановить эту чудесную машину Мерседес 200д 1984г.
This music does not meet Mercedes-Benz manufacturing quality standards.
tu tu tutututu pam pam parraram))))
So true
BS! Music is catching! :D
You can click it off.
I think it's fantastic
123 это первая любовь, считаю эту машину самой лучшей (140 это отдельная песня) машиной по сегодняшний день, эти безликие консервные банки, которые сейчас выпускают, кроме блевотины ничего не вызывают, куда катится этот одноразовый мир ширпотреба, сделанный из пустых нефтяных бочек...
I enjoy driving my 1981 Mercedes diesel 240d with the 4 speed manual. Best car I have ever owned.
The best car of all time w123💪👏👏👏
Francisco Pereira. I never drove a W123 before. I own two W124s and love the way they look and drive. I like the way W123 looks as well.
I have had a W123 Turbo for several years, it was only stolen years ago, I miss it a lot.😢
That's what i'm scared of with mine. These things are so easy to break into and start up without a key. Hopefully the thieves aren't familiar with glow plugs ;)
w123 300d over 1.2m km still driving like new.
👏👏👏💪 👌
from 43 year's this car still working a taxi car in my country. 😍
Hello friend, are you from Maruecos ?, there are many of these cars still, they say😃💪
@@franciscopereira9735 all Arabian countries. But yes mostly Morocco
@@seddam Ok greetings friend from Paraguay.
I had a 300D when I was 20, I always remember it fondly😊
The best car in the universe
VINI8231 8world famous best car in the world. Thak you.
I fully agree! They're still driving everywhere in the world...
W123 200D/240D/300D best car ever made from the 20st century.
Agreed, but to clarify best family car in the world. Porsche is still the best overall car I. The world
Farina Marcina , maybe for you he best is Fiat Panda or Chevrolet kalos ;)
And cars looking like cars and not toys or space ships.
with ful Ledde !
That’s what they thought space ships looked like back then.
Mercedes Benz does not build them like that anymore.
@ w212 is a piece of shit with shitty engines.
Nobody build car like this anymore, hyper production all around, it doesn't make sense anymore...
the 70s and 80s mechanical workshops hated this car because rarely needs to repair .
i am still feeling in love everytime i see this model.
thanks 4 sharing
Is this the most durable sedan ever ? I had 1981 - 250 back in the eighties, a magnificent car, perhaps the best I ever had :)
2:15 Инженеры в те времена про обзорность думали, а значит про безопасность. Сейчас дизайнеры кузова рисуют, из которых нихрена назад не видно.
ELEGANT + STYLISH+ QUALITY + PERFORMANCE= MERCEDES BENZ !
I wonder if those men alive or dead
god bless them
alperrrrrrrrr
El diseño de la serie W123 se lo.debemos al Prof. Dr. Ing. Hans (Echerembert), y al gran diseñador Bruno Sacco.
Que Dios los bendiga siempre.
Wonder the same
Gilberto Peña Echerembert no lo tenìa. A Sacco si.
Hoy, los interiores deformes, con enormes ipad encajados a lo bestia en el centro del tablero dan asco
Vegas Channel y de materiales malos.
Ves un Mercedes de los 70 u 80, y ya solo verlo, te da una tremenda sensación de robustez y calidad. Y cuando empiezas a tocarlo, y luego ver el kilometraje, te sorprendes.
And Friedrich Geiger, who designed also many Mercedes cars since 1930's!
It's a pity that such cars will be never develop again 😢
It is true😔of the best that Mercedes did was the w 123💪Me every time I see one on the street 😥
I had one when I was 20 years old
The 190e and s class up until the w220 were really solid too
So True!! In those days they did not design things to a "price point". They did not spare any expense, just developed the ABSOLUTE BEST they could!! in terms of engineering and functionality. Every single piece in that car had a functional purpose!
@@lotusjaggarage2989 w220 was weak compared to w140
Very thorough development. Therefore, reliability is unsurpassed.
True. German engineering is not the same. But even back in the day there were lots of migrant Turks on the MB assembly lines. Now the problem lies in the deterioration of German society as a whole...
Even with the resurgence of ethnic and monocultural nationalism, cars like this will not be produced again by any country. Only in the late 20th-century West could this happen, and only in Germany.
ВЫ ГЕНИИ КОНСТРУКТОРА, ДИЗАЙНЕРЫ. МОЙ МЕРСЕДЕС 1976ГОДА ДО СИХ ПОР СЛУЖИТ МНЕ ВЕРОЙ И ПРАВДОЙ! ЭТО САМЫЙ ЛУЧШИЙ АВТОМОБИЛЬ!
the king, the best car ever made by mercedes and its just standing in front off the door.
I cant take my eyes off my beauty:))))
it's a she, the queen of cars
When cars where designed by real men and not milk drinking gamers
MyChannel they still are designed by men but this time to make the absolute most money instead of the best quality
they are now designed by milk-making men
thank god for silicone chips and computers!!!!!
Autos reales para gente real
Lol whut?
Today’s cars are way better.
That’s why the average age of cars in North America is _11 years!!_ It would be even older if not for Cash for Clunkers and if people took better care of their cars.
Why did these things gain such a reputation? Because they were bought by rich people, garage kept, and maintained at great expense. Because they were used by taxi companies and racked up a lot of “hot” miles and were also well maintained. It’s not miles that destroys a car, it’s cold starts and long periods of inactivity.
You take the worse shit box made today and you treat it and maintain it as well and you drive it for long period of time... you’ll easily get over a million miles.
с таким подходом и с новыми технологиями мерседес некому не уступал бы но к сожалению в наше время этому не быть!
Damn now that music is stuck in my head!!!!
Just rulers, sliders, markers and boards.
And a hell of a lot of engineering and artistry.
Power off mind.
Делали свой лучший Мерседес. Сейчас нет машин с такой же надежностью и комфортом... Эх!
И красотой
Damn!
W123 is the car of my childhood that I knew (at the time) I were never gonna own one. Growing up in Moscow, USSR in the 70's and 80's I have always looked at these cars like flying saucers, as only a handful pf foreign diplomats and even fewer Russians (who were a little bit more equal than others in rights and possibilities) could afford strolling down Moscow boulevards and prospects in these magnificent cars.
But some 40 years went by and look at me now, I already have parked in my garage a: w124; c208 and a w212. I strongly suspect that after watching this video my thirst for w123 will be reinvorced and I need to make room for one more, perhaps I have to more w212 to the driveway and put a w123 in its space under the roof...
Шедевр немецкого автомобилестроения!!!
Disconnecting the radiator then towing another Mercedes up an Alpine pass. If that's not thorough testing I don't know what is. Bombproof German engineering!
👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 😃💪💪
+lmn28021992, but we don't know if they ever got to the top. I'm on my third 'Benz (W124 230E) and from a Mechanical Engineering background, I seriously doubt I could pull another car up a mountain pass with the radiator disconnected without blowing a head gasket or seizing the engine. One mustn't believe everything one sees.
with a steel head should be less prone to destroy a headgasket unless really hot
@@Visionery1 well that is a fair point! I was also extremely surprised at this test. Perhaps they were trying to see how long the engine would last before it blows/ seizes? I have a 2013 w204 Benz. Great car feels like a tank but not like these old ones that appear to be very well engineered
They were changing the thermo switch. Probably not decided which one to use exactly.
Огромная работа проведена перед тем как начать производить, сейчас я думаю этот путь в несколько раз короче.
1976 war noch Qualität in den Autos
Всем владельцам Mercedes здоровья и благополучия ! 👍😎 Были W201,W140, теперь W124.
2-123...240д и 230е....(они...лучшие)
When it was new this car was desired by gigantic amount of people. In 2019 the alternative car from MB is not as desirable world wide as w123 once was
My dad had bought this car in 1983 in Dubai. We were the only people who had a Mercedes Benz at that time in the area that we stayed. This was the last car my dad bought for himself. He drove it till 1996 after which he retired and had to go back to India. It actually clocked 1.5 million km and was still running. I really miss this car. The technology and system it had, japanese car didnt have it until the late 1990's.
Dá gosto ver a equipe de engenheiros discutindo os parâmetros do novo projeto.
Viva Germany ❤🇩🇿
I trusted Mercedes more than any Japanese cars of the same rank. I have 3 units of Mercedes at home W209 W202 & W123
Mother of all cars.
I love the way classic Jaguar owners eyeballs lock on when I go by them in my '85 w123 300D. You couldn't pay me enough to own one of their nightmares. Cheers
I reckon Jaguars are pussy cats!!
Ive got both and can tell you the Mercedes will outlive the jaguar mechanically but the rust is much worse on the w123
that's hilarious
It is good to see these cars in test in Brazil, and use the cargo company Varig and its boeing 707 PP-VLI. Really cool
Ownership of one of these perfectly made W123's, especially the Turbo Diesel's, draws you in to share how well it was designed and built. I thought those people were nuts until I bought one- wow. As my DD I have a white, California, 1983 300D Turbo Diesel with 345K on the clock that drives amazingly well and shows no sign of stopping. My responsibility is to keep it in good shape for the next person that owns it as it will likely out-live me (as it did the original owner). I love my W123!
Christopher Racine very kewl story!
Diesel, too slow though. I have a 280E, will go 120mph+ on the freeway easily.
Christopher Racine , well said! The 5 cylinder turbo i bought for a daily driver in 2015 feels amazing as it shifts through the gears. I found a good one with 221,000 miles so i passed on a newer car to replace my 1985 Audi 5000 and went with the best!
After a couple years i did get a newer 2nd car but the 300d is running perfect
Respect!
@@saintpreferred9223 My '83 300D Turbo is NOT slow at all. I'm the 2nd owner of this awesome diesel and I have it running the best as ever even with 389K miles. This 617.952 is running better as the miles add up. For my car(s) the key to have these OM617A Turbo Diesels run so well even after 40+ years is to keep the vacuum system working well. How the engine works with the AT via vacuum really changes how these cars drive at any age. Not to mention changing the oil every 3K miles as well. My car has great pickup and has no problem passing others on the freeway or on hills. The only thing I did to it was to increase the fuel pressure going into the IP (which is stock) . I love these cars. I've owned 4 of these W123's (only one now) and am looking for another... . This white '83 was my first and is my DD. Love it!
самая лучшая машина моег детства сколько людей трудилось сколико чертёжей
The music 😖 gave me earache
😂😂😂😂
Engineering at it's enjoyable best!!!
the finest car ever made.
About 20 years ago the sponge foam shift knob on my '83 300TD just had had it. I put it in a box and shipped it to MB America complaining, "This part has prematurely worn out at 246,000 miles. Is this part still under warranty as I think MB should make it last longer than the drive train." Two weeks later I got a wonderful letter from the US head with an apology for the oversight and a shiny new shift knob! He said my letter had been forwarded to HQ's quality assurance team so they could laugh as hard as he did.
In 2018, my independent MB shop surprised their oldest customer, me, with a nice steering wheel as the metal hoop was all that was left of mine...😁
the w123 still work as a taxi in morocco
nikt tego juz nie powtórzy, to jest legenda prawdziwa
I remember first watching Australia's Sale Of The Century as a kid in 1981 and seeing one of these as the top prize shining like a jewel on display, among the rest of the prizes.
A couple of years later they changed to BMW 7 series and I remember at 9 years old or so, feeling like it was a down grade.
I saw some, not many, but some still in use as taxis in Barcelona in 1999.
I just love the subdued elegance of this model. I can't decide if I like the round headlights surrounded by louvres, or the square jobbies.
They both look magnificent.
дизы поставили с завода ваз....😉
Это ещё не все проснулись
Bruno Sacco was one of the designers of the W123, I love that car!
I am lucky to have my grandpa's custom-made 1985 W123. Legendary cars built for life. Although I would buy a new one, but for sure am keeping this fortune for the rest of my life.
ДАВНО УШЛА ТА ЭПОХА ЧУГУНА, А ХОДОВКА Я МОЛЧУ, ВСЕХ ЖЕНЩИН С НАСТУПАЮЩИМ 8 МАРТА, ЖЕЛАЮ ВАМ МИЛЫМ ЖЕНЩИНАМ В ВЫБОРЕ ПРАВИЛЬНЫЙ ВТОРОЙ ПОЛОВИНЕ, Я ТАК ДУМАЮ
Genau, so wurde eine Legende geboren! A class of its own
Nota 100; sólo Mercedes pudo hacerlo. Amo Mercedes Benz!
My father has a 1983 240D, with 152,000km, and it works like new! No, it's not for sale! In my opinion, the last true Mercedes-benz which was manufactured.
It still smells like when it was bought(just a litle) in Muret, near Toulouse, France. He is 100% factory.
152.000 km:)))) my 240d is already 510.000 and the coupe 350.000.Your car is really new:)))
427,000 on mine ;)
300D Turbo
Pff my 240D has 122000km... its the 72hp version from 1978.... great car
Dont ever sell it If they ever Ban diesel cars you can still run on vegetable oil with a few pump tunes.
nice music too.. luv the 70's era
In old days you buy car for life time and then you buy second car and then you buy another and another to just have more cars. Nowadays you buy another car because previous car is broken.
Да раньше немцы делали машины на совесть не то что сейчас. Сейчас одноразовые одни и все
During these good old days of Daimler Benz engineers were heading the company, therefore world class cars as the W 123,W 116,R/C 107... were the outcome.Great cars always with the demand to be the technological leader for many years !
I remember when my father bought his W123 in half of 90s here in Czechia where you saw mostly old škodas 120 in that time, it was like alien from other planet, it was so big and....slow, but nobody cares it's slow, it was very comfortable car with many hi-tech features for that time.
Thanks for this opportunity to see how this remarkable Benz came to be, wonderful!
Не ожидал такой проработки кузова.
Огромная работа для того времени.
Сколько я этих машин переделал, страшно вспомнить...
SuperDenisGl владею 123им 83г.в лучший мерс всех времен!
Olegas Gamajunovas уже нет,все гниет
Could you imagine if these beasts made a come back today? These were amazing cars, and there's many STILL on the road!!!!
A real car of a real factory when Quality was everything ..
Mercedes is the best. 👍👍
Mercedes is the king of cars
In nowadays, Mercedes is a tablet on wheels, like all the others cars are too...
Настоящий автоинженеринг во всей красе и настоящее автостроение!
To all that think the Mercedes built in the 70ies were better than of today, i am sorry but you are wrong!Rust prevention, road holding, comfort and weight to power ratio is far better now. Reason why it seems the were better because they had far lesser systems and virtually no electronics that can fail. Of course a cast iron 2 Liter 60 HP Diesel engine with slow 135 km/h max can reach half a million KM .Drive a modern MB Diesel engine that slow it will also go that far.
It'll go just as far driven quickly. On the electronics perspective, it generally switches, actuators (motors, valves etc), and sensors that fail rather than electronic components themselves. Solid state microelectronic components have no moving parts. Their only real enemy is heat. I think a lot of people hark after the good old days, but given the choice between a modern car or a 1970's car to use all day every day I think most would take the modern one.
Мерседес это не просто автомобиль , это символ эпохи ! У моего W 163 , есть недостаток ! -не едет без бензина !!!!
IMHO, one of the most satisfying videos on RUclips!
Music match = 100%.
Best viewed and listened on 1.5 speed.
В те времена "мерседес" был мерседесом. Сейчас качество и ресурс отвратительные, низкая надёжность, как и у всех немцев (хотя порше и бмв хрть как то держатся)
Столько тестов не видел, как только у Mercedes
독일 자동차는 정말로 좋은 것 같습니다. 특히 벤츠의 기술력은 가히 세계적입니다.
the best video u ever did.))))))
спасибо за такую машину немцы ))
My grandfather had one of these in the beige color, he gave it away to a fellow since he needed a bigger car, it clocked over one million km when he passed over the ownership, nothing other than regular servicing following the service manual that came with the car, as far as i know the car is still in use to this day as a daily driver, mind you it reached one million before the year 2000...
The amount of thought that went into designing this masterpiece is just incredible and it reflects in it's overall build quality, they sure as heck don't make them like they used to, not even close.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👌
This car love my life I am from iraq
the most beautiful merc ever made
Это вам не POLO SEDAN
The footage as it's vintage is very good ,the rest is a crap , the constant music and subtitles that come on in a difficult way to read. ( the line from the botton stays on to get on the top to come off at the end )
Good times when Mercedes was manufactured in Germany, not China.
and when Germany was Germany....
Das ist wunderbar!!