Exceptionally rare and beautiful Mercedes 280E, equipped with the robust double camshaft engine. original and perfectly driving. The build series with the internal designation W123 is the most built Mercedes-Benz ever. It was a car that belonged to the upper middle class and counts as the predecessor of the later E-class build series. Its predecessors are the W114 (six-cylinder models) and the W115 (four-cylinder and diesel models), also called "Strich Acht" (/8), after the 1968 year of appearance. Both its predecessor and its successor, the W124, both ran off the assembly line a year parallel to the W123. The W123 series set new standards in vehicle safety and was one of the first station wagons in its class, as well as the first passenger car with a turbo diesel engine. From preproduction, which began in November 1975, to the end of production in January 1986, almost 2.7 million cars left the assembly line. The series is considered the epitome of reliability and longevity in the automotive world. The series became so popular that in the early years there were even long waiting lists, sometimes of more than two years.