Yaziswa kwimarike ngoJanuwari 1976, iMercedes-Benz W123 yaba yimpumelelo yangoko. Imfuno yale modeli kunyaka wokuqala worhwebo yayinkulu kangangokuba abanye abantu bayithengisa kamva ngexabiso abayithengileyo… entsha!
I-Sedan, i-van, i-coupe kunye nenguqulo ende (efana ne-limousine) yayiyimisebenzi yomzimba eyayisazi isizukulwana se-W123. Inguqulo yesaluni iyodwa yayineenjini ezilithoba: ukusuka kwi-200 D ukuya kwi-280 E. Kwezi, sigxininisa i-2.5 litre inline six-cylinder injini yepetroli kunye ne-127 hp kunye ne-revolutionary 3.0 litre inline five-cylinder diesel injini nge-123 hp.
“Ndiyathanda ukucinga ukuba kukho abaqhubi beeteksi abakhalela i-W123 njengoko befunda eli nqaku”
Ngokubhekiselele kwi-dynamics, amanqaku aphezulu kukumiswa okuzimeleyo kwi-axle yangasemva kunye nokuhlelwa kweenqweno eziphindwe kabini ngaphambili, ezinike i-W123 indlela yokuziphatha kunye nokuthuthuzela. Ngokubhekiselele kukhuseleko, ngelo xesha, imodeli yaseJamani yayiyilwe kunye neendawo zokuguqulwa ezicwangcisiweyo kwaye iiyunithi zamva nje zinokufumana i-airbag yomqhubi (ukhetho).
Ndiyathanda ukucinga ukuba abaqhubi beeteksi bakhalela i-W123 njengoko befunda eli nqaku. Imveliso yayo yaphela ngo-1985, xa yayisele ineeyunithi eziphantse zibe zizigidi ezi-2.7.