In the past I'd never really been a big fan of Mercedes. They kinda drifted along in my mind as the big German Stuttgart taxi wagon that I either got collected from Munich Airport in or my mates parents drove. However over the last couple of years they seem to have really put their game face on and started producing some pretty heavy and hardcore machinery.

Now the sweeping statement I just made above clearly doesn't and didn't stand for some of the beauties that popped up along the way, however getting all hot under the collar for a W124 (84-95) should have been a thought that would never see the light of day. That all changed six months ago when I started looking into a certain Mercedes, by the name of the W124 500e.

Mercedes Benz 500e, which would you believe, was created in close cooperation with Porsche. Each 500e was hand-built by Porsche and in modern terms the production method was some what lethargic. Each car being transported back and forth between the Mercedes plant and Porsche's Rossle-Bau plant in Zuffenhausen during assembly and taking a rather monumental 18 days to complete each model.

I whipped the next bit off the net however stats speak louder than words and I couldn't say it better myself. The 500 was called the "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" by the press of the time and performance tests of the day yielded impressive results: 0–100 km/h (0–62 mph) times of 5.5 to 6.0 seconds and acceleration through the quarter-mile (0.4 km) in 14.1 seconds at 163 km/h (101 mph).

Now I was sold so much on one of these bad boys that I stepped up to the plate and bought one...Mine needs a bit of love and will recieve it as the months go by, so in the mean time enjoy this beaut!

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Phil